ACIM Lesson 178a Review 165

You will note that, for review purposes, some of the ideas are not given in quite their original form. Use them as they are given here. It is not necessary to return to the original statements, nor to apply the ideas as was suggested then. We are now emphasizing the relationships among the ideas we have covered and the cohesiveness of the thought system to which they are leading you.

All quotes are from A Course in Miracles, copyright ©2007, Third Edition used with permission from the publisher and copyright holder, the Foundation for Inner Peace, 448 Ignacio Blvd., #306, Novato, CA 94949, acim org.

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Welcome to Active Meditation,

A Course in Miracles.

Lesson 178.

Review.

Lesson 165.

God is love.

Therefore,

So am I.

Steady our feet,

Father.

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.

Review.

Lesson 165.

Let not my mind deny the thought of God.

What makes this world seem real?

Accept your own denial of the truth that lies beyond the world.

What but your thoughts of misery and death obscure the perfect happiness?

What but your thoughts obscure the eternal life your Father wills for you?

What could hide what cannot be concealed?

Accept illusion.

What could keep from you what you already have?

Accept your denial that it is there.

The thought of God created you.

This thought has never left you,

Nor have you ever been apart from it for an instant.

This thought belongs to you.

You live by this thought.

The thought of God is your source of life,

Holding you one with it,

And everything is one with you,

Because this thought has never left you.

The thought of God protects you and cares for you.

The thought of God makes soft your resting place and smooths your way,

Lighting your mind with happiness and love.

Say to yourself,

Repeat after me,

Let not my mind deny the thought of God.

Let not my mind deny the thought of God.

Until you welcome heaven as yours,

Uncertainty remains.

Ask with desire.

You need not be sure that your request is what you want,

But when you have received,

You will be sure that you have the treasure you have always sought.

Receiving God's treasure assures that you have exchanged your blindness for the seeing eyes of Christ.

Your mind has laid aside denial.

Accept now the thought of God as your inheritance.

Ask to receive,

And it is given you.

Welcome heaven as yours,

And it is given you.

Do this now.

I'll be silent.

Welcome heaven.

Let not my mind deny the thought of God.

Welcome heaven as yours,

And it is given you.

Let not my mind deny the thought of God.

We count on God and not upon ourselves to give us certainty.

In God's name we practice,

As his word directs we do.

God's sureness lies beyond our every doubt.

God's love remains beyond our every fear.

The thought of God is still beyond all dreams.

The thought of God is still in our minds according to his will.

Now is all doubting past.

Now is the journey's end made certain.

Now is salvation given you.

Now is Christ's power in your mind to heal as you were healed.

For now you are among the saviors of the world.

Your destiny lies there and nowhere else.

Let not my mind deny the thought of God.

Nothing real can be threatened.

Nothing unreal exists.

Herein lies the peace of God.