A Course in Miracles
"Workbook Lesson 87"
Interpreted by Roberta Gallop
Daily Welcome: Good day my fellow students of the Course, it is always exciting to see your fresh smiles and eagerness to learn. It fills my heart with joy, because I know what working the Course on a regular basis can deliver. Today is gratitude day, so let's reach inside and find our most sparkly happy dust and move on down the road, big hugs, big smiles, and all. Love you guys.
Prayer: My Blessed Father, thank you for creating me, and especially creating me from love, and also to wonder and have that desire to explore no matter what happens to me on my travels, or how I perceive things to be in my little mind. I am you in one of the most thrilling and edgy way possible. I hope I make you proud as I play and grow. Please guide me and teach me, allways thank you.
Workbook Lesson: "Review of Lessons 73 – 74"
"I will there be light." - My will is God's will, there is only God's will. So, all the way around it is about releasing and forgiving the scenarios we make and just being open to the natural light which we are to shine through, to let go of the denseness where we hide our true identity. Here I think of wanting light to the point of not being able to see anything else, nor want anything else.
"There is no will but God's." - I love this one, because here on earth we make such a big deal about free will, and the Course puts it plain and simple, there is no free will, there is only God's will. The problem we run into is from the time we were old enough to understand we have had the notion that we were our own person, and that we decide where we go and what we do. In fact, when we were kids, we would dream of the day we would be considered an adult and be able to make up our own minds. Thinking then no one will ever boss me around again, so it became a shock to realize I never did have free will, ever.
Thinking it Over: In some ways the news of having no free will is shocking and in other ways it is very comforting to know God is with me always and I am never alone. So, when I simply focus on the oneness, I feel so much gratitude for God for playing this cool game with me. Even though it can get challenging at times, it is an awesome gift. What gifts have you got from playing the experiencing game with God?
Tips & Tricks: Staying in touch with the Light of God is really important, and most of the ways you can do that are simple and small ways. So, the trick is to be consistent, start developing healthy little habits that will guide you along the way through the Course, like releasing and forgiving, not holding on to resentments, and asking the Wholly Spirit to help you see things differently. Also trying to stay on track with the lessons regularly helps a lot with the mind ordering process. I found in the beginning I was excited to get started on the ACIM workbook lessons because I was filled with so much pain and confusion and I was so hungry to learn. There is a line from one of my favorite movies, "War Games" that goes like this, "hell, I'd piss on a spark plug if I thought it would do any good". Now, fast forward over 30 years of being connected to the Course and I know with every fiber of my being that it holds the truth, and as I allow myself to the best of my ability to just let things flow and work inside me I find the peace and depth I have allways searched for and somehow knew was there. I love sharing my experiences and working towards more teacher's certification of the Course. So, getting a clear and ordered mind is just part of it.
Upon Closing: Wow, that was a nice little easy peasy jaunt down the lane, I am so glad we did it together. Please have a blessed day and peaceful night and know we are right here with you, every step of the way. Keep on keepin on.
Love & Light, Riki 🌈
