Lesson 40: I am blessed as a Son of God.

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💡 Today's lesson is short and sweet so I'll simply share Kenneth's unusually brief commentary 😊

📘 "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)

🔎 Kenneth: “In 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 side—“the happy things to which you are entitled”—our right minds.” Excerpt from Journey through the Workbook of "A Course in Miracles", Kenneth Wapnick, Vol. 1, p. 127.

📘 ""No long practice periods are required today, but very frequent short ones are necessary. ³Once every ten minutes would be highly desirable, and you are urged to attempt this schedule and to adhere to it whenever possible. ⁴If you forget, try again. ⁵If there are long interruptions, try again. ⁶Whenever you remember, try again." (ACIM, W-40.1:2-6)

🔎 Kenneth: “The 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 remember—as often as possible each hour—without 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:” Excerpt from Journey through the Workbook of "A Course in Miracles", Kenneth Wapnick, Vol. 1, p. 127

📘 "You need not close your eyes for the exercise periods, although you will probably find it more helpful if you do. ²However, you may be in a number of situations during the day when closing your eyes would not be feasible. ³Do not miss a practice period because of this. ⁴You can practice quite well under any circumstances, if you really want to." (ACIM, W-40.2:1-4)

🔎 Kenneth: “Thus, no matter where you are during the day—driving your car, eating with a friend, quietly alone, busy at work—you can remember today’s lesson.” Excerpt from Journey through the Workbook of "A Course in Miracles", Kenneth Wapnick, Vol. 1, p. 127.

📘 ""Today’s exercises take little time and no effort. ²Repeat the idea for today, and then add several of the attributes you associate with being a Son of God, applying them to yourself. ³One practice period might, for example, consist of the following:

⁴I am blessed as a Son of God. ⁵I am happy, peaceful, loving and contented.

⁶Another might take this form:

⁷I am blessed as a Son of God. ⁸I am calm, quiet, assured and confident.

⁹If only a brief period is available, merely telling yourself that you are blessed as a Son of God will do." (ACIM, W-40.3:1-9)

🔎 Kenneth: “Jesus is asking us to take the general statement of our Identity and make it more specific, thereby making it more personal to us. The lesson’s final line reiterates how we do not need a quiet place or set time to remember.

Underlying Jesus’ teaching here is that we need time and place—i.e., rituals—as long as we identify with our bodies. But since Jesus’ ultimate teaching is that we are minds, weaning us of our dependency on externals is an important step toward our eventual identification with the mind: the source of our blessedness, as well as the birthplace of our resistance to accepting Who we truly are.” Excerpt from Journey through the Workbook of "A Course in Miracles", Kenneth Wapnick, Vol. 1, p. 127.

💙🪄 Have a wonderful weekend 🪄💙

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* My comment on this lesson follows my studying of the in-depth comment of the same lesson by Kenneth Wapnick in his published work, Journey through the Workbook of "A Course in Miracles". While it may sometimes contain my thoughts on it, it is essentially my humble take and summary of the masterful work of Kenneth. I share them here in the hope that someone might find them helpful.

** I also share, in these ACIM posts, the wallpaper images that I use on my phone and change every day to help me commit to my lesson, in the hope that some might enjoy them as well. Here is the link to a Dropbox folder where you can download the lessons's wallpaper for mobile I have uploaded so far.

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