Lesson 321. Father, my freedom is in You alone.
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Lesson 321. Father, my freedom is in You alone.
I did not understand what made me free, nor what my freedom is, nor where to
look to find it. Father, I have searched in vain until I heard Your Voice
directing me. Now I would guide myself no more. For I have neither made nor
understood the way to find my freedom. But I trust in You. You Who endowed me
with my freedom as Your holy Son will not be lost to me. Your Voice directs me,
and the way to You is opening and clear to me at last. Father, my freedom is in
You alone. Father, it is my will that I return.
Today we answer for the world, which will be freed along with us. How glad are
we to find our freedom through the certain way our Father has established. And
how sure is all the world's salvation, when we learn our freedom can be found in
God alone.
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Below, is from Kenneth Wapnick's commentaries on this lesson, from "Journey
Through the Workbook of A Course in Miracles," which can be purchased at the
following site: ~ M. Street.
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Lesson 321."Father, my freedom is in You alone."
*The ego tells us our freedom lies in itself alone, for to remain with God is to
be the slave of a tyrant who strips us of our will and independence. The ego
thus entices us to choose against the Holy Spirit, promising that thus we will
be free to be the unique individuals we are.*
(1:1) "I did not understand what made me free, nor what my freedom is, nor where
to look to find it."
*Recall that the underlying theme running through the lessons in Part II is
recognizing our mistaken choices. Here Jesus tells us we were wrong in thinking
we knew what freedom was, not to mention where to find it.*
(1:2) "Father, I have searched in vain until I heard Your Voice directing me."
*This is what occurs when I am finally able to say: "There must be another way.
I no longer want to be directed by my specialness needs, but by the Voice that
will lead me home, restoring the awareness of my freedom as God's Son." *
(1:3-4) "Now I would guide myself no more. For I have neither made nor
understood the way to find my freedom."
*Jesus clearly feels that the prayer closing Lesson 189 is important -- "Father,
we do not know the way to You. But we have called, and You have answered us"
(W-pI.189.10) -- as he refers to it many times, and once again here.*
(1:5-9) "But I trust in You. You Who endowed me with my freedom as Your holy Son
will not be lost to me. Your Voice directs me, and the way to You is opening and
clear to me at last. Father, my freedom is in You alone. Father, it is my will
that I return."
*Realizing we were wrong, we joyfully choose the freedom that comes from
re-uniting our Will with God's:
"When you have learned that your will is God's, you could no more will to be
without Him than He could will to be without you. This is freedom and this is
joy."(T-8.II.6:4-5)*
(2:1) "Today we answer for the world, which will be freed along with us."
*This is another expression of the oneness of the Son's mind, and the world with
it. The world must be freed because the world is nothing more than a projection
of our thoughts.*
(2:2-3) "How glad are we to find our freedom through the certain way our Father
has established. And how sure is all the world's salvation, when we learn our
freedom can be found in God alone."
*This "certain way" is forgiveness. Releasing our brothers from the prison house
of guilt, we find our freedom, joined with theirs.*
Love and Blessings,
Lyn Johnson 719-369-1822
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