XI. The Test of Truth, P 2
2 Be willing, then, for all of it to be undone, and be glad that you are not bound to it forever. For you have taught yourself how to imprison the Son of God, a lesson so unthinkable that only the insane, in deepest sleep, could even dream of it. Can God learn how not to be God? And can His Son, given all power by Him, learn to be powerless? What have you taught yourself that you can possibly prefer to keep, in place of what you have and what you are?
Journal
Jesus spends a lot of time in the Course helping us understand that it is not possible that we are what we think we have made of ourselves. He wants us to know that it is not possible we could be less than what God is. We are created like God in every way; that’s what it means to be an extension of God. To think we can be powerless is insane. We have been given all power, and even in dreams, we are not without that power however we might misuse it.
I have had an interesting life. Parts of it have been exciting and fun and parts have been dangerous, and other parts of it have been awful. I can’t say that I just glided through life, that’s for sure. I often wonder how I would have seen the rest of my life if I had not found A Course in Miracles. Honestly, I cannot imagine how people deal with life without it. I think I would have probably taken my own life had I not found it.
Right now I sometimes feel such joy and peace and sometimes I spend a lot of time crying. It’s all good. It’s all necessary. Our lives are not at random. We decide our path in every moment as we make decisions either with Holy Spirit or with ego. I don’t waste any of it. I love the happy peaceful moments and enjoy them fully.
I also fully experience the anger and fear and guilt when it comes up. I am learning not to block any of it, and, in doing so, I am choosing to make different decisions that lead to joy rather than to fear. This is my way out and I am glad I am not bound to this illusion forever. I’m so grateful that I am something that I did not make and I am ready to remember what that is.
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