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ACIM Lesson 50 2025

My contemplation of Lesson 50
I am sustained by the Love of God.

I can place my faith in only two places: the imagined ego world of separation or the Love of God. If I choose the ego world, I will suffer fear, sickness, pain, and death. I know this because it has been my experience. While I am aware of my experience as a moment-to-moment study in suffering, I am also aware of my life as a different experience. It is different because I have begun to place my faith in God. This is not moment-to-moment yet, but getting there.

When my friend offered me a room in her home here in Sedona for two weeks, the cautious self responded with fear. I couldn’t just get up and go to Sedona. I needed time to plan. I needed to look at my bank account and then decide. The ego mind always answers from a place of fear because it was made from fear. But now I know that I have another Voice and I can choose to listen to it. So, I asked for advice and I felt very comfortable saying yes. So, here I am having a lovely time with many new Course friends in beautiful Sedona.

It’s kind of funny, really. I told myself last year that I was done with flying and traveling. I like being at home, having a full schedule of classes, and knowing what comes next in each moment. That’s really hilarious when I think of it this way. I wanted to be happy and peaceful and put my faith in my little house and my dependable routine. As if there could never be a tornado that could upend the whole thing. Never mind that we have been under a tornado watch frequently. There could never be a hurricane that chased me from my home and maybe destroyed my home. We know better than that.

It is just the insanity of believing I have control over anything. The belief that something outside myself could give me peace and happiness. I know better than that. From my own experience, I know that nothing outside me can harm me or keep me safe. I was confused for a while there as I placed my faith in the world rather than in God’s Love. I have a prayer I find very helpful in cases like this. I have shared it before, and I will do so again now. If I needed reminding, maybe you do, too.

All thought from the ego mind is only perception, not truth. So if my thought seems rooted in ego thinking, I look at that perception with the Holy Spirit so that He can shine the light of truth on it and dissipate the darkness. Then I ask Him to put my faith where it belongs. There and done! Feeling blessed and grateful.

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ACIM Lesson 49 2025

My contemplation of Lesson 49
God’s Voice speaks to me all through the day.

Maybe like me, you have had trouble believing this one. There may be no proof that this is true, or at least little proof. The first time I read it, I was excited at the idea and thought that doing the lesson would give me access to that Voice. I was really disappointed that not only did I fail to experience this amazing shift I expected, but I couldn’t still my mind for five minutes, for goodness sake. I have discovered that I need five minutes just to settle in and let the ego voice fade a bit. Then I can spend five minutes with the Holy Spirit.

But when I first started doing the lessons, I was still very uncertain about myself. I was discouraged and wondered if it worked for everyone except me. What I know now is that for most people, this is going to take consistent and determined practice. Even Jesus had to practice listening for that voice. He says this: ¹⁰It takes effort and great willingness to learn. ¹¹It is the final lesson that I learned, and God’s Sons are as equal as learners as they are as Sons. (ACIM, T-5.II.3:10-11) He is forewarning us that this is going to take effort, but also assuring us that he did it, so it must be possible for us to do so as well.

I still have trouble stilling my mind, but now I am patient with myself and I don’t worry about it. I continue to do what is asked of me with a certainty that I will succeed in all things. What I never doubt is the connection. I am connected to that Voice. It is there whether I am paying attention to it or not. How could it not be? My mind is part of God’s Mind. I am very holy. If I were not in God and God were not in me, I would cease to exist because God is Life. God is continuously sharing His thoughts with me. My heart sings at the thought of this, and I am strongly motivated to become more aware of those thoughts.

This morning, and every morning since I have been at The Little Garden here in Sedona, I have sat with my housemates and done the lesson with them. I don’t have anyone to do this with at home, so it is quite a treat. After we do the lesson, we share our thoughts about it. What a wonderful way to start the day. This desire to connect with others on this extraordinary path is why I write about the Course and share what I write. I love it when someone shares in return.

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ACIM Lesson 48 2025

My contemplation of Lesson 48
There is nothing to fear.

You may not actually believe this. 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 Son’s 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 is a goal 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 was 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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ACIM Lesson 47 2025

My contemplation of Lesson 47
God is the strength in which I trust.

