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ACIM Workbook Lesson #157
“Into His Presence would I enter now.”
Entering into divine Presence is a choice. It is always there welcoming me, but I can easily block that reality with what I have chosen to see. I attended a luau this evening, set in a beautiful garden with perfect weather conditions. Everything was delightful, from the surroundings to the food. I first sat at a table with two women who bombarded me with multiple questions about trivialities and proceeded to find negative things to say about every topic they brought up. As I watched them with amusement, I noticed that the choices they made all involved fear. dread. and defense. As I looked around the crowd, it became obvious that joyful people were glowing, while fearful people's eyes seemed blank and dull. What's the difference? If we all share the same essence, why do some people shine and some shrink away? It's a matter of choice, don't you think? Loving every moment, or fearing everything; embracing the Presence, or turning away with disdain; seeing everything as a difficult choice, or recognizing Truth. Hum -- maybe there is no choice!
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
“One moment of divine consciousness, or the spiritual understanding of Life and Love, is a foretaste of eternity. Time is a mortal thought, the divisor of which is the solar year. Eternity is God's measurement of Soul-filled years.”
