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May-August, 2025

There Really Is Nothing to Fear

by Rev. Myron Jones, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

As I am writing this, I am doing Lesson 48: “There is nothing to fear.” I love this Lesson. It is so clear. There are no caveats. It is simple, straight-forward and uncompromising.

I seldom read news other than the headlines of local news, since I might need to know what is going on in my town. But every once in a while, I hear about something or read the national headlines.

This morning, I decided to do that in conjunction with the Lesson. Each article would trigger a response in me and each time that response was fear, it was an opportunity to remember that there is nothing to fear.

How could it be that some of the things happening in the world today could not be fearful? Well, let’s start with the fact that there is no world. It is an illusion we chose to experience, but it cannot hurt us. It is like dreaming of a scary moment and awakening to discover nothing happened except a dream. Whew! That was good news. And today’s lesson is good news in the same way.

What is there to fear except harm to a body? Well, more good news because there are no bodies. I do not have a body. I am not in a body. This body I identify as me is just another illusion. It is an avatar of sorts, a way to have this experience safely.

Even when the body story is done and the body appears to die, nothing happened because it was never alive. “It does not die; it was merely never born.” (T-5.IV.2:3)

Every morning this year, I am writing my contemplation of the daily Lesson. I have done this before, but this year, I wanted to share my present experience with the lessons. The following is my contemplation of Lesson 48:

You may not actually believe this Lesson. Probably you hope it is true. I know when I began the Lessons, I was conflicted about Lesson 48. Sure, I wanted it to be true, but I also felt cheated. There was nothing for me to do. I was big into doing back then. I thought that I was in charge of my awakening and I could make it happen if I did enough things right. Yes, there are things for us to do. Ideas to take in, beliefs to let go. But that is not what wakes us up.

This work helps to loosen the hold we have on our ego persona. It helps us realize that we are not trapped in hell, that there is a way out. It is like a farmer tilling the soil, removing rocks and other obstacles to growing a healthy crop. He then fertilizes the soil and finally plants the seeds. But then, it is left to the sun and rain to do the rest.

This is what I do with these Lessons. I am preparing my mind for the change that is occurring. I am removing obstacles (my wrong minded thoughts.) And I am planting the seeds. The seed this morning is the truth that there is nothing to fear. I have moved past doubt in what Jesus tells me. While the Myron character still feels surges of fear at times, I know there is nothing to fear. There is no world and nothing is happening.

What could there be to fear? I am among the Sons of God. I have no body that could get sick and die. I am not trapped in a world gone mad from separation thoughts. I am Spirit and only Spirit. I am aware of an impossible experience because I want it. When I am done with the experience, it will seem in the story that Myron dies, but all that is happening is that I have removed my awareness from the idea of Myron.

Sometimes I think of this life as a game I am playing. There are many levels to this game. At the beginning level, the goal is to set up the situations that will help me attain the higher levels. Some of those were things that seemed to make me a victim and unfairly treated because letting those beliefs go are goals at the higher level. At the next level, I am also gaining tools that will help me achieve the final goal.

One of the obstacles was my first divorce which got me kicked out of the Catholic church. And the tool I eventually gained as I forgave was A Course in Miracles. It was the map and instructions for winning the game. It also showed me the prize for winning. I would discover that it was only a game. I exist apart from the game. I am not really the avatar in the game, but the player of the game.

Since I now knew that the fear I often felt was not real and I am always safe, I discovered that there was a way to win the game. It is called awakening in the dream, playing for fun without fear of losing, and helping others win the game. Everything looks the same and my avatar is still sometimes caught up in the game, but within, I know that fundamentally everything is fine.

Things may still look scary in the game, but it is just a game. Nothing is happening and I can relax, knowing there is nothing to fear.

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