A Course in Miracles, Reading

Lesson 163 There is no death. The Son of God is free. Death is a thought that takes on many forms, often unrecog­nized. It may appear as sadness, fear, anxiety or doubt; as anger, faithlessness and lack of trust; concern for bodies, envy, and all forms in which the wish to be as you are not may come to tempt you. All such thoughts are but reflections of the worshipping of death as savior and as gi...

LESSON 162 I am as God created me. This single thought, held firmly in the mind, would save the world. From time to time we will repeat it, as we reach another stage in learning. It will mean far more to you as you advance. These words are sacred, for they are the words God gave in an­swer to the world you made. By them it disappears, and all things seen within its misty clouds and vaporous illusi...

LESSON 161 Give me your blessing, holy Son of God. Today we practice differently, and take a stand against our anger, that our fears may disappear and offer room to love. Here is salvation in the simple words in which we practice with today’s idea. Here is the answer to temptation which can never fail to welcome in the Christ where fear and anger had prevailed be­fore. Here is Atonement made compl...

LESSON 160 I am at home. Fear is the stranger here. Fear is a stranger to the ways of love. Identify with fear, and you will be a stranger to yourself. And thus you are unknown to you. What is your Self remains an alien to the part of you which thinks that it is real, but different from yourself. Who could be sane in such a circumstance? Who but a madman could believe he is what he is not, and jud...

LESSON 159 I give the miracles I have received. No one can give what he has not received. To give a thing requires first you have it in your own possession. Here the laws of Heaven and the world agree. But here they also separate. The world believes that to possess a thing, it must be kept. Salvation teaches otherwise. To give is how to recognize you have received. It is the proof that what you ha...

LESSON 158 Today I learn to give as I receive. What has been given you? The knowledge that you are a mind, in Mind and purely mind, sinless forever, wholly unafraid, because you were created out of love. Nor have you left your Source, remaining as you were created. This was given you as knowledge which you cannot lose. It was given as well to every living thing, for by that knowledge only does it...

LESSON 157 Into His Presence would I enter now. This is a day of silence and of trust. It is a special time of promise in your calendar of days. It is a time Heaven has set apart to shine upon, and cast a timeless light upon this day, when echoes of eternity are heard. This day is holy, for it ushers in a new experience; a different kind of feeling and awareness. You have spent long days and night...

LESSON 156 I walk with God in perfect holiness. Today’s idea but states the simple truth that makes the thought of sin impossible. It promises there is no cause for guilt, and being causeless it does not exist. It follows surely from the basic thought so often mentioned in the text; ideas leave not their source. If this be true, how can you be apart from God? How could you walk the world alone and...

LESSON 155 I will step back and let Him lead the way. There is a way of living in the world that is not here, although it seems to be. You do not change appearance, though you smile more frequently. Your forehead is serene; your eyes are quiet. And the ones who walk the world as you do recognize their own. Yet those who have not yet perceived the way will recognize you also, and believe that you a...

LESSON 154 I am among the ministers of God. Let us today be neither arrogant nor falsely humble. We have gone beyond such foolishness. We cannot judge ourselves, nor need we do so. These are but attempts to hold decision off, and to delay commitment to our function. It is not our part to judge our worth, nor can we know what role is best for us; what we can do within a larger plan we cannot see in...

LESSON 153 In my defenselessness my safety lies. You who feel threatened by this changing world, its twists of fortune and its bitter jests, its brief relationships and all the “gifts” it merely lends to take away again; attend this lesson well. The world provides no safety. It is rooted in attack, and all its “gifts” of seeming safety are illusory deceptions. It attacks, and then attacks again. N...

LESSON 152 The power of decision is my own. No one can suffer loss unless it be his own decision. No one suffers pain except his choice elects this state for him. No one can grieve nor fear nor think him sick unless these are the out­comes that he wants. And no one dies without his own consent. Nothing occurs but represents your wish, and nothing is omitted that you choose. Here is your world, com...

LESSON 151 All things are echoes of the Voice for God. No one can judge on partial evidence. That is not judgment. It is merely an opinion based on ignorance and doubt. Its seem­ing certainty is but a cloak for the uncertainty it would conceal. It needs irrational defense because it is irrational. And its defense seems strong, convincing, and without a doubt because of all the doubting underneath....