In this lesson, we are reminded that we cannot trust in the strength of the ego, the separate self. We have no way of knowing how to live life moment to moment in a way that is loving and helpful to ourselves and each other. We have no control over where life takes us. It is a joke we play on ourselves when we make plans on our own, that is, with our ego mind. Often it is not a funny joke from where we think we are.

What is probably not apparent to us before the Course is that while we are like lost children in the woods, we have within us a power and a strength that we can access. The Course calls this our Holy Spirit. Even as a Course student, I was the recalcitrant child who wanted to do it on her own. My life often reflected that decision to my detriment. But that’s OK. It is how I learned. The contrast of using the ego mind to make decisions as compared to calling on the Holy Spirit to decide for me taught me to choose the right mind more often.

I will still choose the split mind at times, but now I see the error quickly and ask for correction just as quickly. Seldom do I stay in the split mind long enough to make changing the mind I use seem difficult. However, if I make that mistake, the solution is the same. I ask the Holy Spirit to correct my perception of the situation, and with a sigh of relief, I let my mind be healed. It wasn’t always so easy, but consistent practice shifted this for me. So now if I get caught up in a story, it is so uncomfortable that I gladly do what it takes to return to peace. As Jesus has told us, he teaches through contrast.

When I first began this study, it felt like I was being asked to give something up when I let go of trying to navigate the illusion on my own. I had a real problem with control. I didn’t want to give it up. Like I ever had control to begin with. Life taught me differently. I began to realize that I was not being asked to sacrifice the right to control my life since I was coming to realize that I didn’t have any control.

By learning to trust the strength of God in me, I have come much closer to knowing my true Self. God gave all of Himself to me in my creation, so the strength of God is my strength, too. I am simply deciding to be my true Self rather than identifying with the separate self I made to have this insane experience. I do this by calling on that strength and letting it teach me who I am.

My mission here is to let the experience teach me that I can simply have the experience or I can use it to undo the misguided experiment in separation. Eventually, all the Sons of God will succeed in finding their way Home. Today we have an excellent practice to not only make this life happier and easier, but also to return us to our Home sooner.

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ACIM Lesson 46 2025

My Contemplation of Lesson 46
God is the Love in which I forgive.

Forgiveness is everything. It is the way I live a peaceful and happy life while I think I am here. It is the way I awaken from the belief in separation. Forgiveness is the great need of the world so I am vigilant for the need for forgiveness. No matter where I see the need, in someone I know and love, someone I don’t know at all, in a situation, I am really only seeing the need to forgive some false belief I am holding. Thus, I am always forgiving myself even if I forgive something seemingly outside my mind.

When I first started the Course, it seemed as if the list was endless. But now, while I always find something to forgive each day, it no longer feels overwhelming. Here is an example of how I use forgiveness. I am staying in Sedona for a couple of weeks and just got here last night. There were two women on the shuttle from the airport in Phoenix to Sedona who talked the whole time. I was sitting next to them and after a while, I began to resent their constant chatter. So, I forgave that situation and the two women. Then I forgave my belief that anything outside my own mind could affect me.

No matter what seems to be the source of my distress, it is always some belief in my mind that needs to be forgiven and let go. There are only a few root cause beliefs, so it is not hard to realize what it is that needs to be corrected. It could be the belief I am unsafe, unfairly treated, a victim, or the belief in lack or loss, and the belief in guilt. Maybe a few more, but those are the ones that come to mind easily. I am happy to forgive all of these. When I do, I am forgiving on behalf of the Sonship because what is forgiven in my mind is forgiven in all minds.

If the forgiveness doesn’t come naturally and easily, I ask the Holy Spirit to correct my perception. It is always a perception that needs correction. The two women did not see their conversation as a problem. They seemed to be enjoying themselves very much. It was my interpretation of the situation that was the problem, so that is what needed to be corrected. That simple prayer asking the Holy Spirit to correct my perception is easy to remember and can be thought even when I am busy. I am, as always, grateful for A Course in Miracles and for my Father Who placed the Holy Spirit in my mind to guide, heal, and comfort.

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ACIM Lesson 45 2025

My contemplation of Lesson 45
God is the mind with which I think.

Every time I read this lesson, I was stunned all over again. Then I have been overcome with love. My dear God, my Creator, I am in Your Mind, thinking Your Thoughts. What on earth am I doing here in this insane world? Well, I am not here, am I? That’s the point of my journey that starts at the end and goes nowhere except in my imagination.

