Lesson 337. My sinlessness protects me from all harm.
My sinlessness ensures me perfect peace, eternal safety, everlasting love,
freedom forever from all thought of loss; complete deliverance from suffering.
And only happiness can be my state, for only happiness is given me. What must I
do to know all this is mine? I must accept Atonement for myself, and nothing
more. God has already done all things that need be done. And I must learn I need
do nothing of myself, for I need but accept my Self, my sinlessness, created for
me, now already mine, to feel God's Love protecting me from harm, to understand
my Father loves His Son; to know I am the Son my Father loves.
You Who created me in sinlessness are not mistaken about what I am. I was
mistaken when I thought I sinned, but I accept Atonement for myself. Father, my
dream is ended now. Amen.
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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 337. "My sinlessness protects me from all harm."
*The belief that our sinful attack against God will be used against us causes us
to walk the world in a state of vulnerability and fear. However, choosing to be
sinless helps us to realize there is nothing to fear, because there is no
projection of guilt that demands attack in return.*
(1:1-4) "My sinlessness ensures me perfect peace, eternal safety, everlasting
love, freedom forever from all thought of loss; complete deliverance from
suffering. And only happiness can be my state, for only happiness is given me.
What must I do to know all this is mine? I must accept Atonement for myself, and
nothing more."
*I find peace, safety, love, and happiness, not through the world changing or my
manipulating others to meet my special needs, but rather by changing my mind's
thought system or teacher. Accepting the Holy Spirit's Atonement for myself
remains my one and only responsibility." (T-2.V.5:1).*
(1:5-6) "God has already done all things that need be done. And I must learn I
need do nothing of myself, for I need but accept my Self, my sinlessness,
created for me, now already mine, to feel God's Love protecting me from harm, to
understand my Father loves His Son; to know I am the Son my Father loves."
*To cite the important section from the text: I need do nothing (T-18.VII). All
I need do is <undo> what my ego has taught me, which I accepted instead of the
Atonement's truth. Reversing my decision allows me to shift my identification
from sin to sinlessness, guilt to innocence, and fear to love, for I have
accepted Jesus' now-familiar words as truth:
"Walk you in glory, with your head held high, and fear no evil. The
innocent are safe because they share their innocence. Nothing they see is
harmful, for their awareness of the truth releases everything from the illusion
of harmfulness. And what seemed harmful now stands shining in their innocence,
released from sin and fear and happily returned to love." (T-23.in.3:1-4).*
(2:1) "You Who created me in sinlessness are not mistaken about what I am."
*This calls to mind Jesus' reassuring statements in the text:
"My trust in you is greater than yours in me at the moment ...You are asked
to live so as to demonstrate that you are not an ego, and I do not choose God's
channels wrongly. The Holy One shares my trust, and accepts my Atonement
decisions because my will is never out of accord with His. I have said before
that I am in charge of the Atonement. This is only because I completed my part
in it as a man, and can now complete it through others. My chosen channels
cannot fail, because I will lend them my strength as long as theirs is wanting."
(T-4.VI.6:1,3-4)
In Jesus' certainty we rest content -- safe from guilt, safe from attack, safe
for love.*
(2:2-4) "I was mistaken when I thought I sinned, but I accept Atonement for
myself. Father, my dream is ended now. Amen."
*Once more we see the crucial idea that we must recognize our mistakes -- we
were wrong and God was right. Again and again throughout the workbook -- both
explicitly and implicitly -- Jesus leads us to the realization that though we
perceive, think, and understand incorrectly, there is Someone within us Who
knows the truth. He is the one to Whom we go to awaken unto Heaven from the
ego's dreams of hell.*
