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ACIM Lesson 39 2025

My Contemplation of Lesson 39
My holiness is my salvation.

I have been more concerned about getting the contemplation written, posted, and recorded than in giving the lessons the time they required. But today, the thought I was given was that, to gain from the lesson all it offers, I must spend the time required of myself. So, I decided on that before I read it. And of course, as I read the lesson, I realized why I was being reminded to do the lesson fully. My holiness is meant to save the world, and a savior must be saved if she is to save.

I have never been comfortable with just being without doing. I didn’t let myself think of that before I began the lesson. I just made a commitment and followed through on it. My desire to be saved and to save is strong enough to motivate me to do what it takes. I was surprised at the ease with which I spent the five minutes. I was not surprised at the peace that followed.

These are facts that I want to remember today.
My purpose is to allow myself to be saved from unloving thoughts so that I can save others. As I do this lesson and follow up on it with my attention to unloving thoughts, I do save others. Our minds are connected, so when I heal, we all heal.

Worrying is unloving. The ego mind associates worry with love, and I don’t want to make that mistake. I had a worried thought about one of my children. In the past, I thought I had to worry about my children. It seemed to prove I loved them. But I know now that worry is not love but is actually unloving. It is an attack on their invulnerability.

Guilt is hell. I don’t really believe it is anything else, but I still do accept guilt at times, which means I accept hell. I will watch for that, and if I notice guilt, I will remember that my holiness is my salvation. Guilt has no place in my holy mind. It is an unloving thought, and I would be saved from it.

Truth is obvious; ego is complex. If my mind becomes confused, I will pause, relax, and look at the false perception with the Holy Spirit so it can be corrected. There is nothing complicated about the Course. It is simple, and what it asks of us is easy to do. It is only my resistance that has ever made it seem complicated or difficult. If I notice resistance in any form, I will let myself be saved from that unloving thought.

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