Lesson 068: ”Love holds not grievances.”
AI Reframe: Holding onto hurt blocks the peace I want.
Suggesteod Practice:
Normally I would paraphrase and summarize our practice for today, however, the lesson explains it so clearly, I felt it worthwhile to share it exactly as presented:
“Begin today’s extended practice period by searching your mind for those against whom you hold what you regard as major grievances. ²Some of these will be quite easy to find. ³Then think of the seemingly minor grievances you hold against those you like and even think you love. ⁴It will quickly become apparent that there is no one against whom you do not cherish grievances of some sort. ⁵This has left you alone in all the universe in your perception of yourself.”
“Determine now to see all these people as friends. ²Say to them all, thinking of each one in turn as you do so:”
³I would see you as my friend, that I may remember you are part of me and come to know myself.
“⁴Spend the remainder of the practice period trying to think of yourself as completely at peace with everyone and everything, safe in a world that protects you and loves you, and that you love in return. ⁵Try to feel safety surrounding you, hovering over you and holding you up. ⁶Try to believe, however briefly, that nothing can harm you in any way. ⁷At the end of the practice period tell yourself:”
⁸Love holds no grievances. ⁹When I let all my grievances go I will know I am perfectly safe.
Do shorter practices throughout the day whenever a thought about a grievance arises. Use this form:
Love holds no grievances. Let me not betray my Self.
Additionally, several times an hour repeat this form of today’s idea:
Love holds no grievances. I would wake to my Self by laying all my grievances aside and wakening in Him*.
* The Course defines “Him[God]” as an impersonal, formless, and infinite principle of pure Love. Substitute whatever term that resonates best and allows you to receive the message.
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Message
Yesterday we established who we truly are: Love, personified in human form. Love created us, therefore we are Love. Today we’re being told what that means—or rather what it doesn’t mean.
From the Lesson:
“You who were created by love like itself can hold no grievances and know your Self. To hold a grievance is to forget who you are. To hold a grievance is to see yourself as a body. To hold a grievance is to let the ego rule your mind and to condemn the body to death.” (ACIM, W-68.1:1-4)
What is considered a grievance? Simple. Anything that overshadows, blocks, or disconnects me from my true Self—love, peace, and joy.
With today’s practice we’re asked to bring to mind any grievances we’re holding against others. A big one came to mind for me: my first husband—especially after watching an episode of “Shrinking” on Apple TV last night.
The main character, Jimmy, holds a major grievance against the drunk driver who killed his wife. Jimmy wants nothing to do with him, even though the guy has reached out to make amends. In the end Jimmy realizes his grievance isn’t with this guy. It’s with himself and his own guilt. It reminds him of how he wasn’t there for his daughter to help her grieve and process her mother’s death. Instead he resorted to unhealthy coping mechanisms that kept him away from her.
Watching that play out made me realize how I’ve wanted nothing to do with my ex-husband. I threw out photos and anything else that reminded me of him. Now I’m seeing that, even though he was an awful husband, my grievance isn’t about him.
It’s about me. Anytime I think about him or that marriage, I’m reminded of the shame I feel about being so “stupid” as to marry this guy and stay with him for seven years when I knew it was a mistake three months in. That’s my real grievance. I have yet to forgive myself.
So I did the practice on myself—it’s going to take more than one. Already, though, I’m feeling lighter.
I suspect most—if not all—of my grievances are about me. A great reminder to keep working through them comes from this powerful line in the lesson:
Let me not betray my Self.
“Grievances clog up the pipes and keep me from fully knowing my badass self.”
— “The Course in Miracles Experiment” by Pam Grout
Blessings & Peace,
Maureen,
The Mandala Lady
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