Lesson 40: I am blessed as a Son of God.
๐ก Today's lesson is short and sweet so I'll simply share Kenneth's unusually brief commentary ๐ ๐ "Today we will begin to assert some of the happy things to which you are entitled, being what you are." (ACIM, W-40.1:1) ๐ Kenneth:ย โIn these early lessons, as we have previously discussed, Jesus makes it clear that our minds are split, part of which worships guilt and attack thoughts, while the other contains the memory of Who we truly are. Beginning with this lesson and continuing for the next ten, Jesus gives our egos a respite as he speaks almost exclusively about the other sideโโthe happy things to which you are entitledโโour right minds.โ Excerpt from Journey through the Workbook of "A Course in Miracles", Kenneth Wapnick, Vol. 1, p. 127. ๐ ""No long practice periods are required today, but very frequent short ones are necessary. ยณOnce every ten minutes would be highly desirable, and you are urged to attempt this schedule and to adhere to it whenever possible. โดIf you forget, try again. โตIf there are long interruptions, try again. โถWhenever you remember, try again." (ACIM, W-40.1:2-6) ๐ Kenneth: โThe exercises for today thus represent a departure from the previous ones because of the absence of a long exercise period. In addition, Jesus continues his strong yet gentle urgings that we keep trying to rememberโas often as possible each hourโwithout making our forgetting into a sin. Quite obviously he knows we will. The next paragraph is extremely important because it helps us recognize that these exercises must be applied all the time, whether we are meditating in a quiet room, or being about our busyness. We do not have to close our eyes in order to remember God and His Son:โ Excerpt from Journey through the Workbook of "A Course in Miracles", Kenneth Wapnick, Vol. 1, p. 127