A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 34

A Course in Miracles

Workbook Lesson 34

 

"I could see peace instead of this."

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Good morning my pretties, and your little selves too. Another day of getting down to the business of learning, accepting, and releasing, oh my. I just love you guys, my best buds I never met, but feel constantly. Just a casual stroll is in order today, leisurely smelling the flowers, enjoying the gentle breeze and being grateful, like Zeppelin says, "there's still time to change the road you're on." Let's remember that God is with us allways, and awakening can be a barrel of laughs. So. group hug and last one to the path is a smelly banana.

 

Prayer: My blessed Christ, my most loving and special brother, please guide us out of the pool, please show us the truth, and help us to release enough of our little selves to feel the oneness, to feel your total serenity and deep peace. The Course teaches us we are not little, that we are God, please help us, to see us through your eyes. Your love is with us always, please help us to know your joy. Also please grant us knowledge of your Wholly Will for us and the power to carry it out. May you grant us the eyes to see no differences. Thank you for teaching us, thank you for loving us, allways. 

 

Workbook Lesson:  "I could see peace instead of this." This is an interesting lesson, because it reminds us that we are paying a high price to stay in this illusion of a world, where we see ourselves as little and ineffective. Where we feel victimized and believe that God is out to get us because we are bad, and God wants us to be punish us to make us good. What this lesson is saying to us is that instead of this craziness I have brought on myself through my thinking, as I release and forgive it, I can actually feel the peace of God. That what hides behind my illusions is the true peace of God, which is my inheritance. As the workbook reminds us that as we realize we are connected to God's peace in our minds, we bring God's peace forward. What tends to happen to me is, when I am in my peaceful mind, that is the signal for myself to bring up fear thoughts. It is too calm, too foreign and I start manufacturing fear thoughts. So, I can block off the love and peace of God one more time, and reclaim my tortured, pathetic, little self.

 

Thinking it Over: So, this is telling me that what I think in my mind, affects the state of my mind. That I have control over whether I choose to believe in God, or the illusions I have made. I use thoughts like, "'I am old and stupid and ugly, and no one would ever want to be with me, and I will die alone," to keep me in a state of fear, sadness and self-hate. But when I can release those attack thoughts against myself and ask the Wholly Spirit to help me see things differently, my mind becomes quiet, and I feel Serene and one with God. What thoughts do you choose? How do you choose them?

 

 

Tips & Tricks: This is a good lesson to pay attention to because it starts really spelling it out for you. If you haven't been doing the lesson exercises or fudging on them, now would be a real good time to start doing them as close as you can to the real thing because they are showing you the true way out. So when it comes to this one I tend to do extra practice on feeling the yuck, then reaching in and asking for the change that brings about the peace of God.

 

Upon Closing: Whew, we made it to the end of another lesson, it was so satisfying for me to know there truly is a way out. We are becoming like a well-oiled machine as we move on through the lessons. Own your light, my lovelies, enjoy all peace has to offer.  You can go on home if you like, but for now I think I am gonna lean up against that big oak and just read a trashy romance novel. May your night be filled with Faith, hope, and the knowledge that we are never alone.

Love & Light, Riki