ACIM Workbook Lesson #69
“My grievances hide the light of the world in me.”
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[Marsha's thoughts]
The last words of today's lesson are: "Be sure to tell yourself: If I hold this grievance the light of the world will be hidden from me, if you are tempted to hold anything against anyone today." Confusion is the word I keep hearing when I meditate on these lines. Most assuredly I don't want to hold anything against anyone -- particularly myself! When I think about grievances I may be holding onto, I get confused about my function in all of this. Actually, I can't even articulate what I may be aggrieved about! Anytime I delve into thought to see if I'm holding onto anything, tightly refusing to let it go because it's comfortable and the light holds unknown wonders, I simply get confused and don't know where I was going with the thought. Yippee! This I take as a sign of spiritual progress and material allowance. I don't need to deconstruct grievances by understanding them. I only need to acknowledge that they're there in order to see their unreality and to know that they have no real purpose in my life. It makes me so happy to not need to examine every little reason about why things are as they are. By acknowledging what is, it becomes unimportant what isn't! Without grievances to cloud my transparency, what wonderful Truth will flow into, out of, and through my being! In this flow, I will never be put to confusion.
Mary Baker Eddy Quote:
“The manifestation of God through mortals is as light passing through the window-pane. The light and the glass never mingle, but as matter, the glass is less opaque than the walls. The mortal mind through which Truth appears most vividly is that one which has lost much materiality--much error--in order to become a better transparency for Truth. Then, like a cloud melting into thin vapor, it no longer hides the sun.” Science & Health Page 295:14-24
