May 19, 2020
Lesson 140 –
Only salvation can be said to cure. ACIM W.p1.140
What really ails us? I know I can think of a million answers to this question for me. But are they true answers? As we study the Course and practice the Lessons, we are asked to set aside our preconceived beliefs and allow Spirit to show us another way of looking at this. The Course teaches us there is only one problem and only one answer to that one problem. In the reality , sickness is of the mind and so the cure is also of the mind. How we see ourselves is the indication of our wellness and correcting how we see ourselves is the salvation that can be the only cure.
They are not healed. They merely had a dream that they were sick, and in the dream they found a magic formula to make them well. Yet they have not awakened from the dream, and so their mind remains exactly as it was before. They have not seen the light that would awaken them and end the dream. What difference does the content of a dream make in reality? One either sleeps or wakens. There is nothing in between. W-pI.140.2:1-7
The life we live on this planet identifying as a body is like a dream because we do not perceive ourselves correctly. We perceive ourselves as less than whole, less than holy, less than complete. Our true essence is whole, complete, limitless and complete. How could lack and unholiness ever be a part of this? We fell into a deep sleep believing we are alone and separate, denying ourselves the awareness of who we really are. Our perception of ourselves is the illusion the Course keeps referring to as our mistake – our insanity. The purpose of the Course is to help us wake from the dream – this insanity.
Peace be to you who have been cured in Oneness, and not in idle dreams. For cure must come from holiness, and holiness can not be found where sin is cherished. Oneness abides in holy temples. Oneness is barred where sin has entered. Yet there is no place where Oneness is not. And therefore sin can have no home in which to hide from Oneness’ beneficence. There is no place where holiness is not, and nowhere sin and sickness can abide. W-pI.140.5:1-7
This is the thought that cures. It does not make distinctions among unrealities. Nor does it seek to heal what is not sick. Accept this thought as it is. Release any judgement you may hold about it. Allow the knowing Spirit within you to reveal its truth, for our egoic thought system resists the truth about who we really are. Yet we have everything we need within us to make this shift. Once we decide we are willing to see ourselves whole and holy, a recognition of who we really are will dawn on us. Our true essence will be familiar and we may wonder why we ever abandoned our awareness of it. There is no blame or guilt. The recognition will flood our being with peace and love and joy. Simply accept it wholly.
With nothing in our hands to which we cling, with lifted hearts and listening minds we pray: “Only salvation can be said to cure. Speak to us, Source, that we may be healed.” And we will feel salvation cover us with soft protection, and with peace so deep that no illusion can disturb our minds, nor offer proof to us that it is real. This will we learn today. And we will say our prayer for healing hourly, and take a minute as the hour strikes, to hear the answer to our prayer be given us as we attend in silence and in joy. This is the day when healing comes to us. This is the day when separation ends, and we remember Who we really are. W-pI.140.12:1-8
It takes just a moment to be willing to change your mind. Stop for an instant and allow yourself to rest in the peace that is within you – the peace you have been searching for somewhere other than within you. It has always been there and always will be there waiting for your choosing. Choose now. Or choose later. Your choice determines your awareness of who you really are and your state of mind. Let it be peace. Let it be love. Let it be joy.
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