Welcome to Active Meditation,
A course in miracles.
Lesson 157.
Into God's presence would I enter now.
This is a day of silence.
This day is holy,
For it ushers in a new experience,
A different kind of feeling and awareness.
You have spent long days and nights in celebrating death.
Today,
You learn to feel the joy of life.
This is another crucial turning point in the curriculum.
We add a new dimension now,
A fresh experience,
An experience that sheds a light on all that we have learned already.
Today,
It will be given you a feel,
A touch of heaven.
You have come far enough along the way to alter time sufficiently,
To rise above the laws of time,
And to walk into eternity for a while.
God will direct your practicing today.
What you ask for now is what God wills.
And,
Having joined your will with His,
That which you are asking must be given you.
Nothing is needed,
But today's idea.
Into God's presence would I enter now.
This idea will let your mind rest in still anticipation,
In quiet joy,
Wherein you quickly leave the world behind.
Your experience today will so transform your mind that it becomes the touchstone for the holy thoughts.
We cannot give experience like this directly.
Yet,
It leaves a vision in our eyes,
Which we can offer everyone,
That they may come sooner to the same experience,
In which the world is quietly forgot,
In which heaven is remembered for a while.
Say to yourself,
Say in your mind,
Into God's presence would I enter now.
Into God's presence would I enter.
Ponder on this.
As this experience increases,
All goals but this become of little worth.
You,
Who bring this world light,
Will come to see the light more sure,
Will come to see the vision more distinct.
The time will come when you will not return in the same form,
In which you now appear,
For you will have no need of it.
Yet now,
This form has a purpose,
And it will serve its purpose well.
Today,
We will embark upon a course you have not dreamed of,
But the Holy One,
The giver of the happy dreams of life,
The Holy One,
The translator of perception into truth,
The Holy Guide to heaven given you.
This Holy One has dreamed for you this journey,
Which you make and start today.
The Holy One has dreamed for you the experience this day holds out to you,
To be your own,
Surrender to your higher self.
As you say in your mind,
Into God's presence would I enter now.
Into God's presence would I enter now.
Into God's presence would I enter now.
Into God's presence would I enter now.
Nothing real can be threatened.
Nothing unreal exists.
Herein lies the peace of God.
