Miracles News

January-March, 2006

The Light Has Come

by Rev. Veronika Wilcox

To see only the Light is Christ vision. To give up the belief in the power and reality of darkness is liberation.

The light has come. (Lesson 75) Let there be light. Today I will say to every brother: “The light in you is all that I would see, (name).” And just as I was in the middle of typing this, a friend came in. On his face was no light to be seen. He was carrying a problem, a conflict. I instantly affirmed the above and kept affirming it silently as he spoke. When he left he smiled and gave me a hug. IT IS WORTH THE PRACTICE!

I am under no laws but God’s. (Lesson 76) “Here is the perfect statement of my freedom. I am under no laws but God’s. I am constantly tempted to make up other laws and give them power over me. I suffer only because of my belief in them.”

How perfectly this fits in with what I had discussed with my friend. I had said that we were constantly playing games in life with all sort of rules and regulations big and small. From the way a knife had to be put down at table (we had talked about this with another friend a few days before) to how we relate with a husband or wife.

These rules have been passed down for centuries and we took them on board. Whenever I am not happy or at peace, I know that I am trying to live by one of those rules. But I am under no laws but God’s. I shall straight away use this beautiful affirmation Jesus gives in this lesson: “Let me allow God’s laws to work in this, and not my own.”

Let me recognize the problem so it can be solved. (Lesson 79) “Everyone in this world seems to have his own special problems. Yet they are all the same, and must be recognized as one if the one solution that solves them all is to be accepted.”

A friend rang. He had a problem he would like to go away. The problem goes by the name of cancer. Another friend has a problem that goes by the name of studies. Another one has a relationship problem, another one a financial one and so on and so on. I sat down and read this lesson. Then the light came to my thought: I could clearly see that all of these dear people were putting the problem first! They kept looking at the problem. Then I remembered: everybody, including myself needs to put God first trustingly. I love giving my problems to the Holy Spirit and I walk away light hearted and free, bathing in the sunshine of God’s infinite Love and care.

Let me recognize my problems have been solved. (Lesson 80) Only as long as I am trying to find my own solutions to my problems, will I not find the one solution to the one problem! Why would I still want to do this?

It is pride which stands in the way of my salvation. I don’t seem to mind that I think that I am separated from God, Who is my Source. I want to be independent after all. I want to be self sufficient. I have been brought up to work out my own solutions. I have been told that this is empowering.

Now the Course is teaching me that I cannot be separated from my Source because God is my Life. I have indeed never been separated from God Who is Love and is All in all. I could only want to be separated in fantasy because I have a wrong concept of what God is. If He is some magnified human being then I certainly don’t want to be tied to Him. Which child would forever want to be tied to a parent? But if I look at Jesus’ parable of the lost son who apparently too thought that he needed to be away from home, I can see that by getting away I do not gain anything except the understanding that home is the best place to be.

Is this why I made up the dream? Well, as soon as things look bad, I certainly gladly return to my Father’s House. But what about the so-called pleasures of this life on earth? Will I let them go too? Yes, because I have had a taste of heavenly Love and the wonderful experience of His Presence. These propel me on with my inner work, because I do want that.

Rev. Veronika Birken is a Pathways of Light minister who lives in Bega Valley, Australia.

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