November 24, 2020
Lesson 330 –
I will not hurt myself again today.
Forgiveness is our only function in this world. By forgiving we allow the unprecedented flow of Love to be acknowledged and seen in our lives. Need we suffer lack of love any longer? Each time I deny the presence of love in me and in another, I hurt myself. Hurting myself is nothing more than denying myself the love that is already given me and shared with me. All forms of hurt and suffering boil down to the denial of Love’s Presence. Forgiveness is the change in our mind that recognizes Love’s Presence within us. Love’s Presence is the light that shines away all darkness in our mind. It is the mind shift that recognizes our innate holiness, completeness, and wholeness. We may have mistakenly denied this truth about who we really are, but we could never change its truth. Allowing ourselves to rest in the truth of our being is the healing we’ve been seeking all our lives. The process of denying our truth and maintaining our separation is exhausting. It’s no wonder we’ve been tired. We may not believe it, but the way of love is refreshingly releasing and easy if we are willing to accept its truth.
Let us this day accept forgiveness as our only function. Why should we attack our minds, and give them images of pain? Why should we teach them they are powerless, when Oneness holds out Its power and Love, and bids them take what is already theirs? The mind that is made willing to accept Oneness’ gifts has been restored to spirit, and extends its freedom and its joy, as is the Will of Oneness united with its own. The Self which Oneness created cannot sin, and therefore cannot suffer. Let us choose today that Oneness be our Identity, and thus escape forever from all things the dream of fear appears to offer us. W-pII.330.1:1-6
Inner Peace is the source of true happiness. We do not need to delay the experience of peace any longer than we choose to. It really is our choice. Oneness is waiting for us to step into full awareness of our Oneness. It is our sense of being that seems incomplete without our acceptance of who we really are. Just a little willingness will begin to open the door to our Grandeur in Oneness. Our true Identity is Oneness. This cannot be denied us. Allow your true Identity to rise in your mind. If it feels too difficult, try this prayer the Course offers us. Spirit is always within us waiting to be asked to help us make this shift to the awareness of Oneness – our real Identity.
Creator, Your Child can not be hurt. And if we think we suffer, we but fail to know our one Identity we share with You. We would return to It today, to be made free forever from all our mistakes, and to be saved from what we thought we were. W-pII.330.2:1-2
We are holy, complete, and whole. We cannot sin because we are Oneness. Mistakes are no more than mistakes and are easily corrected with the help of Spirit within us. There is nothing to be afraid of for every correction is in the mind. And Spirit will guide us every step of the way for It is within us always. This Course has taken us so far, yet right back to the root of our real being where we started. Let this be your function now, for there is nothing in reality that can hurt you, me, or anyone else.
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