July 12, 2012 - Disappearing swords

"Transportation in the Gobi"
photo by Aaron Springston

A Course in Miracles Lesson #193

“All things are lessons God would have me learn.”

Does God really want me to learn anything? Of course not, because Deity  knows nothing of learning, any more than It knows of pain or sorrow or death. What I am learning today is this: "Forgive, and you will see this differently." Today's lesson reinforces yesterday's plan to cast away the sword hanging over our heads. In other words, any grudges we are holding are keeping us a prisoner to them. "I will forgive, and this will disappear" is my favorite sentence in lesson #193. We often hear people say they can forgive but they can't or won't forget. This forgiving spoken of in today's writings is total; forgetting whatever we think has wronged us. The thought of wrong-doing will not hang around to be brought out and re-lived for ourselves and others. I've often said that the collective consciousness shift which is taking place right now will be such a thorough change of thought that we won't even realize it has happened. It will simply be a brand new world of harmonious being. Those who fought the change will not even know they have changed! But happiness and Love will be the law of the land, and we won't need anyone to tell us what is right or wrong. Haven't we always known this?

Mary Baker Eddy quote:

“Accompanying this scientific consciousness was another revelation, even the declaration from heaven, supreme harmony, that God, the divine Principle of harmony, is ever with [us], and [we] are His people. Thus man was no longer regarded as a miserable sinner, but as the blessed child of God. Why? Because St. John's corporeal sense of the heavens and earth had vanished, and in place of this false sense was the spiritual sense, the subjective state by which he could see the new heaven and new earth, which involve the spiritual idea and consciousness of reality. This is Scriptural authority for concluding that such a recognition of being is, and has been, possible to men in this present state of existence,--that we can become conscious, here and now, of a cessation of death, sorrow, and pain. This is indeed a foretaste of absolute Christian Science. Take heart, dear sufferer, for this reality of being will surely appear sometime and in some way. There will be no more pain, and all tears will be wiped away. When you read this, remember Jesus' words, "The kingdom of God is within you." This spiritual consciousness is therefore a present possibility.”

Science & Health Page 573:13-2

This material is copyrighted by Marsha Havens, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. All rights reserved. All writings, other than quoted material from A Course in Miracles or Mary Baker Eddy are the personal interpretation and understanding of the author.