Together, We Light the Way

Lesson 35 2026

My mind is part of God’s. I am very holy.
1. Today’s idea does not describe the way you see yourself now. ²It does, however, describe what vision will show you. ³It is difficult for anyone who thinks he is in this world to believe this of himself. ⁴Yet the reason he thinks he is in this world is because he does not believe it.
2. You will believe that you are part of where you think you are. ²That is because you surround yourself with the environment you want. ³And you want it to protect the image of yourself that you have made. ⁴The image is part of this environment. ⁵What you see while you believe you are in it is seen through the eyes of the image. ⁶This is not vision. ⁷Images cannot see.
3. The idea for today presents a very different view of yourself. ²By establishing your Source it establishes your Identity, and it describes you as you must really be in truth.  (ACIM, W-35)
2025
This lesson no longer makes me uneasy, but at first, it did. There was nothing in me that felt holy, much less very holy. I could not imagine my mind was part of God’s. But I did the lesson anyway. I did it for several years. I did it anyway because that was the instructions in the introduction.
9. Remember only this; you need not believe the ideas, you need not accept them, and you need not even welcome them. ²Some of them you may actively resist. ³None of this will matter, or decrease their efficacy. ⁴But do not allow yourself to make exceptions in applying the ideas the workbook contains, and whatever your reactions to the ideas may be, use them. ⁵Nothing more than that is required. (ACIM, W-in.9:1-5)
So, I did them, and now I am comfortable with this lesson. I accept that my mind is part of God’s just as I accepted Lesson 30 when it told me that God is in my mind. And so now I will practice this lesson today as I am told to do.
I am afraid of failure. But my mind is part of God’s. I am very holy.
Jesus is very specific in the instructions for this lesson, and I am following them. But this belief is the one I want to share with you. I am a teacher of God, and I do my best to be a good teacher of God and follow His lead at all times. I do that, mostly, but sometimes I say the wrong thing. And instead of just forgiving it and moving on or making amends if that is called for, I fret over it. I worry about it and wonder if I should even be attempting this.
On a good day, I see that this is not helpful, and I ask the Holy Spirit to correct the belief that caused this. I ask Him to undo the consequences of my error. Then I go back to my purpose. But I want to be free of the fear of failure. There are other ways I let that fear get in the way.
For instance, I have an easel in one of my rooms. There are all the art supplies needed for me to paint a picture. But I don’t think I have the talent for this, and I am afraid I will fail. It has all been there for several years now, waiting for me to stop making excuses and enjoy the effort.
None of this sounds like I believe that my mind is part of God’s and that I am very holy. Thus, the need for practice. And so today, I will practice joyfully knowing that my mind is being healed of its mistaken beliefs as I do so. This whole practice is quite miraculous!
2026
This morning I began my day as has become my habit. I lay in bed for a while with hand on heart, asking who it was that needed my love prayer this morning. I think it was my son who has the flu and maybe pneumonia. I fell back to sleep, and dreams were happening, but my hand stayed on my heart, and I continued to feel the love. I still do. And so when I read the lesson with the list of examples, I couldn’t relate to any of them. When I read last year’s journal, I realized how much my mind has healed in that year.
Probably all those examples from the lesson occur in my mind but I don’t believe them and so they don’t affect me. I wait for Spirit to show me what I need to see, and it was the belief in being endangered. It doesn’t scare me as much as it used to and isn’t my constant companion as it used to be, but it is still there. I see what is happening in the world, and I don’t feel safe. Right now, I feel fine, but I know that the feeling of being endangered still arises from time to time. When it does, I ask the Holy Spirit to decide for God for me.
My mind is part of God’s. I am very holy. I am a little amazed to discover that I believe this. I feel it. I also feel like a body, especially when it is in pain or seems to be imposing some limit on me. I am aware of the personality of Myron, and sometimes this amuses me, and other times I feel limited by that as well. For instance, my friend has been sick, and I think of her and pray for her. I check in with her to see how she’s doing.
In the meantime, other friends are visiting, sitting with her when needed, bringing meals so she doesn’t have to cook. When I discovered this, I realized it never occurred to me to do any of these things, and I’m, once again in my life, confronted with this lack in myself, of some basic instinct that others seem to have. That kind of thing used to embarrass me and confound me so that I felt bad about myself. Now, I see it as some quirk in this personality, and I try to do better, but it is not me. My mind is part of God. I am very holy.
I still feel the constrictions of time and worry about unfinished projects, but my mind is part of God’s, and I am very holy. I am tempted to guilt when I waste time I could be using more profitably. But my mind is part of God’s, and I am very holy.
Well, Jesus, I feel too full of love and happiness this morning to find any more beliefs, but as the day goes on, perhaps I will. If there is anything I need to be aware of, please let me know. I want to hold only those beliefs that are true, so I want to acknowledge and forgive those that are not true.
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