The days between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day are traditionally times of parties and gatherings where family and friends enjoy the connections which tie us together. This year, in particular, we have some major disagreements about the way our government should be conducted. This is a perfect time to turn to our Course in Miracles Workbook Lessons for guidance. In addition to advising us to “blast the room with love before you walk in”, Marianne Williamson has given us some important pointers for these trying times. She ends with these: “In A Course in Miracles it says that if we’re judging someone, we’re wrong even if we’re right. We think we’re going to understand someone to see whether or not they’re worthy of our love, but until we love them we will never understand them. Seek to be a vessel of love at the table more than anything else. Speak your truth without withholding respect for the truths of others. Be nice to people; it makes all the difference.” For the past two weeks, I’ve become dependent on unpacking of our daily lesson with Nouk and Coreen. Here is the link, in case anyone needs a boost of good vibes!
https://youtu.be/9h1CuyrBkuk?si=k7hNA98jAl8IHlqY
“Forgiveness ends the dream of conflict here. Conflict must be resolved. It cannot be evaded, set aside, denied, disguised, seen somewhere else, called by another name, or hidden by deceit of any kind, if it would be escaped. It must be seen exactly as it is, where it is thought to be, in the reality which has been given it, and with the purpose that the mind accorded it. For only then are its defenses lifted, and the truth can shine upon it as it disappears.
“Father, forgiveness is the light You chose to shine away all conflict and all doubt, and light the way for our return to You. No light but this can end our evil dream. No light but this can save the world. For this alone will never fail in anything, being Your gift to Your beloved Son.”
A Course in Miracles W-333.1:1–2:4
“The suppositional warfare between truth and error is only the mental conflict between the evidence of the spiritual senses and the testimony of the material senses, and this warfare between the Spirit and flesh will settle all questions through faith in and the understanding of divine Love.”
Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 288:3-7
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