I will receive whatever I request.
No one desires pain. ²But he can think that pain is pleasure. ³No one would avoid his happiness. ⁴But he can think that joy is painful, threatening and dangerous. ⁵Everyone will receive what he requests. ⁶But he can be confused indeed about the things he wants; the state he would attain. ⁷What can he then request that he would want when he receives it? ⁸He has asked for what will frighten him, and bring him suffering. ⁹Let us resolve today to ask for what we really want, and only this, that we may spend this day in fearlessness, without confusing pain with joy, or fear with love.
Father, this is Your day. ²It is a day in which I would do nothing by myself, but hear Your Voice in everything I do; requesting only what You offer me, accepting only Thoughts You share with me. (A Course in Miracles, W-339. See also ACIM Lesson 339 Insights.)
Most of us have experienced attaining something we thought we wanted only to have its appeal quickly wane once we obtained it. This lesson is showing us that this is what happens when we choose to think that we are separate and identify with the ego. When we let the ego direct us, it is inevitable that we will in one way or another experience disappointment, fear, sadness and loss.
What the ego wants can never be real. And so it “lives” in a fantasy world. This is our life until we choose to follow the Guide to freedom. We can experience joy beyond anything in this world. We can enjoy peace of mind. We can let ourselves remember the reality of Love’s oneness. In this remembrance we remember we are God’s Son, complete and whole, in need of nothing.
We dedicate today to holding our mind open to the guidance of the Holy Spirit. We trust that His vision will guide us on the path of return to Love.
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