ACIM Lesson 309 Contemplation

"I will not fear to look within today."
This lesson emphasizes that our true nature is one of eternal innocence, as willed by God. It encourages us to look within without fear, recognizing that any will we think we've made that is separate from God's is not real and has no effects. The lesson teaches that by looking within, we find our will as God created it, and we discover the holiness and memory of God within us.

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 309 I will not fear to look within today. Within me is eternal innocence, Because it is God's will that my eternal innocence be there forever and forever. I, God's child, Whose will is as limitless as God's, Can will no change in this, For to deny my Father's will is to deny my own. To look within is to find my will as God created it. To look within is to find my will as it is. I fear to look within because I think I made another will that is not true and made this will real. Yet, This will I made has no effects. Within me is the holiness of God. Within me is the memory of God. Father, The step I take today is my sure release from idle dreams of sin. Father, Your altar stands serene and undefiled. Father, Your altar is the holy altar to my higher self. Father, Your altar is where I find my true identity. Within me is eternal innocence, Because it is God's will that my eternal innocence be there forever and forever. I, God's child, Whose will is as limitless as God's, Can will no change in this, For to deny my Father's will is to deny my own. To look within is to find my will as God created it. To look within is to find my will as it is. I fear to look within because I think I made another will that is not true and made this will real. Yet, This will I made has no effects. Within me is the holiness of God. Within me is the memory of God. Father, The step I take today is my sure release from idle dreams of sin. Father, Your altar stands serene and undefiled. Father, Your altar is the holy altar to my higher self. Father, Your altar is where I find my true identity. I will not fear to look within today. Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God.