Welcome to Active Meditation.
The Course in Miracles,
Lesson 126 All that I give,
I give to myself.
Today's idea,
Completely alien to the ego and the thinking of the world,
Is crucial to the thought reversal that this Course will bring about.
If you believe the statement,
All that I give is given to myself,
There would be no problem.
In complete forgiveness,
Certainty of goal and sure direction,
You would understand the means by which salvation comes to you,
And would not hesitate to use these means now.
Let us consider,
What do you believe in place of this idea?
It seems to you that other people are apart from you,
And that they are able to behave in ways which have no bearing on your thoughts,
Nor your thoughts on theirs.
Therefore,
Your attitudes have no effect on them,
And their appeals or help are not in any way related to your own.
You further think that they can sin without affecting your perception of yourself,
While you can judge their sin,
And yet remain apart from condemnation,
And remain at peace.
You believe that when you,
Quote,
Forgive a sin,
There is no gain to you directly.
You think you give charity to one unworthy,
Merely to point out that you are better,
You are on a higher plane,
Than the one whom you forgive.
You believe that they have not earned your charitable tolerance,
Which you bestow on one unworthy of the gift,
Because their sins have lowered them beneath a true equality with you.
You believe that they have no claim on your forgiveness.
You believe that your forgiveness holds out a gift to them,
But hardly to yourself.
Thus,
You believe forgiveness is basically unsound,
A charitable whim,
Benevolent,
Yet undeserved.
You believe forgiveness is a gift,
Bestowed at times,
At other times,
With hell.
You believe forgiveness is unmerited.
You believe withholding forgiveness is just.
You believe that it is not fair that you should suffer when forgiveness is withheld.
You believe the sin that you forgive is not your own,
That someone apart from you committed the sin.
You believe that if you are then gracious unto them by giving them what they do not deserve,
The gift is no more yours than was their sin.
If all this be true,
Forgiveness has no grounds on which to rest dependably and sure.
If this is true,
Forgiveness is an eccentricity in which you sometimes choose to give indulgently an undeserved reprieve.
Yet,
It remains your right to let the sinner not escape the justified repayment for their sin.
Do you think the Lord of Heaven would allow the world's salvation to depend on this?
Would not God's care for you be small indeed if your salvation rested on a whim?
You do not understand forgiveness.
As you see it,
Forgiveness is but a check upon overt attack,
Without requiring correction in your mind.
As you see it,
Forgiveness cannot give you peace as you perceive it.
As you see it,
Forgiveness is not a means for your release from what you see in someone other than yourself.
As you see it,
Forgiveness has no power to restore your unity with God to your awareness.
Forgiveness is not what God intended it to be for you.
Not having given God a gift,
Ask of you.
You cannot recognize God's gifts.
You think God has not given them to you.
Would God ask you for a gift unless it was for you?
Could God be satisfied with empty gestures and evaluate such petty gifts as worthy of his child?
Salvation is a better gift than this.
And true forgiveness as the means by which salvation is attained must heal the mind that gives.
Giving is receiving.
What remains as unreceived has not been given.
What has been given must have been received.
Say to yourself,
Repeat in your mind,
All that I give is given to myself.
Today,
We try to understand the truth that giver and receiver are the same.
You will need help to make this meaningful because it is so alien to the thoughts to which you are accustomed.
But the help you need is there.
Give God your faith today.
And ask God to share your practicing in truth today.
And if you only catch a tiny glimpse of the release that lies in the idea we practice for today,
This is a day of glory for the world.
Give fifteen minutes twice today to the attempt to understand today's idea,
All that I give is given to myself.
This is the thought by which forgiveness takes its proper place in your priorities.
This is the thought that will release your mind from every bar to what forgiveness means and let you realize what the worth of forgiveness is to you.
Be silent.
Close your eyes upon the world that does not understand forgiveness.
Seek sanctuary in the quiet place where thoughts are changed and false beliefs laid by.
Say to yourself,
Say in your mind,
All that I give is given to myself.
The help I need to learn that this is true is with me now.
I will trust in God.
All that I give is given to myself.
The help I need to learn that this is true is with me now.
And I will trust in God.
Now,
Ask for help in understanding what it really means.
Be willing to be taught.
Be glad to hear the voice of truth and healing speak to you and you will understand the words God speaks.
You will recognize that God speaks your words to you.
All that I give is given to myself.
Be willing to be taught.
Open your mind to God's correction and God's love.
God is with you now.
As often as you can,
Remind yourself you have a goal today,
Which makes this day of special value to yourself and all your brothers and sisters.
Do not let your mind forget this goal for long.
But tell yourself,
All that I give is given to myself.
The help I need to learn that this is true is with me now.
And I will trust in God.
You will recognize that God is with you now.
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Spend a quiet moment opening your mind to God's correction and God's love.
And what you hear of God,
You will believe.
For what God gives will be received by you.
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All that I give is given to myself.
The help I need to learn that this is true is with me now.
And I will trust in God.
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The help I need is with me now.
And I will trust in God.
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All that I give is given to myself.
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Nothing real can be threatened.
Nothing unreal exists.
Herein lies the peace of God.
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