Today we practice with the special case of giving and receiving. ²We will use this simple lesson in the obvious because it has results we cannot miss. ³To give is to receive. ⁴Today we will attempt to offer peace to everyone, and see how quickly peace returns to us. ⁵Light is tranquility, and in that peace is vision given us, and we can see.
So we begin the practice periods with the instruction for today, and say:
²To give and to receive are one in truth.
³I will receive what I am giving now.⁴Then close your eyes, and for five minutes think of what you would hold out to everyone, to have it yours. ⁵You might, for instance, say:
⁶To everyone I offer quietness.
⁷To everyone I offer peace of mind.
⁸To everyone I offer gentleness.Say each one slowly and then pause a while, expecting to receive the gift you gave. ²And it will come to you in the amount in which you gave it. ³You will find you have exact return, for that is what you asked. ⁴It might be helpful, too, to think of one to whom to give your gifts. ⁵He represents the others, and through him you give to all. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 108, W-108.7–9. See also ACIM Lesson 108 Insights.)
Whenever we see anyone as separate and different from ourself, we are giving the ego’s “gift.” It is always some form of guilt. The cost of giving this gift is reinforcement of guilt in our own mind. We must believe we are guilty to project the perception of guilt in another. This projection always reinforces our own guilt.
This lesson is teaching us how to give the gift of our true Self. This gift is always based on the innocence of God’s Love. It is the innocence of our true Self. So every form of Love’s expression in the world reminds us of the Love we are.
Today we choose Christ’s vision to see the Love that our brother’s are and remember the Love we are. We choose to give the gifts of Love instead of fear.
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