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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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ACIM Lesson 42 2025

My contemplation of Lesson 42
God is my strength. Vision is His gift.

I will achieve the goal of A Course in Miracles because God is my strength and vision is His gift. I lean into this lesson when I feel discouraged or fearful. Sometimes, it feels like an uphill battle to let go of the desire to judge, the impulse to defend, the urgency that convinces me I need to attack. But then I remember that I am not depending on my strength to do these things. God is my strength. I cannot fail. When I feel like I just can’t imagine another way to see, when the error feels more real than the truth, I remember that vision is available to me because it is God’s gift to me.

I will awaken from the dream of separation because it is God’s Will that I do so, and it is His strength that upholds me and His Vision that guides me forward and shows me the way. Yesterday, we learned that within us is everything that is perfect. It is within me because it is God. God is within me, and I am within Him. How could I not succeed? The idea of failure is crazy.

Sometimes, I can feel lost. How did I get to this place, I wonder. It seems like I am in hell and can’t find an exit. But this cannot be true because life is not at random. My passage through time and space is not at random. I have discovered just how true this is. I am exactly where I need to be for my next lesson, my next step forward toward my awakening. At times, I have felt distraught in certain situations and wondered if I was abandoned. Later, when I had transcended the problem, I was glad it had happened. I saw its value and loved that it had brought me to where I was.

I gladly practice this lesson today. I want to never forget my purpose and my function while I am here. The world is distracting, and so I need this practice. I need this to keep me mindful of my goal and to remind me that it matters. It matters very much. It is everything.

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ACIM Lesson 41 2025

My contemplation of Lesson 41
God goes with me wherever I go.

I love this lesson because it introduces awakening. We are literally attempting to awaken from the dream of separation as we do this lesson. He knows we may not, probably will not, be successful the first time we do this. However, we might. And eventually, we will be successful. That is why I love the lesson.

I also love it because it describes the effects of the belief in separation: the depression, loneliness, worry, and the suffering we experience believing we are separate from God. So many people feel a sense of abandonment and assume it has its origins in their story. Their father abandoned the family. Or their mother died at their birth. Maybe their partner left them for someone else.

But those are not the source of the feeling of being abandoned. They are the images that represent the separation from God, images that we project as our stories. They are our attempt to solve the problem without solving it at all. No matter how many images we project, the only problem we really have is that we think we separated ourselves from our Source. So the only solution is to accept that we have not done so. God still goes with us wherever we go.

⁴The idea for today has the power to end all this foolishness forever. ⁵And foolishness it is, despite the serious and tragic forms it may take.

The world is tragic even at its best. It is tragic because it seems to exist outside of God. Even if we have a wonderful life story, we are still deluded into believing we are not the Son of God. And the best life ever ends in death. So, today I will try again to move past the thoughts that make up the pretense of life and let my awareness rest on reality.

How do we solve the problem of the world? It seems impossible, especially now. There are so many problems and so much hate and fear. In spite of this, it is a simple solution, one we do not seriously consider. We do not question the reality of the problem. But today is the day in which we do so. We relax into silence and go within where the answer lies.

Deep within you is everything that is perfect, ready to radiate through you and out into the world. ²It will cure all sorrow and pain and fear and loss because it will heal the mind that thought these things were real, and suffered out of its allegiance to them.

Is this not worth five minutes of our time this morning? In the past, when I attempted this meditation, I did so with trepidation, afraid of failure and what that would mean about me. Now, though, I do it with joy, knowing that I will never fail completely and sooner or later, I will succeed.

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ACIM Lesson 40 2025

My contemplation of Lesson 40
I am blessed as a Son of God.

This is a simple and happy lesson. The only part that might be a problem is remembering to do it every 10 minutes. I doubt that I will, but that’s OK. I will, without judgment, notice when I have forgotten and do it then. I am reminded of this from Chapter 14.II.1.4 ...guilt is interference, not salvation, and serves no useful function at all.

I very much appreciated yesterday’s lesson: My holiness is my salvation. In fact, I had a restless night’s sleep and woke up out of sorts. So, I lay there and did that lesson. I thought of my unloving thoughts and reminded myself that my holiness was my salvation. I thought about how my belief in the body/world was the problem. But that is not me. My mind is part of God’s. I am very holy. Holiness is my reality, and as I remember that, I am saved.

So, today’s lesson is a perfect follow-up. I am blessed as a Son of God. As a Son of God, my holiness keeps me safe from these foolish, unloving thoughts. I happily proclaim the truth of my being instead. I am blessed as a Son of God. I gratefully practice this lesson. I could never be guilty because I am blessed as a Son of God with innocence. I could never want to see anyone else as guilty because I am blessed as one with God and all His creations.

I am blessed as a Son of God.

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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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