The Course in Miracles,
Lesson 183.
I call upon God's name,
And on my own.
God's name is holy,
But no holier than yours.
To call upon God's name is to call upon your own.
There is one name for all there is.
One name for all that there will be.
Today,
You can achieve a state in which you will experience the gift of grace.
You can escape all bondage of the world.
You can give the world the same release you found.
You can remember what the world forgot.
You can offer the world your own remembering.
Let's practice.
Repeat God's name,
Slowly,
Again,
Still again.
Become oblivious to every name but that of God.
Here,
Nothing else.
Let all your thoughts become anchored on God.
We say today's idea.
Now,
Say to yourself,
I call upon God's name,
And on my own.
God's name becomes our only thought,
Our only word.
God's name becomes the only thing that occupies our mind.
God's name becomes the only wish that we have.
God's name becomes the only sound with any meaning.
God's name becomes the only name of everything that we desire to see.
God's name becomes the only name of everything that we would call.
I call upon God's name,
And on my own.
We acknowledge God as the sole creator of reality.
We acknowledge that our higher self is part of God.
We acknowledge our higher self is creating in the name of God.
You can offer today to the world your own remembering.
You can accept today the part you play in the salvation of the world.
You can accept today the part you play in your own salvation.
You can accept today the part you play in the world's salvation,
And your own as well.
And both can be accomplished perfectly.
Turn to the name of God for your release,
And it is given you.
No prayer but this is necessary,
For it holds all prayers within it.
Words are insignificant,
And all requests are unneeded.
When you call on your father's name,
Your father's thoughts become your own.
You make your claim to all your father gave is giving still,
And to all your father will forever give.
You call on God to let all things you thought you made be nameless now.
In their place,
The holy name of God becomes his judgment of their worthlessness.
All little things are silent.
Little sounds are soundless.
Now,
The little things of earth have disappeared.
The universe consists of nothing but the children of God who call upon their father.
Their father's voice gives answer in their father's holy name.
This is an eternal,
Still relationship,
In which communication far transcends all words,
And yet exceeds in depth and height whatever words could possibly convey.
This is peace eternal.
In our father's name,
We would experience this peace today.
And in our father's name,
Peace shall be given us.
This is peace eternal.
In our father's name,
We would experience this peace today.
In our father's name,
Peace shall be given us.
I call upon God's name,
And on my own,
Nothing real can be threatened.
Nothing unreal exists.
Herein lies the peace of God.
