Lesson 345.
I offer only miracles today,
For I would have them be returned to me.
Father, a miracle reflects Your gifts to me, Your Son. And every one I give
returns to me, reminding me the law of love is universal. Even here, it takes a
form which can be recognized and seen to work. The miracles I give are given
back in just the form I need to help me with the problems I perceive. Father, in
Heaven it is different, for there, there are no needs. But here on earth, the
miracle is closer to Your gifts than any other gift that I can give. Then let me
give this gift alone today, which, born of true forgiveness, lights the way that
I must travel to remember You.
Peace to all seeking hearts today. The light has come to offer miracles to bless
the tired world. It will find rest today, for we will offer what we have
received.
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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 345.
"I offer only miracles today,
For I would have them be returned to me."
*The theme of oneness of giving and receiving is discussed here in the context
of miracles. The miracles we offer correct our projected thoughts. They are
nothing external; not beautiful, kind, holy, and pure -- not something to brag
about. They are but withdrawals of the projection, reflecting the change of mind
about our original guilt. They <undo>, reversing what the ego has done. Thus we
look upon the ego's dream of devastation -- internal and external -- and smile
gently as we accept they are not the truth. It is therefore our right-minded
goal to teach each other, by showing that attacks have no effect on our love for
those who sought to hurt us. As we teach that miracle to others, we reinforce
its truth in ourselves.*
(1:1) "Father, a miracle reflects Your gifts to me, Your Son."
*God's gift is His Love; the miracle Its reflection. At the beginning of the
text Jesus says that the source of miracles is love (T-1.I.3), which means the
miracle is not love, but the Holy Spirit's correction principle in our minds --
our right-minded Atonement thought that reflects Heaven's love.*
(1:2-4) "And every one I give returns to me, reminding me the law of love is
universal. Even here, it takes a form which can be recognized and seen to work.
The miracles I give are given back in just the form I need to help me with the
problems I perceive."
*The law of love is universal, holding for everyone; the Atonement principle is
universal, holding for everyone. Yet the specific ways in which we practice the
Atonement will differ for each of us, the meaning of Jesus' words at the end of
the manual that the curriculum is highly individualized (M-29.2:6). It is what
he means here by saying we will experience the correction in the forms we need.
Since we wrote our scripts of special relationships, and these differ from the
scripts of others, our experiences of undoing the ego will also differ. The
underlying principle is always the same, however -- the mind has dreamt the
dream, and therefore it is the mind alone that can change it.*
(1:5-7) "Father, in Heaven it is different, for there, there are no needs. But
here on earth, the miracle is closer to Your gifts than any other gift that I
can give. Then let me give this gift alone today, which, born of true
forgiveness, lights the way that I must travel to remember You."
*Our only need is forgiveness or the miracle, for, as the text states, we
already have all that we need as God's Son (T-3.V.6). The miracle reminds us of
our prior choice for nothing, which now can be reconsidered in light of truth's
reflection of the Everything. In the end, making the right choice is inevitable,
as we recall:
"Who with the Love of God upholding him could find the choice of miracles or
murder hard to make?" (T-23.IV.9:8)*
(2) "Peace to all seeking hearts today. The light has come to offer miracles to
bless the tired world. It will find rest today, for we will offer what we have
received."
*Again, the miracle is not needed in Heaven. However, as long as I believe I am
in this weary world, I need the rest that only miracle's healing light can
provide.*
