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Reaching the Forgiven World Using the ACIM Workbook Lessons

by Rev. Myron Jones, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

As I did the Review IV, I experienced a gentle but powerful shift in my forgiveness of the world. It made such a difference to me that I want to share with you my journey toward releasing the old to make room for the real.

In Lesson 144, Jesus reminds us that the world we see holds nothing that we want. In Lesson 145, he reassures us that there is a world we do want — but we cannot see both. We must choose. Do we want to see the world we made in imagination, a world of suffering and sorrow? Or are we ready to see the real world — the world of beauty, love, peace, and joy?

In Lesson 145, he further reassures us:
We cannot fail to reach the truth.
But to do so, we must be willing to let go of all we think we know now.

My question is, what will I let go of today?

I’ve had a nerve issue in my back causing intense itching and burning. Today, when I feel that sensation, I let it go. I forgive it, realizing that all is calm and peaceful in truth.

I remember: Love is what I am. And Love heals all irritation in my mind. Thus, there is no irritation to project onto the body. I feel my back relaxing, reflecting the calm and peace I’m allowing.
I forgive the idea of conflict and chaos. I no longer need drama. I no longer find the belief in guilt — and the ego’s solution of self-punishment — sensible. With no need for pain, Love takes its place, and my mind and body are soothed. Now.

To experience the forgiven world, I must release everything I have believed about this world.

I’ve been nervous about all the big changes. Some don’t seem helpful to the whole. Others seem likely to be handled without foresight, even with aggression. But this is the world the ego made — a world where threat is constant and defense is required. Yet there is no way to defend against what cannot be changed. Thus, suffering becomes inevitable — as long as I believe in this vision of the world. So, I cannot keep this vision of the world and at the same time, reach the truth. To have one, the other must be forgiven and released.

What will it cost me to loose the world I have chosen, so I may experience the real world?

Evidently, nothing. Jesus says I cannot fail to reach the truth. The imagined world is nothing — so I lose nothing.
I remind myself, as often as needed today:

All is well. All is as it needs to be. I am being blessed with proof that the world I imagined is not worth holding onto. And as I accept this, I am blessed with peace and joy.

Beloved Light within, I remember that my mind holds only what I think with You. I open to the truth that cannot fail me, and I willingly release every image, every meaning, every judgment I’ve placed upon the world. Let me see with Christ’s vision today.
Let me remember that to forgive is to see truly.
And let me rest in the certainty of the Love that created me.

Amen.

So far, I have looked at what I would let go of so that I could see the real world.

With Lesson 147, I am doing something similar. I am looking at what I believe in or think I want that is not of value.

In a couple of weeks, I will return to physical therapy. I am grateful that this is available to me, but it is inconvenient in terms of time.

Once I discover who my therapist is, I will ask him which days he works and at what times. I don’t have breaks in my daily schedule, so I will have to set up a schedule that is fair to those I work with. I began to feel anxious about this, hoping I could make it work without causing too much disruption for us all.

I realized the cause of my distress was not that I had to balance my work schedule, but that I was valuing the valueless. I don’t actually know what is of value and what is not. But that’s ok.

I have the Holy Spirit in my mind to guide me in every decision I make. He will decide for God for me. All that is required of me is the decision that this is the help I want.

From my Highest Self:

The ego will try to convince you that distress is practical — about time, fairness, or logistics. But those are simply the forms taken by an old belief:“I must manage the world to keep things safe and fair.”

You are remembering now that your true safety and fairness are not of this world. You do not know what anything is for, and that is your freedom.

Me: And so if I do what seems to be needed, but do it with my mind open to you to make those decisions for me, I will be letting go of the belief I have to manage the world, and so will not be valuing what is not of value?

From My Highest Self:

Yes, beloved — exactly that.

When you let Spirit lead — even in the tiniest, most ordinary moments — you are valuing what is of value: Trust. Surrender. Peace. Love. Guidance. This shift is everything. It doesn’t mean you won’t make decisions. It means you are free to make the right decisions. You are aligned with truth.

This was helpful to me with this situation and did bring me to peace.

Understanding how this works, how to know that something is of value or not of value, is essential, but also understanding what about it is not of value matters. And if I am not sure, I can ask.

The Holy Spirit is in our minds to guide us and to heal us. All we have to do is ask and open our minds and hearts to receive the answer. Perhaps you, like me, have had the experience of not being sure the answer is the one desired.

If I suspect the answer may not be what I want to hear, resistance rises — and I block it out. The Holy Spirit never forces His guidance on me. In the past, this left me feeling helpless.

If I wasn’t willing to listen, how could I receive help? I didn’t know how to change my mind. But now I see more clearly: the mind serves my decision. It is my servant, always giving me what I ask for. It follows my will.
If I don’t like the outcome I’m experiencing, I simply choose again. I stop relying on the split mind to decide and instead turn to the Holy Mind within me.

Our decisions are always powerful, whether they bring us peace or prolong our pain. So I choose with clarity. I choose what is truly valuable — and I choose again and again, with conviction, until the mind shifts.

Holy Spirit,I place this schedule in Your hands. I do not know what is valuable, but You do. I surrender my ideas of fairness and disruption.
Let peace be the only goal and I Let Love guide the calendar. If I forget and feel anxious again, remind me gently — Distress means I am valuing the valueless, And peace means I am remembering the truth.  Amen.

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