Lesson 89. These are our review ideas for today:
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Lesson 89. These are our review ideas for today:
1. (77) I am entitled to miracles.
I am entitled to miracles because I am under no laws but God's. His laws release
me from all grievances, and replace them with miracles. And I would accept the
miracles in place of the grievances, which are but illusions that hide the
miracles beyond. Now I would accept only what the laws of God entitle me to
have, that I may use it on behalf of the function He has given me.
(2) You might use these suggestions for specific applications of this idea:
Behind this is a miracle to which I am entitled.
Let me not hold a grievance against you, [name], but
offer you the miracle that belongs to you instead.
Seen truly, this offers me a miracle.
3. (78) Let miracles replace all grievances.
By this idea do I unite my will with the Holy Spirit's, and perceive them as
one. By this idea do I accept my release from hell. By this idea do I express my
willingness to have all my illusions be replaced with truth, according to God's
plan for my salvation. I would make no exceptions and no substitutes. I want all
of Heaven and only Heaven, as God wills me to have.
(4) Useful specific forms for applying this idea would be:
I would not hold this grievance apart from my salvation.
Let our grievances be replaced by miracles, [name].
Beyond this is the miracle by which all my grievances are replaced.
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The commentary on this lesson is from Kenneth Wapnick's eight volume series of
books, called: "Journey Through the Workbook of A Course in Miracles," which can
be purchased at the following site:??~ M. Street
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Lesson 89. These are our review ideas for today:
*This review contains two lessons that deal specifically with miracles.*
1. (77) "I am entitled to miracles."
*This statement corrects the ego's assertion that we are entitled to punishment
because of our sin. Jesus teaches us we are entitled to the loving correction
the miracle bestows on our tortured and terrified minds.*
(1:2-3) "I am entitled to miracles because I am under no laws but God's. His
laws release me from all grievances, and replace them with miracles."
*God's laws are an expression in our dream of the Atonement principle. His law
in Heaven is the Oneness of His Love. As reflected here, it is the thought that
says the separation never happened, expressed in the recognition that the
grievances we hold against others -- our sins of which we accuse everyone else
-- have not happened either. Thus our brother's "sins" have had no effect on us.
Choosing Jesus as our teacher and the miracle as the correction helps us realize
that everything held against others is secretly held against ourselves. Yet this
has not changed our reality.*
(1:4-5) "And I would accept the miracles in place of the grievances, which are
but illusions that hide the miracles beyond. Now I would accept only what the
laws of God entitle me to have, that I may use it on behalf of the function He
has given me."
*The important point, emphasized again and again, is that we choose to hold
grievances because we are afraid of the love in our minds, because in its
presence our special existence is gone. Thus are our grievances purposive, and
until we change our purpose -- from remaining asleep to awakening -- the
grievances will persist, if not consciously, then remaining fiercely active in
the vaults of guilt well beyond our awareness. Our function of forgiveness
likewise will remain hidden from us as we continue to obey the ego's laws of
guilt and projection instead of God's law, reflected in the Holy Spirit's
miracle.*
(2:2-4) "Behind this is a miracle to which I am entitled.
Let me not hold a grievance against you, [name],
but offer you the miracle that belongs to you instead.
Seen truly, this offers me a miracle."
*Once again we observe the simplicity of Jesus' message: no complicated formulas
or exercises; no intricate metaphysics or theology. All we need do is observe,
with his gentle love gently beside us, how our judgments keep us from the peace
we so fervently desire. Each circumstance throughout the day offers us the
opportunity to forgive ourselves by choosing the miracle instead of a grievance.
Jesus' true perception -- the vision of Christ -- is now ours for the asking and
accepting. Perhaps today.*
(3:2-4) (78) "Let miracles replace all grievances."
"By this idea do I unite my will with the Holy Spirit's, and perceive them as
one."
*Remember, the separation began with the thought that our understanding of the
tiny, mad idea differed from the Holy Spirit's. In that instant we not only said
our will was separate from God's, but separate from the Holy Spirit's as well --
we know better than He. After all, our very existence is proof we pulled off the
impossible, and so He is wrong and we are right. Needless to say, we carried
this arrogant stance of "rightness" into the specific events of our specific
lives. At some time, however, we realize there must be another way, and that
being right has not brought us happiness. We realize we are happy because we are
wrong, as we return to the choice point in our minds and ask the Holy Spirit to
help us look at the situation differently: His way instead of ours. We come to
recognize that perceiving separate interests is the source of our pain, while
accepting the shared interests of God's Sons is how we find happiness and peace,
even midst a world of misery and death.*
(4:2-4) "I would not hold this grievance apart from my salvation.
Let our grievances be replaced by miracles, [name].
Beyond this is the miracle by which all my grievances are replaced."
*As we are tempted to be upset by something in this world -- which reflects a
grievance -- we are asked to understand that this does not make us happy. Thus
we choose the miracle of correction instead, to ensure that our tears of misery
will be replaced by tears of gratitude and hope. By letting miracles replace all
grievances, we let these tears of joy wash all suffering and pain. Who could
ever wish for anything else?*
Love and Blessings,
Lyn Johnson 719-369-1822
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