I am one Self, united with my Creator.
Today’s idea accurately describes you as God created you. ²You are one within yourself, and one with Him. ³Yours is the unity of all creation. ⁴Your perfect unity makes change in you impossible. ⁵You do not accept this, and you fail to realize it must be so, only because you believe that you have changed yourself already.
You see yourself as a ridiculous parody on God’s creation; weak, vicious, ugly and sinful, miserable and beset with pain. ²Such is your version of yourself; a self divided into many warring parts, separate from God, and tenuously held together by its erratic and capricious maker, to which you pray.
⁴You have seen the extent of your lack of mental discipline, and of your need for mind training. ⁵It is necessary that you be aware of this, for it is indeed a hindrance to your advance.
…unless you are reminded of your purpose frequently, you tend to forget about it for long periods of time. ³You often fail to remember the short applications of the idea for the day, and you have not yet formed the habit of using the idea as an automatic response to temptation.
…with all the certainty that you can give [affirm]:
²I am one Self, united with my Creator, at one with every aspect of creation, and limitless in power and in peace. (A Course in Miracles, W-95.1:1–2:2;4:4-5;5:2-3;11:1-2. See also ACIM Lesson 95 Insights.)
We have convinced ourselves that we are a separate identity, housed in body that is subject to the whims of an external world. We do not feel safe. This identity is not real, but it seems real because of our belief in it.
We are being given a “new” vision of ourselves. We are being reminded of our original Self that God created one with Himself. This Self is Love and nothing else. It cannot change nor be subject to change because this Self remains eternally united with our Creator.
This reminder needs to be repeated often to help us let go of our misidentification with a false self. As we learn to accept the Self God created as our Identity, we experience greater peace of mind, happiness and Love. We awaken to our true Self.
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