26-148 Review of Lessons 135 and 136

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Mandala of the Day 26-148 Review of Lesson 135 and 136 — after. Day 1 of 7 coloring this week’s Mandala of the Week 26-22

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Lesson 148: Review of Lessons 135 and 136

AI Reframe: My awareness retains only what aligns with truth: safety without defense.

Suggested Practice:
Two five-minute sessions: morning and evening. Start each session by opening your mind and clearing it of all thoughts that would deceive, and let this thought alone engage your mind fully, and remove the rest:

My mind holds only what I think with God*.

Then read each of today’s review ideas:

135: If I defend myself I am attacked.
136: Sickness is a defense against the truth.

Close your eyes and say them slowly to yourself. Let each idea give you the gift that He* has laid in it for you. Then close the practice with the first idea.

Throughout the day, each hour, bring to mind today’s main idea and two review ideas. Spend a quiet moment with them without adding any other thoughts. 

*God: an impersonal, formless, and infinite principle of pure Love. Substitute whatever term that resonates best and allows you to receive the message. The Will of God is our happiness.

Message

When I feel attacked, I become defensive. I shrink, shut down my connection to my True Self, and weaken. From this ego-based state, my body responds with symptoms that reflect that state—defying the truth that I am love and light personified.

So why do I feel attacked in the first place? It starts with my fears and limiting beliefs. As long as I let them lead the way, I’ll look for anyone or anything that seems to prove these fears are real—even though the Course tells us repeatedly they are not.

For example, one of my deeply rooted fears is coming across as stupid, because being stupid is bad. When people—sincerely or not—point out a mistake I made, correct me while I’m sharing something, or laugh at me for being wrong, I feel attacked and go into high-gear defensive mode, thinking the ego is protecting me. The truth is, it makes me feel worse. It reinforces everything the ego says is “wrong” with me rather than return me to peace.

My hope with doing this workbook this year is to release that fear by focusing on the truth about myself: that I am safe, I am love personified, I am as God created me—whole and complete.

I want to change my mind about this fear. One way I can do that is to be mindful in those moments where I’d normally be triggered, take a breath, and ask the Divine: How would love respond right now?

Usually, I hear it tell me: “Wait. Stop. Breathe. What’s really going on right now? Is it worth losing your peace over?” From there, the trigger feels neutralized, and I can choose peace over whatever “this” is.

“Most of us are smart enough not to re-watch our least favorite movies when they debut on Netflix, so why do we insist on running repeats of the least favorite events in our life ?”
— “The Course in Miracles Experiment” by Pam Grout

Blessings & Peace,

Maureen,
The Mandala Lady

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