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Lesson 153: ”In my defenselessness my safety lies.”

AI Reframe: True safety arises from letting go of resistance.

Suggested Practice:
Five-fifteen minutes, morning and evening, sit with today’s idea.

In my defenselessness my safety lies.

From the Lesson:

”We look past dreams today, and recognize that we need no defense because we are created unassailable, without all thought or wish or dream in which attack has any meaning. ²Now we cannot fear, for we have left all fearful thoughts behind. ³And in defenselessness we stand secure, serenely certain of our safety now, sure of salvation; sure we will fulfill our chosen purpose, as our ministry extends its holy blessing through the world.”

“Be still a moment, and in silence think how holy is your purpose, how secure you rest, untouchable within its light.” (ACIM, W-153.9:1–10:1)

“…when we can, we will observe our trust as ministers of God*, in hourly remembrance of our mission and His Love.²And we will quietly sit by and wait on Him and listen to His Voice, and learn what He would have us do the hour that is yet to come; while thanking Him for all the gifts He gave us in the one gone by.” (ACIM, W-153.17:1-2)

*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

Defenselessness is when I accept the Christ** in me—it’s my strength and my safety because I know I’m being guided from a Higher Source. Defensiveness is when I reject it, which means I’ve put my ego in charge—there goes my peace. “Defenselessness can never be attacked, because it recognizes strength so great attack is folly, or a silly game a tired child might play, when he becomes too sleepy to remember what he wants.”

Throughout the lesson, we see what we’d experience by accepting versus rejecting our defenselessness:

• defense versus defenselessness
• fear and anger versus love, peace, and joy
• weakness versus strength
• alone versus supported
• uncertainty versus safety

“The power of decision is my own.” That was yesterday’s idea, but it’s an excellent reminder that we create our experience based on the choices we make. Today’s lesson goes deeper into our options.

And actually, borrowing from yesterday: anything defensive and fear-based comes from the ego and is therefore not real. So what we’re really doing is either rejecting or accepting our defenselessness.

What does this mean practically? Here’s an exercise that came to me this morning:

Think of something you want to do but fear has kept you from doing.

Focus on the fear—or, if easier, the excuses you have. What are they based on? A past failure? A limiting belief about the outcome? Let the fear tell you what it wants.

Next, focus solely on the thing. What does it look and feel like on its own? What would it look and feel like to accomplish it? Let the thing tell you what it thinks, wants, and feels.

Now think about the thing and the fear together. How do they interact? If you’re visual, what do they look like in relation to each other? If you’re sensory, what do they feel like? If you had to give them a shape, texture, or color, what would they be?

Knowing what the thing wants (to happen) and what the fear wants (to feel safe), what small compromise or change to this visual or sensing would allow both to get what they want?

Finally, what’s one small action step you could take today toward making the thing happen? Do that.

I applied this to one of my things: creating and posting a video about my weekly silent vigils for peace and unity.

When I focused on the fear, it gave me a litany of everything that could go wrong: people won’t like it, they’ll judge me, I’ll look ridiculous. When I asked what it wanted, it just wanted to protect me, keep me safe.

When I focused on the video that wants to be made, it was calm, patient, and understanding. What did it want? Just to fulfill what I want: to empower people to connect with their inner peace and happiness.

I’m visual. I saw the video as a single-peaked mountain. Fear was a barbed-wire fence around the mountain’s base. When I asked for a small change, the visual shifted: a locked door with a light above it appeared in the fence on the left side of the mountain. A key hung to the right of the door with a sign above it: “Are You Sure?”

What’s different for me here is that rather than ignoring or attacking my fear, I listened to its concerns. With that, I can more readily move forward while being Divinely guided. That’s defenselessness in action.

For the video: I already know it’s Divinely inspired—I’ve sensed it for a while. This added insight means I can address the ego’s concerns while moving forward—acknowledge the fear and do it anyway. My small action step today? Write a draft of what I want to say.

Today’s lesson assures us that when we align with our Truth, with the Divine, there is no need for defense. For in my defenselessness my safety lies.

**Christ = Infinite Principle of Pure Love

“Instead of defensiveness, I will remember, ‘I am a mirror of you, you are a mirror of me.”
— “The Course in Miracles Experiment” by Pam Grout

Blessings & Peace,

Maureen,
The Mandala Lady

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