Wisdom at Your Fingertips
“Let not my world obscure the sight of Christ.” Today’s lesson is about focus. You will see with the sight of Christ when you have directed your attention towards Love, Peace, Joy, Freedom and so forth. The lesson reads: Perception is a mirror, not a fact. And what I look on is my state of
“God is my refuge and security.” Your refuge is the total surrender to willingness. Your security is the complete commitment to being in harmony with the creative power of Love, Joy, Peace and Freedom that wells up within. Your absolute well-being is guaranteed by them, for they are your true nature, extending only themselves and
Review: “I am not a body. I am free. For I am still as God created me.” 197) “It can be but my gratitude I earn.” Gratitude flows naturally from moving in alignment with Spirit in any of Its extensions: Kindness, Goodness, Joy and so on. Gratitude is the welling up of Love when Creation
Review: “I am not a body. I am free. For I am still as God created me.” 193) “All things are lessons God would have me learn.” If the words “lessons” and “learn” rub you the wrong way, don’t despair. What it means is: All things are invitations to you to refocus and align with
The following statements are given for review: “God is but Love, and therefore so am I.” (167) “There is one life, and that I share with God.” “God is but Love, and therefore so am I.” (168) “Your grace is given me. I claim it now.” “God is but Love, and therefore so am I.”
“I am among the ministers of God.” A minister serves those they come into contact with, and a minister of God does exactly that. This holds for everybody all the time. Everyone is a minister of God. Creation uses all of its extensions to serve and minister to all the other extensions. All things speak
“God’s Will for me is perfect happiness.“ The text talks about sin not being real. What then is sin? It is a supposed trespass in form against form or rule. But we have seen that form is an effect. Forms and appearances are the result of underlying intentions. When a certain appearance puzzles or upsets
The two ideas for review today are: 75) “The light has come.” 76) “I am under no laws but God’s.“ Light, law and God: All of these terms point to the same dynamic: the dynamic of Creation that is ever expanding and flowing forward. The flow does not suddenly come to a halt when it
“I am under no laws but God’s.“ What are God’s laws, you would no doubt want to know. And rightly so. After all, if you are not subject to any of the commonly known and practiced laws of society, health, economics, and so forth, then what are the laws that do apply to you? Think
“God is the mind with which I think.” How does God think? Replace the word “God” with Love, Joy, Peace, Freedom, Light, and so forth, and you will know. The point the Course is making is that thinking out of alignment with those creative qualities is not thinking at all, even though we use the