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💡 Welcome to another fundamental lesson among the 50 Mighty (the first 50 😉), dear friends! This is another of these lessons Kenneth urges us not to take on the physical level, even if the language used makes it tempting. We always have to keep in mind that ACIM is a non-dualistic teaching using dualistic language to point us to the truth. 💡 True to this fact, today's idea could have been phrased as "There is nothing my holiness cannot do. And I need do nothing". With Jesus, remember, the emphasis is always on the level of the mind and not on the behavioral level involving the body, as this passage from the textbook reminds us (there is a whole chapter on the 'I need do nothing' subject): 📘 "“I need do nothing” is a statement of allegiance, a truly undivided loyalty. ⁸Believe it for just one instant, and you will accomplish more than is given to a century of contemplation, or of struggle against temptation. To do anything involves the body. ²And if you recognize you need do nothing, you have withdrawn the body’s value from your mind. "(ACIM, T-18.VII.6:7–7:2) 🧩 BEYOND TIME: CHOOSING THE HOLY INSTANT °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° 📘 "Your holiness reverses all the laws of the world. ²It is beyond every restriction of time, space, distance and limits of any kind." (ACIM, W-38.1:1-2) 💡 This first statement of the lesson establishes our holiness outside the restrictions of time and space, beyond separation that is always conditioned by them. In the following passage, Kenneth reminds us how sin, guilt, and fear are always time-related and why holiness overwrites them: 🔎 “This is because your holiness resides in your right mind, accessed by choosing the holy instant in which you are joined with Jesus or the Holy Spirit. This means there is no separation, and so there can be no sin, guilt, or fear. If there is no sin, there is no past; if there is no guilt, there is no present; and if there is no fear, there is no future. In other words, there is no time in the holy instant. Moreover, if there is no thought of separation from God, there is no body. To cite a previously cited statement from the text: “At no single instant [i.e., the holy instant] does the body exist at all” (T-18.VII.3:1). Thus holiness is completely outside time and space. ” Excerpt from Journey through the Workbook of "A Course in Miracles", Kenneth Wapnick, Vol. 1, p. 118.

Hello, beautiful souls. This lesson is super important and full of gems, a milestone really, so please buckle up! 🙂 A few important new concepts are introduced and worth taking a moment to dive int a little more deeply. 🧩 THIS LESSON HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° 💡 This lesson shouldn't be read as "My holiness blesses the world out there" but as "My holiness blesses the world as an extension of me within". Another way of reading today's idea could also be: "My holiness blesses the world." (as an EXTENSION of me, a Holy Son) VERSUS "My ego condemns the world." (as a PROJECTION of me, a sinful son) 💡 In his comment, Kenneth is urging us not to fall into the common misunderstanding many students of The Course are falling into when it comes to today's idea: 🔎 “Jesus obviously is not telling us that we should bless the world that is outside us. This would directly contradict everything he has been teaching us so far. Remember, Jesus is teaching us the world is nothing more than a mirror of our thoughts. Therefore, the lesson’s content is not that we should bless a chair, stick, clock, or another person. Rather, he is saying that if we choose his blessing—within our minds—and see ourselves as holy because we have joined with him, that blessing will automatically extend through us and envelop everything we see. The principle projection makes perception must never be too far away from our thinking.” Excerpt from Journey through the Workbook of "A Course in Miracles", Kenneth Wapnick, Vol. 1, p. 112. 💡 In echoes of yesterday's lesson, we see and act as we think, and we either project (with the ego) or extend (with Jesus and the Holy Spirit in us). Now, it's: "Tell me what you do [bless/condemn the world], and I'll tell you who you are [holy/sinful son]".

🧩 FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT! °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° 🌟 This lesson deliciously falls into the Pep Talks category and continues to build on the theme of wanting vision that Jesus started with lessons 20 and 21, "I am determined to see" and "I am determined to see differently". Following this pattern, it will evolve tomorrow to "Above all else I want to see things differently". 🌟 Anyone who ever tried to help a reluctant child to do his homework understands the importance of motivation when learning. Jesus goes beyond simple motivation, however, as in this lesson, he will have us prioritize our willingness to see over all other desires: 📘 Today’s idea expresses something stronger than mere determination. ²It gives vision priority among your desires. ³You may feel hesitant about using the idea, on the grounds that you are not sure you really mean it. ⁴This does not matter. ⁵The purpose of today’s exercises is to bring the time when the idea will be wholly true a little nearer. (ACIM, W-27.1:1-5) 🌟 Jesus is very aware that such an affirmation is likely to meet some resistance and that we may not believe it completely when we say it. And what he basically says is: "No big deal, honey, fake it till you make it! It will feel true soon enough." We have to appreciate the confidence Jesus has in his training. He even gives us two additional sentences in case the idea of claiming our unreserved willingness to see the truth freaks us out: "Vision has no cost to anyone" and "It can only bless". Seriously, to say that Jesus has us covered is an understatement. Our master teacher really cares for us, has anticipated our potential balks, and gave us some counter-spells to keep us going if they show up! 🧩 RENOUNCING MISERY IS NO SACRIFICE. STILL... HOW BAD DO WE WANT TO BE FREE? °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° 📘 "The real question is, how often will you remember? ²How much do you want today’s idea to be true? ³Answer one of these questions, and you have answered the other." (ACIM, W-27.4:1-3)