Review IV
Now a review again, this time aware we are preparing for the second
part of learning how the truth can be applied. Today we will begin to
concentrate on readiness for what will follow next. Such is our aim
for this review and for the lessons following. Thus we review the
recent lessons and their central thoughts in such a way as will
facilitate the readiness which we would now achieve.
There is a central theme that unifies each step in the review we
undertake, which can be simply stated in these words:
“My mind holds only what I think with God.”
This is a fact, and represents the truth of What you are and What your
Father is. It is this Thought by which the Father gave creation to the
Son, establishing the Son as co-creator with Himself. It is this
Thought which fully guarantees salvation to the Son. For in his mind
no thoughts can dwell but those his Father shares. Lack of forgiveness
blocks this Thought from his awareness. Yet It is forever true.
Let us begin our preparation with some understanding of the
many forms in which the lack of true forgiveness may be carefully
concealed. Because they are illusions, they are not perceived to be
but what they are; defenses which protect your unforgiving thoughts
from being seen and recognized. Their purpose is to show you
something else, and hold correction off through self-deceptions
made to take its place.
And yet your mind holds only what you think with God. Your
self-deceptions cannot take the place of truth. No more than can a
child who throws a stick into the ocean change the coming and the
going of the tides, the warming of the water by the sun, the silver of
the moon on it by night. So do we start each practice period in this
review with readying our minds to understand the lessons that we
read, and see the meaning which they offer us.
Begin each day with time devoted to the preparation of your
mind to learn what each idea you will review that day can offer you
in freedom and in peace. Open your mind and clear it of all thoughts
that would deceive, and let this Thought alone engage it fully and
remove the rest:
“My mind holds only what I think with God.”
Five minutes with this Thought will be enough to set the day
along the lines which God appointed, and to place His Mind in
charge of all the thoughts you will receive that day. They will not
come from you alone, for they will all be shared with Him. And so
each one will bring the message of His Love to you, returning
messages of yours to Him. So will communion with the Lord of
Hosts be yours, as He Himself has willed it be. And as His Own
completion joins with Him so will He join with you who are
complete as you unite with Him and He with you.
After your preparation, merely read each of the two ideas assigned
to you to be reviewed that day. Then close your eyes and say them
slowly to yourself. There is no hurry now, for you are using time for its
intended purpose. Let each word shine with the meaning God has
given it as it was given to you through His Voice. Let each idea that you
review that day give you the gift which He has laid in it for you to
have of Him. And we will use no format for our practicing but this:
Each hour of the day bring to your mind the Thought with
which the day began, and spend a quiet moment with It. Then repeat
the two ideas you practice for the day unhurriedly, with time enough
to see the gifts which they contain for you, and let them be received
where they were meant to be. We add no other thoughts, but let
them be the messages they are. We need no more than that to give us
happiness and rest and endless quiet, perfect certainty, and all our
Father wills that we receive as the inheritance we have of Him.
Each day of practicing, as we review, we close as we began, repeating
first the Thought that made the day a special time of blessing and of
happiness for us; and through our faithfulness restored the world from
darkness to the light, from grief to joy, from pain to peace, from sin to
holiness. God offers thanks to you who practice thus the keeping of His
Word. And as you give your mind to the ideas for the day again before
you sleep, His gratitude surrounds you in the peace wherein He wills
you be forever, and are learning now to claim again as your inheritance.
Lesson 141
“My mind holds only what I think with God.”
[121]“Forgiveness is the key to happiness.”
[122]“Forgiveness offers everything I want.”
Britney Shawley added:
'My mind holds only what I think with God.'
I have read all lessons from lesson 141-150, and let them combine into One meditation.
I would still suggest to follow and apply the lessons as descried in the lesson*'My mind holds only what I think with God.'
I have read all lessons from lesson 141-150, and let them combine into One meditation.
I would still suggest to follow and apply the lessons as descried in the lesson.