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ACIM Workbook Lesson #307
“Conflicting wishes cannot be my will.”
So often, in the realm of the material world, we tend to have conflicting wishes concerning events. One of the main conflicts arises within the scope of what we think of as family problems. When someone within our immediate family has a problem, we tend to think of it as our own. We have been conditioned to think we can fix others, and if we don't try, we fear people will think we don't care. Then we're thrown into a quandary of feelings: love for our family, perhaps embarrassment over their actions, worry about what will happen to them, worry over what others will think -- the list can be endless when we begin to worry over the circumstances. But when we are able to release these feelings and see everyone as the spiritual creations they truly are, we begin to release our sense of personal responsibility while affirming their goodness as a reflection of divine Love. Before we know it, we're thinking of something wonderful about them when they come to our mind. And we're free from the conflicting wishes born of material senses.
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
“We cannot serve two masters nor perceive divine Science with the material senses.”
Science and Health Page 167:11-12
