ACIM Workbook Lesson #143:
Review of:
#125 "In quiet I receive God's Word today."
#126 : "All that I give is given to myself."
And the main thought to hold to in these review:
“My mind holds only what I think with God.”
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| "Heather Shining Light in Washington D.C." Photo by Aaron Springston |
Once again I am reminded of the Toltec wisdom as translated by Miguel Ruiz in The Four Agreements. The first agreement is, "Be impeccable in your word." It has been a number of years since I've read this book and am not sure of where he takes us with this agreement, but in reading today's review those words came to thought. Being impeccable in our word usually means to do what we say we're going to do, to be honest, to speak truth. The latter definition, to speak truth, is so often qualified by words such as "whatever is true for you". This is one of those new-age axioms which is a combination of a qualifier and a cop-out. People say things such as, "My truth may not be your truth." In the material world, this is very much so. But in the world we're learning of, the spiritual reality of our being, there is only one Truth. Mortal mind, ego, fights against this because it tells us if there is only one truth, then we wouldn't have individuality, we would be giving up free will, we would all be the same. Looked at from another perspective, perhaps that's what happens to us when we steadfastly believe the material concepts which have been fed to us every day of our life. What if our true freedom comes from being open to the reality of Spirit? On the chance that this could be true freedom, it certainly seems worth a try, doesn't it? When observing our environment, the miasma of materiality rules everything. To quietly "receive God's Word" seems to me to be the ultimate in being "impeccable in my word". I won't have to rely on deciphering what's right and wrong, truth and lie, or any other gauge I've set up for determining what to do. I need only be aware of what "my mind holds" with God. By this awareness and expression thereof, I allow myself to give and receive with every thought and action. There is no room for anything else when I fill my thought with Truth.
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
“There is but one I, or Us, but one divine Principle, or Mind, governing all existence; man and woman unchanged forever in their individual characters, even as numbers which never blend with each other, though they are governed by one Principle. All the objects of God's creation reflect one Mind, and whatever reflects not this one Mind, is false and erroneous, even the belief that life, substance, and intelligence are both mental and material.”
Science & Health Page 511:11-19
