Day 153: In my defenselessness my safety lies.

Defense is just another form of attack, cleverly masked to appear as protection.  But what the act of defending oneself tells us is that we are but a body, fragile and susceptible to harm.  This hides the Light of Truth from our eyes that we are not our bodies, but a spirit joined with all others that could never be threatened by any form of attack.  Here is where True Safety dwells.  And defenselessness is our recognition and acceptance of this fact.  Defenselessness is a mark of greater awareness of one's True nature, and thus provides a safety which defense would only push away.

In my defenselessness my safety lies.

In explanation of today's lesson, A Course in Miracles says the following:

We look past dreams today, and recognize that we need no defense because we are created unassailable, without all thought or wish or dream in which attack has any meaning.  Now we cannot fear, for we have left all fearful thoughts behind.  And in defenselessness we stand secure, serenely certain of our safety now, sure of salvation; sure we will fulfill our chosen purpose, as our ministry extends its holy blessing through the world.

Be still a moment, and in silence think how holy is your purpose, how secure you rest, untouchable within its light.  God's ministers have chosen that the truth be with them.  Who is holier than they?  Who could be surer that his happiness is fully guaranteed?  And who could be more mightily protected?  What defense could possibly be needed by the ones who are among the chosen ones of God, by His election and their own as well?

Indeed, we are all God's ministers.  Many of us have simply not awakened yet to this.  Since we are each created by God, Holy and with purpose, what need is there to defend Who We Really Are?  There is no threat that anyone could ever pose upon us.  Truth needs no defense, for there is nothing that could breach it.  We are Truth and we are Light.  As long as we remember this, we have no need for defense.  To defend oneself reflects the false belief that there must be a weakness to protect.  This is not so, for though our bodies may be hurt and will one day be laid to rest, our spirit is immortal.

When temptation to defend arises, remember this today: You are not bound by the limits which your body may impose.  We are far greater than our bodies, and we are of One Like Mind.  The Mind of God has nothing that this world could ever harm.  We rest within His Mind, Whole and Perfect and Strong.  Such Power needs no defense.  Let us recognize this truth and know that we are safe forever.  Our defenselessness shows that we have remembered Who We Are.

Until tomorrow,
Journeyman