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A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson #211 (review)
Central Theme:
“I am not a body. I am free.
For I am still as God created me.”
Specific review: (#191) “I am the holy Son of God Himself.”
Humility is the word which jumps out at me from the lesson we are reviewing today. Combine that with the central theme for this review and we see that it is the ultimate humility to accept our true identify as a reflection of God. It seems that all the disagreements between people stem from not realizing this Truth of our Being. By placing our idea of self in a certain nationality, or gender, or religion, is to set up an us-against-them mentality with which we've been shooting ourselves in the foot for far too long. It seems so simple to think we can accept the reality of our being, created as the perfect idea of divine Mind. This realization is the ultimate humility. Some think that to be humble is to be self-effacing and have an I'm-not-worthy attitude. But this does a huge disservice to God, as it assumes that this one Mind has made a mistake. Yet there are no mistaken identifies in the creation of Spirit. We all have a song to sing, and they all are part of the grand symphony of Life. To rejoice in being One with everyone, to live from Love rather than fear and its imaginings, is to humbly accept the goodness inherent in All. I will turn away from the illusion of material problems as I wholeheartedly accept my function as a reflection of God, and see that image mirrored in everyone I meet.
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
"Praying for humility with whatever fervency of expression does not always mean a desire for it. If we turn away from the poor, we are not ready to receive the reward of Him who blesses the poor. We confess to having a very wicked heart and ask that it may be laid bare before us, but do we not already know more of this heart than we are willing to have our neighbor see?"
Science & Health Page 8:20-27
