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Gentle Healing Lesson 162, Manual for Teachers, Text.  9-17-19

LESSON 162
I am as God created me.


“These words are sacred, for they are the words God gave in answer to the world you made. By them it disappears, and all things seen within its misty clouds and vaporous illusions vanish as these words are spoken. For they come from God.”

I am absolutely convinced that this is the only thing we need to know in order to awaken. If this is completely and without exception accepted into the mind, awakening would be inevitable. What is there to forgive when you know who you are and who your brother is? What is there to defend and who would we as divine beings attack if we knew we were part of one Whole and that Whole was God Itself? Everything we are learning from studying and practicing the Course is leading to this one thing, remembering that we are as we were created, nothing more and nothing less.

I think this is beginning to sink in for me. I have had a couple of occasions to recognize a shift. For instance, I have noticed that I am enjoying watching shows and reading books where there are couples loving each other. I was a little surprised to see this in myself. It is not something that interests me much, but now I am feeling happy when I see this on the screen or read about it. Maybe that means a lot of old stuff from past relationships in this life and maybe others have been truly and finally released.

So, the other night I am watching this show where a couple falls in love and they are feeling so close to each other and so happy an I began to feel lonely. The feeling I had was that this part of my life was probably over. I have been celibate for nearly 20 years now and have not even had a date in all that time. I haven’t been interested and am not interested now, but here I was grieving the loss of something I don’t even want. I guess that’s why it is we keep returning to this world, we like some of it and want to try again.

I went with the feelings that were coming up and sat there crying for a little while just letting the sadness and regret wash over me. Then I asked the Holy Spirit to help me see this differently. I know the solution to any problem I have is not going to be found in the world. I want the real solution. Suddenly, a thought dropped into my mind. “I am not this 70 year old woman sitting alone in her living room feeling lonely.”

It was an absolute revelation! I mean, sure, I understand this concept and even believe it, but receiving it like that I knew it. I just laughed out loud. Of course, I am not that. I am watching and participating in a virtual reality show, but I am the one who is aware of the woman sitting in the chair. I am not a human being, woman or otherwise. I am not alone. I could never be lonely. I am as God created me. I have been floating on a cloud of peaceful happiness ever since. I wonder what happens next.

Regina’s Tips

Yesterday we focused on self-inquiry by looking at our anger. Today we will focus on Self-inquiry.

The single thought that has the power the Course speaks of is not the intellectual idea, ‘I am as God created me.’ It is the realization ‘I am as God created me.’

Pause and ask yourself, “Do I exist now?” And then relax and notice that you do. Ask, “Am I aware now?” And then relax and notice that you are.

When you have a few minutes for a little deeper practice, sit quietly and notice how much awareness can be aware of at once. Notice that it is aware of sounds ahead of you, behind you and to each side simultaneously. Notice it is aware of sensations in the body. It is aware of thoughts in the mind. Notice it is aware of both the outer world (sights & sounds) and the inner world (sensations and thoughts) simultaneously. And as you notice this, notice you are awareness. You are that which is aware of the outer and inner world. Stay a few moments more, resting as awareness.

My thoughts

Regina’s writings about awareness watching awareness has been helpful to me in my practice. Probably, the most important thing I have done in a long time is to sit in silence even for short periods of time waiting to know my Self. Maybe that is what she means. Anyway, it is paying off.

Text
T-6.1.19 Remember that the Holy Spirit is the communication link between God the Father and His separated Sons. If you will listen to His Voice you will know that you cannot either hurt or be hurt, and that many need your blessing to help them hear this for themselves. When you perceive only this need in them, and do not respond to any other, you will have learned of me and will be as eager to share your learning as I am.

When someone is attacking me, there might be a temptation to defend myself. But to defend is to attack. Let’s say that I post something on Facebook and someone else strongly disagree, and maybe their comment stings. The only way to defend myself is to make him wrong and no matter how I cloak my words in silken tones, I am attacking and attack is cruel.

What if, on the other hand, I realize that this person thinks it’s important to be right about this and to be proven wrong would be to teach him he is guilty of being wrong. If I argue my point it must be because I think I am hurt by his post. This is not something I want to teach anyone and not something I want to teach myself. What would be my alternative? Why not just let it be?

In the past, I would have felt compelled to say something or do something. Now, I don’t do that. If it is a question, I will answer it. But if it is a straightforward statement, I allow it to be what it is. I cannot be hurt by someone’s opinion, only by my thoughts about their opinion. I watch my feelings and my thoughts to see if I feel hurt or defensive, and if I do, I ask the HS for correction.

Manual for Teachers

M-20.5:7 7 Forgive the world, and you will understand that everything that God created cannot have an end, and nothing He did not create is real.

We accept God’s Will when we accept God’s peace. God’s peace comes when we remember that there is no world.

I do believe now that there is no world. I know this is true because the world is not eternal and therefore it does not exist. I don’t deny that we made a world and that we experience the world, but not being real, none of what we experience is real either and that’s good news. As my mind continues to heal to new levels of understanding, I see the impossible world differently and thus my experience of it is different. As more and more of us awaken, we will begin to see the world literally transform into a world based on God’s laws rather than ours. Ultimately, we will lose interest in the world even in its perfect reflection and God will lift us up into Him. The world will cease to exist, just as it has never existed.

How does this new perception help me now? I used to believe the world was an illusion, but now I know it is so nothing that happens here has the same impact on me. This allows me to remain calm and peaceful even while the story unfolds in unexpected and undesirable ways. I might have an emotional response to what is happening, but I also know that everything is fine.

If someone is acting from their ego in such a way as to impact my life, I know that this one is just playing out their script and that in a very short time we will be in the next dimension sharing thoughts on what we learned from it and sharing love for each other so I can’t really hold onto a grievance against them. It seems silly to do so now.

Another thing that has changed with this new perception is that there are not many big deals. I used to be a bit frantic about trips, worrying about what to bring, what time to leave the house so I didn’t miss my flight, and worrying about forgetting something important. I feel the old stuff trying to get a hook into me, but that’s not possible anymore. I remind myself that everything will be fine and the thoughts fade away.

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