Archives of Spiritual

Lesson 270 I will not use the body’s eyes today. “Father, Christ’s vision is Your gift to me, and it has power to translate all that the body’s eyes behold into the sight of a forgiven world.  How glorious and gracious is this world!  Yet how much more will I perceive in it than sight […]

Lesson 269 My sight goes forth to look upon Christ’s face. “I ask Your blessing on my sight today.  It is the means which You have chosen to become the way to show me my mistakes, and look beyond them.  It is given me to find a new perception through the Guide You have to […]

Lesson 268 Let all things be exactly as they are. “Let me not be Your critic, Lord, today, and judge against You.  Let me not attempt to interfere with Your creation, and distort it into sickly forms.  Let me be willing to withdraw my wishes from its unity, and thus to let it be as […]

 Lesson 267 My heart is beating in the peace of God. “Let me attend Your Answer, not my own. Father, my heart is beating in the peace the Heart of Love created. It is there and only there that I can be at home” (ACIM Lesson 267 2:1-3). The remembrance of our Home and heritage […]

Lesson 266 My holy Self abides in you, God’s Son. “Father, You gave me all Your Sons, to be my saviors and my counselors in sight; the bearers of Your holy Voice to me.  In them are You reflected, and in them does Christ look back upon me from my Self.  Let not Your Son […]

Lesson 265 Creation’s gentleness is all I see. “In quiet would I look upon the world, which but reflects Your Thoughts, and mind as well.  Let me remember that they are the same, and I will see creation’s gentleness” (ACIM Lesson 265 2:1-2). We hear quite often about what we should be afraid of in […]

Lesson 264 I am surrounded by the Love of God. “Father, You stand before me and behind, beside me, in the place I see myself, and everywhere I go.  You are in all the things I look upon, the sounds I hear, and every hand that reaches for my own.  In You time disappears, and […]

Lesson 263 My holy vision sees all things as pure. “Father, Your Mind created all that is, Your Spirit entered into it, Your Love gave life to it.  And would I look upon what You created as if it could be made sinful?  I would not perceive such dark and fearful images.  A madman’s dream […]

Lesson 262  Let me perceive no differences today. “Father, You have one Son.  And it is he that I would look upon today.  He is Your one creation.  Why should I perceive a thousand forms in what remains as one?  Why should I give this one a thousand names, when only one suffices?  For Your […]

5.  What is the Body? The body is a magnificent tool.  It can be used to keep us in our slumber, creating a hell-like experience where we are vulnerable to death, pain, and suffering.  Or it can be used as the ultimate commune-I-cation device, where we experience the cosmic conversation of our oneness and wholeness. […]