A Course in Miracles
Workbook Lesson 82
Interpreted by Roberta Gallop
Daily Welcome: Hey sweet buddies, I so love your big smiles. The Course puts us on an emotional roller coaster ride right from the start, happy, sad, confused, glad, depressed. As the ordering slowly works its way inside it was not hard for me to do an impression of an emotional basket case. So, for now just this moment, big hugs all around as we wiggle on down the road.
Prayer: Blessed Father, I love you, but I get so scared and confused and get afraid you aren't there for me or that I am doing something wrong and just can't get it. Please help me to know I already got it. Please help me to know the strength and power I possess, and feel you deep within me, and know us as one. Blessed and Wholly Spirit please be with me always and change my perspective so that as I awaken, I awaken the world. Thank you f0or guiding us, and thank you for teaching us, allways.
Workbook Lesson: "Review of Lessons 63 – 64"
"The light of the world brings peace to every mind through my forgiveness." – I think of the many ways I have devised to block the light within and as I work on releasing and forgiving the light I hold within, my light shines and I bring peace of mind to the world. It is so easy to talk about and even to conceptualize, but it is a lot harder when you are in the middle of it.
"Let me not forget my function." - The function God has given me, and the specific way He has given me to do it are so important. Sometimes I can see things so crystal clear, and other times I just feel so murky. It's like a big humungous jigsaw puzzle and God just dumped the whole box out and each piece is designed to be part of the whole puzzle. If my cute little jaggy piece was missing, the puzzle wouldn't be complete. And actually, I'm not really a body me, I'm a thought me.
Thinking it Over: These lessons like most of them give me a lot to process. The Course brings it to us in so many ways, and the concept is starting to sink through. Slowly there is less of my illusions, and more of the quietness that doesn't include my stray thoughts everywhere. I am amazed at how fast I can create a story or make myself feel miserable. I have struggled with the need to feel special for a long time, and by forgiveness I have been able to release more of the feelings and manipulation attached to it and get into it a lot less. Being able to recognize that reaching to others to validate my worth is not only ineffective, but also futile. How do you hide your light from yourself? What stories do you have to tell yourself that can block your awareness of the light?
Tips & Tricks: Learning how to navigate the "knowledge of good and evil" that created the illusion of separation in the first place and forgiving so that all can be seen as neutral is a tall order, it makes me shudder when I look at how I have divided and judged everything in my life, many times over. So, using forgiveness as an eraser is a big deal. Please remember that awakening is not a race and that when and how we awaken has already been determined, so all that is really asked of us to continue and want it above all else.
Upon Closing: Wow, that was a trip and a half, I am glad you guys were with me, sometimes it is smooth sailing and sometimes it gets a little odd, but however it gets you guys are allways right there, and we love and support each other. My belly is rumbling, so I think it's probably time to head on down to the potluck at the church and get some yummy molasses beans and biscuits, and I love the cider there too. Please have an enlightened rest of your day and a gentle night, and I'll see ya in the morning.
Love & Light, Riki 🌈
