Welcome to Active Meditation,
A Course in Miracles,
Lesson 108.
To give and to receive are one in truth.
Today we practice with the special case of giving and receiving.
To give is to receive.
We will attempt to offer peace to everyone and see how quickly peace returns to us.
We begin the practice periods with the instruction for today.
Repeat after me.
To give and to receive are one in truth.
I will receive what I am giving now.
Keeping your eyes closed and for the next few minutes,
Think of what you would hold out to everyone to have it yours.
You might for instance say,
To everyone I offer quietness.
To everyone I offer peace of mind.
To everyone I offer gentleness.
Say each one slowly and then pause a while expecting to receive the gift you gave.
It will come to you in the amount in which you gave it.
Repeat after me.
To everyone I offer quietness.
To everyone I offer peace of mind.
To everyone I offer gentleness.
You will find you have exact return for that is what you ask.
It might be helpful too to think of one to whom to give you gifts.
This person represents the others and through them you give to all.
Think of this person now.
Say to this person,
I offer you quietness.
Say to this person,
I offer you peace of mind.
Now say to this person,
I offer you gentleness.
To give and to receive are one in truth.
Ponder on this.
To give and to receive are one in truth.
To everyone I offer quietness.
I offer you peace of mind.
To give and to receive are one in truth.
Our very simple lesson for today will teach you much.
Effect and cause will be far better understood from this time on.
And we will make much faster progress now.
Think of the exercises for today as quick advances in your learning.
Made still faster and more sure each time you say to give and to receive are one in truth.
To give and to receive are one in truth.
Nothing real can be threatened.
Nothing unreal exists.
Herein lies the peace of God.
