ACIM Lesson 213 Contemplation

"All things are lessons God would have me learn," teaches that every experience and encounter is a divinely appointed opportunity for spiritual growth and learning. This lesson underscores the idea that nothing happens by chance, and each moment is purposefully designed to teach forgiveness, love, and detachment from worldly illusions. It encourages us to embrace every situation with an open heart and mind, seeing them as chances to apply spiritual principles and advance on our path to enlightenment.

All quoted material is from A Course in Miracles, copyright ©1992, 1999, 2007 by the Foundation for Inner Peace, publisher, and the copyright holder. This material is used with permission. (Foundation for Inner Peace, 448 Ignacio Blvd #306 Novato, CA 94949 US)

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A Course in Miracles Lesson 213 Review Lesson 193 All things are lesson God would have me learn.

Nothing is required in this meditation except a deep relinquishment of everything that clutters our mind.

Quieting our mind gives us freedom.

So still your mind,

Relax your body,

Prepare for meditation.

I will be silent while you do this.

Give these times of silence to your inner teacher,

Your higher self,

Who instructs in quiet,

Who speaks of peace.

So give these times of silence to the teacher who gives your thoughts whatever meaning they may have.

Permit no idle thought to go unchallenged.

If you notice an idle thought,

Assure your mind that this thought is not what your mind would have.

Then gently replace the thought.

Say to yourself,

This thought I do not want.

I choose instead,

All things are lessons God would have me learn.

Now say with your higher self,

Say in your mind,

I am not a body,

I am free.

I am still as God created me.

All things are lessons God would have me learn.

A lesson is a miracle which God offers to me in place of thoughts I made that hurt me.

What I learn of him becomes the way I am set free.

And so I choose to learn his lessons and forget my own.

Ponder on this.

And give these times of silence to our inner teacher,

Our higher self.

Our higher self instructs in quiet.

Our higher self speaks of peace.

We give these times of meditation to our higher self,

Who gives our thoughts whatever meaning they may have.

Put aside all you think you know.

Put aside all you think you understand.

This thought I do not want.

I choose instead,

All things are lessons God would have me learn.

A lesson is a miracle which God offers to me.

A lesson is a miracle in place of thoughts I made that hurt me.

What I learn of God becomes the way I am set free.

I choose to learn God's lessons and forget my own.

I am not a body,

I am free.

I am still as God created me.

All things are lessons God would have me learn.

Nothing real can be threatened.

Nothing unreal exists.

Herein lies the peace of God.