One Mind, One Life, One Love

photo credit: Arthur Lau-Sed 

ACIM Workbook Lesson #181 “I trust my brothers, who are one with me.”

It seems "they" are trying to harm "us" everywhere we look! From fluoride in our drinking water to desecrating our countryside with electrical lines and chemicals to kill the foliage and fauna, it feels as though we're under attack! And so I'm very happy to have this beautiful ACIM lesson to guide my thought from defense mode to an understanding which affirms the goodness of all mankind. Many disciplines teach us how to deal with material circumstances. They are lovely reminders of how to improve what we call the human condition. Many tell us we're humans having a spiritual experience, but very few tell us that we're actually spiritual. In divine metaphysics, we learn that everything is an idea of Mind. I am a spiritual idea right here and now — and you are, too! This is true even though our actions are in opposition to the goodness inherent in our true being. I'm going to pick a person who seems to fall into this category and concentrate on their true Being as an expression of divine Love. This feels like a Science project, don't you think? I shall record the results!

Mary Baker Eddy quote:

"It should be thoroughly understood that all men have one Mind …one Life, Truth, and Love. Mankind will become perfect in proportion as this fact becomes apparent, war will cease and the true brotherhood…will be established."

Science & Health Page 467:9-13

July 20, 2012 -Trust Realized Through Sharing

A Course in Miracles Review Lesson #201

Central Theme:

“I am not a body. I am free.

For I am still as God created me.”

Review: (181) "I trust my brothers, who are one with me."

"Joyful Gathering"
photo by Aaron Springston

These next few lessons of review will be great fun to explore! Our central theme is, "I am not a body. I am free." Linking this Truth to the individual daily reviews should open up realizations we haven't thought of before. We are ready for this! Our daily review of trusting our brothers because we are all One in spiritual reality is being practiced in daily life everywhere I look, as I'm sure it is with you, too.  Looking back a few years in my experience, the largest example of this has been our local metaphysical society. This group of people developed a wonderful, trusting rapport. We will always cherish each other, no matter how different our perceptions may have been. And there is a group of women who have met for a number of years. We call ourselves a book club, but we're so much more. We trust each other implicitly, and this feeling expands to our other relationships. Most recently, I have been involved in a joyful  group of friends who meet to discuss, with total honesty, various topics -- while sharing fabulous food and each other's company. These gatherings have the feeling of conversations on a lazy Sunday afternoon, but we are taking them to another level through total honesty and a lack of worry for what others may think of us. What a freeing activity this is!   All of these gatherings are helping us to understand that we are one family, by virtue of our Source.  By letting go of guilt, embarrassment, judgment, we are freeing ourselves to discover our Selves in all our glory, as spiritually pure creations. If you're not already, I invite you to find avenues to open up in similar ways. The more I do this, the more I find it natural to honestly interact with everyone. This remembering of who I Am is so exciting! And I'm very happy to be sharing it with all of you. Namaste'.

Mary Baker Eddy quote:

“The rich in spirit help the poor in one grand brotherhood, all having the same Principle, or Father; and blessed is that man who seeth his brother's need and supplieth it, seeking his own in another's good. Love giveth to the least spiritual idea might, immortality, and goodness, which shine through all as the blossom shines through the bud. All the varied expressions of God reflect health, holiness, immortality-- infinite Life, Truth, and Love.

Science & Health Page 518:15-22