A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 96

A Course in Miracles

Workbook Lesson 96

 

"Salvation comes from my one Self."

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Hi my workbook buddies, I am back again inviting you to move on down the road with me in as graceful a fashion as I can in raw and bleeding bare feet. I got lost in the pucker brush for a while and the thorns and prickers pretty near ended me, and not in a good way. I learned a very valuable lesson, "when someone is mirroring for you, pay attention as quick and thorough as you can so you can get to the miracle hiding inside" as expedient as possible.  I also missed those yummy group hugs and atta girls. Today let's make our romp down the lane into  a "worst fears" costume party and dress up as our worst fears come to life. Mine is the whole of the donut, being not seen and not heard, being nothing and completely abandoned. What is yours? Big group hug and tally ho, onward and ever upward.

 

 

Prayer: Blessed Wholly Spirit, please help me to see things differently, please grant me the strength to release and forgive no matter what, no matter how horrible or justified I feel. Please help me to feel valued when I feel worthless, to feel beautiful when I feel broken, to feel seen and loved when I feel invisible and abandoned. As I feel your love I learn to love myself, and know you didn't make a mistake. Please show me how to accept my own innocence and not judge myself and others. Please strip me of this little self I have made, whether I bleed or not, whether I cry or not, whether I die or not. Thank you for teaching me and guiding me. I'm sorry for screaming in your ear. Thank you for loving me allways.

 

 

Workbook Lesson:  "Salvation comes from my one Self."- This is a beautiful lesson that reminds me that my way home is from listening to the one true voice of Self, the Consciousness of Christ. That my little distorted mind self is focused and concerned with body, and the eyes of the body see only conflict and separation, because of the things I believe and the thoughts I tell myself. This lesson clearly points to the way out for us, it tells us that the only way to bypass the illusion is through unity, and the release of the little self, and the way out of the little self is stay neutral through forgiveness and acceptance, until we are not " thinking" at all, just being, doing the next right thing God has designed us to do. Also to breathe, experience and enjoy the journey.

 

 

Thinking it Over: I know that "breathe and enjoy the journey" sounds like a fairytale ending, and it is much easier said than done. In my over 30 years of going through the Course, the only thing that is consistently working is to ask God to help me release the little self I see myself as every way possible. The one thing that this lesson screams loud and clear is that I can not bring about my own salvation, I was not designed too, and my best delusional thinking got me totally lost and crying for a way out. This is the place where I really started seeing the benefits of working the ACIM workbook as it's laid out, because I can not order my own mind. How are ways you think you can bring about your own salvation?

 

 

Tips & Tricks: So, since I brought it up, let's talk more about the ordering process. The Course is laid out in a specific fashion to help us to be brought slowly to a place where we aren't defining and making our own reality anymore. The best thing we can do for ourselves is to step up, strap on our seat belts and enjoy the ride. Just let it happen no matter how it feels or where it takes us. Get into a routine of doing the daily lesson to the best of your ability, doing the daily exercises as they are laid out, and trying to just stick to the routine, the motion of the ocean. For so many years I would define the way I thought I was supposed to do the Course and what it looked like. I thought I was being honest and fearless, but now I truly do know what honest and fearless feels like. What a difference when I just started letting the process do me.

 

Upon Closing: That was so nice and refreshing, I loved the company and the laughter along the way. I really felt supported and part of this beautiful process. Let's set out a blanket and drink apple cider and eat some cheese and crackers and make cloud pictures again. Have a blessed day and a gentle night, you are a wonderous part of my life, thanks for being here.

 Love & Light, Riki