My mind has always been very busy. These simple lessons that are designed to slow the mind down and finally to still it were made with me in mind, I think. I have had no idea why it is that I find it so impossible to stop the chatter or even to ignore the chatter. Now I understand. The chatter I think of as my thoughts is there to cover up my real thoughts. If I became aware of my real thoughts, the thoughts I think with God, the game would be over. I am sure of that.

I would swear that ‘game over’ is my goal, and yet, I resist meditation. It is as if my endless stream of senseless thoughts were as necessary as breathing. It seems that I am ready to change my mind about that. The ego part of the mind is quite resistant, but I am not the ego. It insists that I have tried before, many times, and have proven I cannot do this. I disagree. It is God’s Will that I succeed. I cannot fail.

2. You think with the Mind of God. ²Therefore you share your thoughts with Him, as He shares His with you. ³They are the same thoughts, because they are thought by the same Mind. ⁴To share is to make alike, or to make one. ⁵Nor do the thoughts you think with the Mind of God leave your mind, because thoughts do not leave their source. ⁶Therefore, your thoughts are in the Mind of God, as you are. ⁷They are in your mind as well, where He is. ⁸As you are part of His Mind, so are your thoughts part of His Mind.

I just wanted to read this again before I become quiet. It is astounding to think of this. I don’t even know what to say about it. What can I say? It is amazing that I have hidden this undeniable truth from myself for so long. And even now that Jesus himself has ‘returned’ to remind me, I can hardly take it in. Again, Jesus knows we will be uncertain and hesitant. But he encourages us not to believe the world. He answers our doubts in paragraph 5.

5. We will also try to understand that only what God would have us do is what we want to do. ²And we will also try to remember that we cannot fail in doing what He would have us do. ³There is every reason to feel confident that we will succeed today. ⁴It is the Will of God.

This is a very holy thing we do today. No matter how well we do or even if it seems we do not succeed, that we want to do this, that we are trying to do this, is significant. The world needs our light very much. This holy endeavor will add light to our minds and bring us closer to our awakening. Thank you, God, for the Thoughts you think with us. And I am grateful to myself for my efforts and equally grateful for each Course student in the world who is joining in this effort today.

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ACIM Lesson 44 2025

My contemplation of Lesson 44
God is the light in which I see.

When people are stumbling in the dark, as many are now, we lightworkers have a job to do. This is our opportunity to shine our light and help our brothers find their way to their own light. I want very much to do that, but I must first be sure my light is shining brightly. It cannot do that if my mind is dark with unloving thoughts. So I am vigilant for judgments, for fear thoughts, guilt thoughts, for anger or hatred. I look fearlessly at all I find, and if I find this darkness in my mind, I ask the Holy Spirit to correct my perceptions and to place my faith where it belongs.

If I see darkness in someone else, I recognize that this darkness is in me, too, since our minds are connected. So, I heal it there. This helps both of us simultaneously. All darkness is within, as all light is within. There is nothing outside our mind. The darkness is an illusion and thus can be undone. All light is creation and simply exists even when obscured by dark thoughts. When I forgive those thoughts, the light is there, and so I can see.

Our practice today is designed to help us learn to reach the light. Jesus knows this is simple and natural, but if the mind is not trained, it feels hard. He tells us that we must accomplish this training if we want to see, and I do want to see. I want that more than anything. So I jumped right in this morning, and I will do so during the day as well. In all the years I have been studying the Course, I have never been as determined as I am now.

If you notice resistance, Jesus explains what it is about.
⁴While you practice in this way, you leave behind everything that you now believe, and all the thoughts that you have made up. ⁵Properly speaking, this is the release from hell. ⁶Yet perceived through the ego’s eyes, it is loss of identity and a descent into hell.

Resistance can be obvious. We might feel fear or anger at the apparent loss of control. Or maybe the resistance is more subtle, showing up as not enough time, or I just can’t slow my mind down. That was always my favorite, and it seemed so clearly a fact that I didn’t recognize it as resistance. Or, to be more accurate, I was able to hide behind it and tell myself that I was being honest. No more of that, though. I am no longer willing to sit in the dark, wishing something would save me from my decisions. Nor am I so confused about who I am that losing the ego is confused with losing myself. I am among the Sons of God, and I will let my light shine now.

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