Lesson 354. We stand together, Christ and I, in peace
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Lesson 354.
We stand together, Christ and I, in peace
And certainty of purpose. And in Him
Is His Creator, as He is in me.
My oneness with the Christ establishes me as Your Son, beyond the reach of time,
and wholly free of every law but Yours. I have no self except the Christ in me.
I have no purpose but His Own. And He is like His Father. Thus must I be one
with You as well as Him. For who is Christ except Your Son as You created Him?
And what am I except the Christ in me?
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Commentary on this lesson is by Kenneth Wapnick, from his book set: "Journey
Through the Workbook of A Course in Miracles," and may be purchased at the
following site: ~ M. Street
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Lesson 354.
"We stand together, Christ and I, in peace
And certainty of purpose. And in Him
Is His Creator, as He is in me."
*What follows reiterates the point of the last lesson:*
(1:1) "My oneness with the Christ establishes me as Your Son, beyond the reach
of time, and wholly free of every law but Yours."
*We are not asked within our experience here to go beyond time, nor to identify
with God's law of love as it truly is, which only involves the unified spirit
that is totally beyond the world of separation. Rather, we are asked to identify
with a different use of time, reflecting God's law -- what I give to my brother
I give to myself, because we are one. We thus shift our purpose by joining with
the Holy Spirit's forgiveness, and then remember our Oneness in Heaven, which is
beyond all laws but Heaven's law of love.*
(1:2) "I have no self except the Christ in me."
*Spend some time reflecting on that thought. If you think about it, you may
indeed break into a cold sweat, accompanied by anxiety and palpitations. The
self reading these words is very real to you, and you do not want to let it go.
That is why you are tempted to bring the truth into your illusion, rather than
the illusion of your self to the truth of Christ that lies beyond all words.*
(1:3-5) "I have no purpose but His Own. And He is like His Father. Thus must I
be one with You as well as Him."
*We are Christ, united as God's Son, as Christ is united with God. When we truly
understand these words, we realize that these very terms -- God and Christ,
Father and Son -- have no real meaning. They are dualistic symbols that reflect
a state of unity far beyond our ability to understand. Recall these words from
the text on the true state of the Trinity:
"Father and Son and Holy Spirit are as One, as all your brothers join as one
in truth. Christ and His Father never have been separate, and Christ abides
within your understanding, in the part of you that shares His Father's Will. The
Holy Spirit links the other part -the tiny mad desire to be separate, different
and special- to the Christ, to make the oneness clear to what is really one. In
this world this is not understood, but can be taught." (T-25.I.5:3-6).
This oneness is taught through forgiveness -- the undoing of the barriers we
placed between ourselves and our brothers; shadows of the barrier we placed
between ourselves and God.*
(1:6-7) "For who is Christ except Your Son as You created Him? And what am I
except the Christ in me?"
*By choosing against the ego's false self, we make room for the memory of our
true Self to dawn upon our healed minds, as we read again in this important
statement near the end of the text:
"I do not know the thing I am, and therefore do not know what I am doing,
where I am, or how to look upon the world or on myself. Yet in this learning is
salvation born. And What you are will tell you of Itself." (T-31.V.17.7-9)*
Love and Blessings,
Lyn Johnson 719-369-1822
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