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Lesson 173: Review of Lessons 155 and 156

Reframe:  Love is all that is; therefore, I walk in alignment with truth.

Suggested Practice:
From Review V Introduction:

”Let this review become a time in which we share a new experience for you, yet one as old as time and older still.²Hallowed your Name. ³Your glory undefiled forever. ⁴And your wholeness now complete, as God established it. ⁵You are His Son, completing His extension in your own. ⁶We practice but an ancient truth we knew before illusion seemed to claim the world. ⁷And we remind the world that it is free of all illusions every time we say:”

⁸God is but Love, and therefore so am I.

“With this we start each day of our review. ²With this we start and end each period of practice time. ³And with this thought we sleep, to waken once again with these same words upon our lips, to greet another day. ⁴No thought that we review but we surround with it, and use the thoughts to hold it up before our minds, and keep it clear in our remembrance throughout the day. ⁵And thus, when we have finished this review, we will have recognized the words we speak are true.” (ACIM, W-rV.in.10:1–11:5)

With these reviews from 171-180, we’re encouraged to “place faith in the experience that comes from practice, not the means we use. … We use the words, and try and try agin to go beyond them to their meaning, which is far beyond their sound. The sound grows dim and disappears, as we approach the Source of meaning. It is Here we find rest.”

In other words, the “words” are the doorway to experiencing the essence of what the words mean.

Today we take this approach with these two review lessons:

155 I will step back and let Him lead the way. God is but Love, and therefore so am I.
156 I walk with God in perfect holiness. God is but Love, and therefore so am I.

Message

In yesterday’s message, I used a metaphor: walking along a seashore with God—a translucent, human-shaped being—beside me. The review of Lesson 155 says, “I will step back and let Him lead the way.” In that image, it was clear: if my ego mind leads, God ends up behind me, ignored or off my radar. So stepping back to walk beside Him made perfect sense.

I understand what ACIM means by letting Him lead, but I’m sticking with Him beside me. Whether I’m in front of or behind God, I feel alone. Beside each other, the connection feels stronger and more direct. This also fits the review of Lesson 156: “I walk with God in perfect holiness.” Walking side-by-side reinforces two ACIM ideas: I am as God created me, and the theme for these reviews—God is but Love, and therefore so am I.

“Today, I consciously shift my attention to things that instill reverence, things that invoke awe, things like the northern lights, Louis Armstrong singing ‘It’s a Wonderful World’, a view of earth from space.”
— “The Course in Miracles Experiment” by Pam Grout

Blessings & Peace,

Maureen,
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