ACIM Lesson 318 Contemplation

"In me salvation’s means and end are one."
This lesson emphasizes that both the means and the end of salvation are within us. It teaches that forgiveness is the means by which we find salvation, and the end goal is recognizing our true Self as God created it—sinless and one. The lesson encourages us to accept that we are the goal the world is searching for, and by embracing this truth, we realize that salvation is not something external but an inherent part of who we are.
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.

Transcript

A Course in Miracles Lesson 318 In me salvation's means and end are one.

In me God's holy child are reconciled all parts of heaven's plan to save the world.

What could conflict when all the parts of the plan have but one purpose and one aim?

How could there be a single part that stands alone?

How could there be one part of more or less importance than the rest?

I am the means by which God's child is saved,

Because salvation's purpose is to find the sinlessness that God has placed in me.

I was created as the thing I seek,

The goal the world is searching for.

I am God's child,

His one eternal love.

I am salvation's means.

I am salvation's end as well.

Father,

Let me today take the role you offer me in your request that I accept atonement for myself.

What is thereby reconciled in me becomes as surely reconciled to you.

In me God's holy child are reconciled all parts of heaven's plan to save the world.

What could conflict when all the parts of the plan have but one purpose and one aim?

How could there be a single part that stands alone?

How could there be one part of more or less importance than the rest?

I am the means by which God's child is saved,

Because salvation's purpose is to find the sinlessness that God has placed in me.

I was created as the thing I seek,

The goal the world is searching for.

I am God's child,

His one eternal love.

I am salvation's means.

I am salvation's end as well.

Father,

Let me today take the role you offer me in your request that I accept atonement for myself.

Father,

What is thereby reconciled in me becomes as surely reconciled to you.

In me salvation's means and end are one.

Nothing real can be threatened.

Nothing unreal exists.

Herein lies the peace of God.