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A Course in Miracles Lesson #204 (review)
Central theme:
“I am not a body. I am free.
For I am still as God created me.”
Specific review: (184) “The Name of God is my inheritance.”
When thinking of inheritance, many material notions come to mind. We may think of things supposedly given us by parents -- the way we look and act, perhaps diseases and other DNA-based things. I've proven in my life that these things are simply material illusions. Although my racial heritage is largely Mexican, I carry none of the physical characteristics associated with these wonderful people. The reason for this is based in thought. I was raised as a VERY white person. My parents were so determined that I not carry what they saw as the burden of being a Chicano in the United States, that they carried forth an elaborate plan to negate this. And it worked! I tell you this to illustrate that all material illusions are changeable. We are able to deny any mortal belief, not on the basis of our material manipulations of matter, but based on our understanding of the Truth of our Being as God’s reflection. In the proverbial twinkling of an eye, perceptions can change and Life may be lived free of illusions, in our Oneness with God.
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
“The eternal Truth destroys what mortals seem to have learned from error, and man's real existence as a child of God comes to light.”
Science and Health Page 288:31–1
