ACIM Lesson #262
“Let me perceive no differences today.”
[ACIM prayer for the day]
“Father, You have one Son. And it is he that I would look upon today. He is Your one creation. Why should I perceive a thousand forms in what remains as one? Why should I give this one a thousand names, when only one suffices? For Your Son must bear Your Name, for You created him. Let me not see him as a stranger to his Father, nor as stranger to myself. For he is part of me and I of him, and we are part of You Who are our Source, eternally united in Your Love; eternally the holy Son of God.”
[ACIM commentary]
“We who are one would recognize this day the truth about ourselves. We would come home, and rest in unity. For there is peace, and nowhere else can peace be sought and found.”
To the uninitiated in divinely metaphysical thought, the first sentence above might appear to be saying that Jesus is being singled out when One Son is referenced. And he is, but in the inclusive sense that we All are! This consciousness which Jesus tried to show us IS that true being which we speak of so often. This one Mind, Life, Truth, Love -- God, if you will -- cannot be split between you and me, it cannot shine from one and not the other. William Blake says it well: "I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine Love." which means that the perfection we are learning to see as ourselves also is everyone else. I often tell people “We’re all in this together”, but I think I’ll change it to “We are all this – together!” I love the study of this Science of Being, as every day -- every moment -- revelations of thought bring us to the understanding of how this Truth sets us free!
“Let me perceive no differences today.”
[ACIM prayer for the day]
“Father, You have one Son. And it is he that I would look upon today. He is Your one creation. Why should I perceive a thousand forms in what remains as one? Why should I give this one a thousand names, when only one suffices? For Your Son must bear Your Name, for You created him. Let me not see him as a stranger to his Father, nor as stranger to myself. For he is part of me and I of him, and we are part of You Who are our Source, eternally united in Your Love; eternally the holy Son of God.”
[ACIM commentary]
“We who are one would recognize this day the truth about ourselves. We would come home, and rest in unity. For there is peace, and nowhere else can peace be sought and found.”
[Marsha's thoughts]
To the uninitiated in divinely metaphysical thought, the first sentence above might appear to be saying that Jesus is being singled out when One Son is referenced. And he is, but in the inclusive sense that we All are! This consciousness which Jesus tried to show us IS that true being which we speak of so often. This one Mind, Life, Truth, Love -- God, if you will -- cannot be split between you and me, it cannot shine from one and not the other. William Blake says it well: "I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine Love." which means that the perfection we are learning to see as ourselves also is everyone else. I often tell people “We’re all in this together”, but I think I’ll change it to “We are all this – together!” I love the study of this Science of Being, as every day -- every moment -- revelations of thought bring us to the understanding of how this Truth sets us free!
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
“With one Father, even God, the whole family of man would be brethren; and with one Mind and that God, or good, the brotherhood of man would consist of Love and Truth, and have unity of Principle and spiritual power which constitute divine Science.”
Science and Health Page 469:30–5
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