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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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ACIM Lesson 43 2025

My contemplation of Lesson 43
God is my Source. I cannot see apart from Him.

In this lesson, Jesus uses the word ‘see’ to mean perception. What is my interpretation of what the eyes and other senses report to me? What meaning do I give it? To truly understand anything, I must see it through God. I will be misled when I try to understand with the ego.
God is the realm of knowledge and so knows nothing of perception. He gave us the Holy Spirit as our Mediator between perception and knowledge. Thank you, God, for that. Otherwise, we would be forever cut off from knowledge. This is why I developed this communication link with the Holy Spirit and continue to refine it.

Sometimes, I feel like I am not sure if I am following the Holy Spirit’s guidance or the ego’s guidance. But if I examine the guidance closely, I will generally be able to work that out. The Holy Spirit will always answer for all. He will always guide me toward oneness, love, peace, kindness, sharing, and joining. The ego will not do that. It is always interested in some form of separation, such as anger, hatred, or selfishness. It is the ultimate me, me, me.

I have learned, with the Holy Spirit’s help, to be vigilant for separation thinking. I don’t vote for what is best for me. I vote for what is in everyone’s best interest. I don’t erect barriers between me and others, create boundaries that prevent joining, or settle for the ego’s need for specialness of any kind. When that kind of thinking seeps into my mind, I ask the Holy Spirit for guidance as to what to do.

If fear is driving my responses, I can be sure that I have turned to the ego for meaning. Fear and guilt are always hallmarks of ego thinking. Fear drives our worst behaviors in this world. People will allow pain and suffering to be inflicted on others when they are convinced they have something to fear from them. This is so even when the proof is flimsy or invented.

To the ego, defenses are the way we keep ourselves separate and thus safe. Jesus, on the other hand, points out that our safety lies in our defenselessness, which allows joining. As we come to accept that we are all part of the Oneness that is God, it will no longer make sense to hurt each other. But as long as we keep living miserable lives built on attack and defend, we will continue to suffer. It is fear driving this behavior. That is just another way of saying that the ego is driving our life.

Sometimes, when I have to decide how to respond to someone or some situation, I am guided to say yes and sometimes to say no. The point is, I cannot know what is in everyone’s best interest. But in our minds is the Holy Spirit who does know. Why would I not choose that Advisor rather than the ego that is the embodiment of separation, knowing that separation is the cause of all suffering in the world? It is actually the cause of the world as we experience it. I am happy to practice this lesson and grateful for it. I want my perception to be brought as close to the truth as possible.

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