Wisdom at Your Fingertips
Love is a term that, like the term God, has been used and used again in so many different ways by so many different people, it is surprising that the term is not causing more confusion. No wonder you would like some clarity. In the session about life, we said: “Life is the activity of
Thoughts on “What is the Holy Spirit?” in the ACIM Workbook (Full text of “What is the Holy Spirit” in the workbook) The holy spirit is in the mind. It is a name that is often used in combination with the father and the son. The phrase “the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit”
Thoughts on “What is the Christ?” in the ACIM Workbook (Full text of “What is the Christ” in the workbook) The Christ is the name that has been given to the pure extension of Source. It is synonymous with Creation and with the Son. Just as Source is synonymous with the Father. All that defines
“Father, my freedom is in You alone.” Your freedom is in aligning with Love, Joy, Patience, Peace, and so forth, for it sets you free from the shackles of distrust, enmity, grievance and the like. When you move in harmony with the creative flow you are like a funnel that allows the creative stream to
“My Father gives all power unto me.” “My Father” is a term that symbolizes the Source of Creation. “The Son of God” symbolizes Creation, or Source in extension and expansion. There is no split; extension and expansion are Source showing Itself to Itself in new ways. According to today’s lesson there are no limits on
“I love You, Father, and I love Your Son.” Let’s dissect this statement a little. To love means to willingly welcome without any reservation, in total freedom. Father is a word that symbolizes the Source of everything, and Son is a word that symbolizes the extension of Source: Creation. And so we get: I embrace
“You are my goal, my Father. Only You.” Today’s prayer uses the word “Father”. This word is a symbol for Source, for that from which you come, for that of which your life is an extension. To say that the Father is your only goal, is saying that you recognize that your true nature is
“If I am bound, my Father is not free.” If you allow the “shoulds” of the world to rule your life, Creation’s flow cannot stream fully through you. There are no shoulds. There is only Love in all its aspects, waiting for you to drink it in. Full text of Workbook lesson 278 in ACIM
“My holy Self abides in you, God’s Son.” As the Source of Creation (the Father, God) expands, It moves into extension (the Son). Just as a poem expresses an underlying idea and is unthinkable without it, so does the Son express the Source of Creation and is unthinkable without the Source it gives expression to.
“This day I choose to spend in perfect peace.” The last line of today’s lesson says about us, the Son: The peace You gave him still is in his mind, and it is there I choose to spend today. (W-pII.255.2:2,3) Note the switch between the use of the third person in the first clause (him,