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Lesson 228: ”God has condemned me not. No more do I.”

Reframe: I release self-blame and accept my wholeness.

Suggested Practice: 

From now on: 
One in the morning and one in the evening for however many minutes feels sufficient. Then every hour remember/recite the idea for the day. 

Prayer For today: 
(feel free to swap out the wording to whatever resonates with you best)

“Father, I was mistaken in myself, because I failed to realize the Source from which I came. ²I have not left that Source to enter in a body and to die. ³My holiness remains a part of me, as I am part of You. ⁴And my mistakes about myself are dreams. ⁵I let them go today. ⁶And I stand ready to receive Your Word alone for what I really am.” (ACIM, W-228.2:1-6)

From the PART II Introduction: Read the whole introduction here.

“Words will mean little now. ²We use them but as guides on which we do not now depend. ³For now we seek direct experience of truth alone. ⁴The lessons that remain are merely introductions to the times in which we leave the world of pain, and go to enter peace. ⁵Now we begin to reach the goal this course has set, and find the end toward which our practicing was always geared.” (ACIM, W-pII.in.1:1-5)

For Lessons 221-230: Forgiveness is the theme. Read the whole article here.
“Forgiveness recognizes what you thought your brother did to you has not occurred. ²It does not pardon sins and make them real. ³It sees there was no sin. ⁴And in that view are all your sins forgiven. ⁵What is sin, except a false idea about God’s Son? ⁶Forgiveness merely sees its falsity, and therefore lets it go. ⁷What then is free to take its place is now the Will of God.” (ACIM, W-pII.1.1:1-7)

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Message

From the Lesson:

”…Or shall I take His Word for what I am, since He is my Creator, and the One Who knows the true condition of His Son? “ (ACIM, W-228.1:4)

What I find fascinating about A Course in Miracles is that whether we believe Its teachings or not, They state Their ideas from a place of Truth. It’s on us to decide where we are in relation to these Lessons.

So it is with today’s Lesson. If like me you were raised in a religious environment, we were taught that if we don’t behave and follow the teachings of said religion, we will be condemned to hell—at least that’s what I learned from the Catholic Church.

Today we’re being given a different Truth, that God—an infinite principle of pure love—does not condemn. This God wants only perfect happiness for us. This God sees us as whole and complete regardless of our human experience. This God doesn’t see mistakes—only perfection.

Now we’re being asked to see ourselves in this same light. And to stop condemning ourselves over our human foibles. As was said in previous Lessons, we are not our bodies. We are free. We are still as God created us.

My takeaway from this Lesson is that I can get on board with the idea that God does not condemn. It’s going to take a bit more practice for me to stop condemning myself over my fears and guilt. That practice will include reminding myself of today’s Lesson and the idea that I am whole and complete just as I am. And also by being mindful of my self-condemnations. Correcting them as soon as I catch them, with statements like: I am more than this body or I am a love created me or I can know peace instead of this.

It begs the question: who am I to condemn myself when God—my Creator—does not?

“Lesson 228 asks me to forego my ‘training’ and return vastness to the center stage.”
— “The Course in Miracles Experiment” by Pam Grout

Blessings & Peace,

Maureen,
The Mandala Lady

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