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ACIM Workbook Lesson #135
"If I defend myself I am attacked."
This lesson is all-encompassing in its explanations of what we tend to do in daily life. It speaks of the “folly of defense” as giving illusions reality and then attempting to handle them. At least once a day, I will catch myself being defensive in reaction to something I hear from someone else, or an action on my part, or something from the past. Sometimes these defenses of mine cause me to hear a little voice in my head, that of my children when they were little, saying “crazy mom’s here, get out of the way!” Rather than thanking them for showing me my insanity, I probably got pretty defensive and went on and on in an attempt to justify myself. Nowadays when I hear their little voices in my memory, I am thankful for the reminder, then amused at my actions or reactions. And I choose again — gratefully!
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
“The time for thinkers has come. Truth, independent of doctrines and time-honored systems, knocks at the portal of humanity.”
Science & Health Page vii:13-15
