ACIM Lesson #58
Today is the eighth of a ten-day review of the first lessons. For a guide to this review, and a short description of each of the five, go to this link:**http://acim.org/Lessons/lesson.html?lesson=58
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| Butterfly Garden in St. Louis Photo by Aaron Springston |
[Marsha's thoughts]
This is a perfect time for me to be reviewing lessons concerning my purity and holiness. For some reason, terrible thoughts have been coming to mind. After all these years of practicing holding thought to "the enduring, the good, and the True", it seems to be easy seeing things through the proverbial rose-colored glasses. But thoughts have turned murky in the last few days. For instance, I packed up a box of mobiles to ship back to an artist. As I'm sending it off, I see the box as damaged and the mobiles broken. One of my sons works in a factory and when he left for work I saw a possible accident involving him. What's up with this?? It seems every thought I have is colored by a horrible interpretation. Of course, since I'm thinking like this, I'm also having horrible interpretations as to why I'm thinking like this! So today must be a cleaning day for me. I will delve deeply into my daily studies rather than a cursory reading. I'll listen to an audio chat from spirituality.com while doing some household chores. I'll play an inspirational recording in the car while running errands. And while out, I'll stop by a peaceful little lake and soak up some sunshine and see what early flowers are peeking out, showing me pure holiness without thought. All these things I will see in Truth, and if anything else wants attention, I'll just say no!
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
"Man walks in the direction towards which he looks, and where his treasure is, there will his heart be also. If our hopes and affections are spiritual, they came from above, not from below, and they bear as of old the fruits of the Spirit."
Science & Health Page 451:14-18
