Welcome to Active Meditation,
A Course in Miracles,
Lesson 176,
Review,
Lessons 161 and 162,
Is Love,
And Therefore,
So Am I,
Review,
Lesson 161,
Give Me Your Blessing Today,
We practice differently.
We take a stand against our anger.
We take this stand so that our fears may disappear and offer room to love.
It seems to be the body that we feel limits our freedom.
Our body makes us suffer and at last puts out our life.
Yet,
Bodies are but symbols for a concrete form of fear.
Fear,
Without symbols,
Calls for no response,
For symbols can stand for the meaningless.
Love needs no symbols,
Being true.
Fear attaches to specifics,
Being false.
Bodies attack,
But minds do not.
This is the reason bodies easily become fear's symbols.
You have,
Many times,
Been urged to look beyond the body,
For the body's sight presents the symbol of love's enemy.
Christ's vision does not see the body as a symbol of fear.
The body is the target for attack,
For no one thinks they hate a mind.
Yet,
What but mind directs the body to attack?
What else could be the seed of fear,
Except what thinks of fear?
Let's review the practice.
We will identify one brother or sister as a symbol of all the rest.
Then,
Ask them for salvation.
Do this now.
Select the person who you will ask for salvation.
Now be silent while you do this.
Now that you have them in mind,
See this person as clearly as you can.
In the same body to which you are accustomed,
Notice their face,
Their hands,
And feet,
Their clothing.
Watch them smile.
Observe their familiar gestures,
Which they make so frequently.
Now,
Think of this.
What you are seeing now conceals from you the sight of one who can forgive you all your sins.
Ask this of this person that they may set you free.
Ask them,
Give me your blessing,
Holy child of God.
I would behold you with the eyes of Christ.
I see my perfect sinlessness in you.
Christ will answer through this person whom you called upon.
Christ will hear the voice for God in you and answer in your own.
Behold this person now,
Whom you have seen as merely flesh and bone,
And recognize that Christ has come to you.
Repeat again to this person,
Give me your blessing,
Holy child of God.
I would behold you with the eyes of Christ.
I see my perfect sinlessness in you.
This idea is your safe escape from anger and from fear.
Be sure you use it instantly should you be tempted to attack someone and perceive in them a symbol of your fear.
You will see them suddenly transformed from enemy to Savior,
From the devil into Christ.
Ponder on this.
Give me your blessing,
Holy child of God.
I would behold you with the eyes of Christ.
Give me your blessing,
Holy child of God.
Give me your blessing,
Holy child.
Steady our feet.
Let our doubts be quiet.
Let our holy minds be still and speak to us.
Lead our practicing.
We will listen to your word and make it ours.
We accept the word you offer us to unify our practicing as we review the thoughts that you have given us in these lessons.
God is love and therefore review lesson 162.
I am as God created me.
This single thought held firmly in the mind would save the world.
From time to time we will repeat it and it will mean far more to you as you advance.
I am as God created me.
These words are sacred.
These are the words God gave you in answer to the world you made.
I am as God created me.
By these words the world disappears and all things seen within its misty clouds and vaporous illusions vanish.
As these words are spoken for these words come from God.
I am as God created me.
Today we practice simply for these words we use are mighty.
They need no thoughts beyond themselves to change the mind of one who uses them.
So holy is it changed that the mind is now the treasury in which God places all his gifts and all his love to be distributed to all the world.
God's love increased in giving.
God's love kept complete because it's sharing is unlimited and thus we learn to think with God.
Christ's vision has restored your sight by salvaging your mind.
I am as God created me.
Ponder on this.
I am as God created me.
I am as God created me.
Who would not be brother to you now?
Who would not be your sister?
You their Redeemer and their Savior who could fail to welcome you into their heart with loving invitation eager to unite with one like Christ in holiness.
You are as God created you.
These words dispel the night and darkness is no more.
The light is come today to bless the world for you have recognized the child of God and in that recognition is the world.
I am as God created me.
God is love and therefore so am I.
Give me your blessing holy child of God.
Nothing real can be threatened.
Nothing unreal exists.
Herein lies the peace of God.
