June 9, 2020
Lesson 161 –
Give me your blessing, holy Child of God. ACIM W.p1.161
Are we willing to accept blessing? Our willingness is key to true change and growth. Our minds must be willing to be open to a different perception. We become engrained in a certain way of thinking which keeps us fully entrenched in our belief in separation. Allowing our mind to even consider a different perception is the beginning of a new way of thinking and a new experience of our true Self. This lesson asks us to ask another for blessing. The blessing is the realization of who we really are. Perhaps we are unwilling to trust another, but this lesson begins to show us a way to perceive others in a different light. In that different light we begin to see them as our savior, seeing our holy Self reflected in them. Thus begins the beginning of stepping into the realization that we are all One, joined in the completeness of the unification of Creation – Oneness.
Today we practice differently, and take a stand against our anger, that our fears may disappear and offer room to love. Here is salvation in the simple words in which we practice with today’s idea. Here is the answer to temptation which can never fail to welcome in the Christ where fear and anger had prevailed before. Here is At-one-ment made complete, the world passed safely by and Heaven now restored. Here is the answer of the Voice for God. W-pI.161.1:1-5
We are used to thinking in specifics in the world we see. We are not used to seeing in the abstract. So, our learning will be in the form of specifics. We don’t comprehend that we are all One at this time, so our teaching and learning will come from the understanding of separation while that is what we believe. Each one we encounter at any given moment is who Spirit uses to teach us.
One friend is all friends. Every mind contains all minds, for every mind is one. Such is the truth. Yet do these thoughts make clear the meaning of creation? Do these words bring perfect clarity with them to you? What can they seem to be but empty sounds; pretty, perhaps, correct in sentiment, yet fundamentally not understood nor understandable. The mind that taught itself to think specifically can no longer grasp abstraction in the sense that it is all-encompassing. We need to see a little, that we learn a lot. W-pI.161.4:1-8
And so we begin to see the world differently. We look beyond the appearance of the world to the glimpses of reality beyond. It will take practice, but if we are willing, we will begin to see the transformation. Our readiness is closer now, and we will come nearer true vision. If we are intent on reaching it, we will succeed. Once we have succeeded, we will not be willing to accept what we previously settled for. What we will see will sing to us of ancient melodies we remember. This is the remembrance of Heaven, which we have never really left.
Select one friend, symbol of the rest, and ask salvation of them. See them first as clearly as you can, in that same form to which you are accustomed. See their face, their hands and feet, their clothing. Watch them smile, and see familiar gestures which they make so frequently. Then think of this: What you are seeing now conceals from you the sight of one who can forgive you all your mistakes; whose sacred hands can take away the nails which pierce your own, and lift the crown of thorns which you have placed upon your bleeding head. Ask this of them, that they may set you free:
Give me your blessing, holy Child of God. I would behold you with the eyes of Christ, and see my perfect sinlessness in you. W-pI.161.11:1-8
And Spirit will answer Whom you called upon. For Spirit will hear the Voice for God in you, and answer in your own. Behold your friend now, whom you have seen as merely flesh and bone, and recognize that Christ has come to you. Today’s idea is your safe escape from anger and from fear. Be sure you use it instantly, should you be tempted to attack another and perceive in them the symbol of your fear. And you will see them suddenly transformed from enemy to savior; from the devil into Christ. W-pI.161.12:1-6
Let this blessing flow over and through you. Let this grace fill you as it raises you to a higher place where we can see clearly.
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