LESSON 150 My mind holds only what I think with God. (139)  I will accept Atonement for myself. (140)  Only salvation can be said to cure. - A Course in Miracles, WorkBook https://iamacim.com/150.html © Undefinable And Expansive 501 (c)(3) NONPROFIT © Open And Clear © Rev. Devan Jesse Byrne  

LESSON 149 My mind holds only what I think with God. (137)  When I am healed I am not healed alone. (138)  Heaven is the decision I must make. - A Course in Miracles, WorkBook https://iamacim.com/149.html © Undefinable And Expansive 501 (c)(3) NONPROFIT © Open And Clear © Rev. Devan Jesse Byrne  

LESSON 148 My mind holds only what I think with God. (135)  If I defend myself I am attacked. (136)  Sickness is a defense against the truth. - A Course in Miracles, WorkBook https://iamacim.com/148.html © Undefinable And Expansive 501 (c)(3) NONPROFIT © Open And Clear © Rev. Devan Jesse Byrne  

LESSON 147 My mind holds only what I think with God. (133)  I will not value what is valueless. (134)  Let me perceive forgiveness as it is.- A Course in Miracles, WorkBook https://iamacim.com/147.html © Undefinable And Expansive 501 (c)(3) NONPROFIT © Open And Clear © Rev. Devan Jesse Byrne  

LESSON 146 My mind holds only what I think with God. (131)  No one can fail who seeks to reach the truth. (132)  I loose the world from all I thought it was. - A Course in Miracles, WorkBook https://iamacim.com/146.html © Undefinable And Expansive 501 (c)(3) NONPROFIT © Open And Clear © Rev. Devan Jesse Byrne  

LESSON 145 My mind holds only what I think with God. (129)  Beyond this world there is a world I want. (130)  It is impossible to see two worlds.- A Course in Miracles, WorkBook https://iamacim.com/145.html © Undefinable And Expansive 501 (c)(3) NONPROFIT © Open And Clear © Rev. Devan Jesse Byrne  

LESSON 144 My mind holds only what I think with God. (127) There is no love but God’s. (128) The world I see holds nothing that I want.- A Course in Miracles, WorkBook https://iamacim.com/144.html © Undefinable And Expansive 501 (c)(3) NONPROFIT © Open And Clear © Rev. Devan Jesse Byrne  

LESSON 143 My mind holds only what I think with God. (125)  In quiet I receive God’s Word today. (126)  All that I give is given to myself. - A Course in Miracles, WorkBook https://iamacim.com/143.html © Undefinable And Expansive 501 (c)(3) NONPROFIT © Open And Clear © Rev. Devan Jesse Byrne  

LESSON 142 My mind holds only what I think with God. (123)  I thank my Father for His gifts to me. (124)  Let me remember I am one with God. - A Course in Miracles, WorkBook https://iamacim.com/142.html © Undefinable And Expansive 501 (c)(3) NONPROFIT © Open And Clear © Rev. Devan Jesse Byrne  

LESSON 141 My mind holds only what I think with God. (121)  Forgiveness is the key to happiness. (122)  Forgiveness offers everything I want.- A Course in Miracles, WorkBook https://iamacim.com/141.html © Undefinable And Expansive 501 (c)(3) NONPROFIT © Open And Clear © Rev. Devan Jesse Byrne  

LESSON 140 Only salvation can be said to cure. “Cure” is a word that cannot be applied to any remedy the world accepts as beneficial. What the world perceives as thera­peutic is but what will make the body “better.” When it tries to heal the mind, it sees no separation from the body, where it thinks the mind exists. Its forms of healing thus must substitute illusion for illusion. One belief in sic...

LESSON 139 I will accept Atonement for myself. Here is the end of choice. For here we come to a decision to accept ourselves as God created us. And what is choice except uncertainty of what we are? There is no doubt that is not rooted here. There is no question but reflects this one. There is no conflict that does not entail the single, simple question, “What am I?” Yet who could ask this question...