ACIM Lesson 293 Prayer

"All fear is past and only love is here."

Fear arises from our belief in past mistakes, which we project onto the present and future, creating guilt and anxiety. This lesson emphasizes that these fears are illusions because the past is gone, and only love remains in the eternal present. By releasing our attachment to the past and bringing fearful thoughts to the Holy Spirit for healing, we can let go of guilt and experience the real world—a state of forgiveness, peace, and love.

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.

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A Course in Miracles Lesson 293 All fear is past,

And only love is here.

All fear is past because its source is gone.

The source of fear is gone,

And all its thoughts gone with it.

Love remains the only present state whose source is here forever and forever.

Can the world seem bright and clear and safe and welcoming,

With all my past mistakes oppressing it?

Can the world seem bright and clear and safe and welcoming,

Showing me distorted forms of fear?

In the present,

Love is obvious.

In the present,

Love's effects are apparent.

All the world shines in reflection of love's holy light,

And I perceive a world forgiven at last.

Father,

Let not your holy world escape my sight today.

Father,

Let not my ears be deaf to all the hymns of gratitude.

A world is singing underneath the sounds of fear.

There is a real world which the present holds safe from all past mistakes.

There is a real world which the present holds safe.

I see only this world before my eyes today.

I am as you created me.

Nothing real can be threatened.

Nothing unreal exists.

Herein lies the peace of God.