Today marks the beginning of the fourth review section in the workbook of A Course in Miracles. Below are my original posts for the lessons we are revisiting today:
Day 121: Forgiveness is the key to happiness.
Day 122: Forgiveness offers everything I want.
Before we begin each review over the next several days, we are asked to meditate for five minutes upon the following:
My mind holds only what I think with God.
After these five minutes, during which we align ourselves with the Central Mind of our Creator, we spend whatever time is necessary for us to reflect upon the lessons in review that day.
So, as you begin today's meditation, sit still and breathe deeply. Let the distracting thoughts of your mind flow through you and flutter away, out of your mind's grasp. Take notice, and concentrate on the central shimmer of light in the middle of your mind. Watch as it expands slowly to fill the inside of your inner vision. This bright Light, which now encompasses the entirety of your mind, engulfs you with its warmth and comfort. Allow the calm to wash over you. Sit in stillness as the awareness dawns on you that in this Light, you are connected to every other mind, for they are all there with you. Here is the Mind of God, with which you now are thinking. Here is the Light of Truth, awaiting to provide you with the answers to your deepest questions.
Forgiveness is the key to happiness.
Through Forgiveness, we are made Whole. Forgiveness is Unconditional Love. Forgiveness is Pure Joy. Forgiveness is the recognition that we can not be harmed, for we are Holy Children of God. Forgiveness is the awareness that We are All One. Those who forget need but a gentle reminder. Those who forget are asking for your Love, for they have forgotten what True Love is. Show them, and Happiness shall be both your reward and theirs.
Forgiveness offers everything I want.
What more could any of us want than everlasting Joy? This is what Forgiveness guarantees. Forgiveness is not a pardon, for in Reality there is nothing we need pardon from. All forms of attack are but illusions. Forgiveness grants us our freedom from the snares illusions slip around us. Releasing our anger, our hurt, our guilt and our shame eliminates the toxicity fear induces. Forgiveness offers this release, and thus ensures our freedom. What remains is Who We Truly Are: Divine and Joyous Beings of God. What more could any of us want?
Consider today's meditation lessons as you go about your day. In the evening, before you drift to sleep and slip into unconsciousness, take five minutes to align yourself with the Mind of God again. With the Thoughts of Truth to guide you, reflect upon our lessons for today. You will hear their ring of Truth before you lie down to rest, calmly and safely, in preparation for the day to come.
Until tomorrow,
Journeyman
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