A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson #96
“Salvation comes from my one Self.”
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| Mongolian Morning photo by Aaron Springston |
[Marsha's thoughts]
What a peaceful realization it is to know that salvation is not something given to us by someone or something, but is from our own Self. This is the one self which is shared with All that Is, which we cannot be separated from, which we cannot lose through the actions of ourselves or others. Salvation is peace and joy which cannot be given nor taken by someone else. I witnessed a little interlude today in which two people thought their happiness and peace were being affected by each other. It was a simple interaction, but I could see the feathers flying from the encounter! I was in the doorway of the gallery and a man was standing in the street taking a picture. He started to come back to the sidewalk, but because of the stacks of limestone and barricades between him and the walkway, he needed to go 20 feet or so in either direction to get there. He chose to step over an orange cone and cross amidst the construction. The owner of Peace, Love, and Cheesecake reprimanded him, pointing out the reasons he shouldn't be doing that. I was standing in my doorway and the trespasser was walking my way. Seeing that he was disgruntled, I said jokingly (and I hoped flirtatiously!) as he passed: You're such an adventurer! He blurted out some disparaging words about the man who had gently corrected him. I made my final pitch for lightheartedness, as the man stomped up the street. These little encounters would be much different if we realized and demonstrated today's lesson. By listening for guidance from your One Self, I seriously doubt you could be led to either walk where there is danger, or point out that danger to someone else. Knowing your only real government is from Love, God, allows salvation for you and everyone and everything. Today I will remember this sentence from Lesson 96: "Problems that have no meaning cannot be resolved within the framework they are set.”
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
"When we endow matter with vague spiritual power,-- that is, when we do so in our theories, for of course we cannot really endow matter with what it does not and cannot possess,--we disown the Almighty, for such theories lead to one of two things. They either presuppose the self-evolution and self-government of matter, or else they assume that matter is the product of Spirit. To seize the first horn of this dilemma and consider matter as a power in and of itself, is to leave the creator out of His own universe; while to grasp the other horn of the dilemma and regard God as the creator of matter, is not only to make Him responsible for all disasters, physical and moral, but to announce Him as their source, thereby making Him guilty of maintaining perpetual misrule in the form and under the name of natural law."
Science & Health Page 119:1-16
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