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Lesson 286: ”The hush of Heaven holds my heart today.”
Reframe: I find stillness and calm in the quiet presence of love.
Suggested Practice:
From now on:
Once in the morning and once 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, how still today! ²How quietly do all things fall in place! ³This is the day that has been chosen as the time in which I come to understand the lesson that there is no need that I do anything. ⁴In You is every choice already made. ⁵In You has every conflict been resolved. ⁶In You is everything I hope to find already given me. ⁷Your peace is mine. ⁸My heart is quiet, and my mind at rest. ⁹Your Love is Heaven, and Your Love is mine.“ (ACIM, W-286.1:1-9)
OR… “I can be still today and know my truth.”
For Lessons 281-290: What is the Holy Spirit? is the theme for the next 10 days. Read the whole article here.
”The Holy Spirit mediates between illusions and the truth. ²Since He must bridge the gap between reality and dreams, perception leads to knowledge through the grace that God has given Him, to be His gift to everyone who turns to Him for truth.” (ACIM, W-pII.7.1:1-2).
OR put another way…
”We are gifted with a mediator who points to truth when we are lost in illusions.”
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)
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Message
From the Lesson
“The stillness of today will give us hope that we have found the way, and travelled far along it to a wholly certain goal.²Today we will not doubt the end which God Himself has promised us. ³We trust in Him, and in our Self, Who still is one with Him.” (ACIM, W-286.2:1-3)
This feeling is what I strive to experience all the time, but I struggle with achieving it. I find myself teetering between the real world of God’s promise and the illusionary world of the ego mind.
How does that look? If I’m not in the moment, I’m in ego land—and I don’t realize it until I return to the present. That, for me, is the real lesson I need to learn.
As synchronicity would have it, today’s message from New Life Foundation, based on the teachings of Vernon Howard, presented an experiment to practice. His use of “psychic sleep” is what I consider being under the spell of the ego mind.
“The next time you are alone, become alertly aware of yourself. Be conscious of your body, surroundings, thoughts, and feelings. As Gurdjieff would say, ‘remember yourself.’ An hour later, be aware of yourself again. You will make a startling discovery: during the interval between your two periods of awareness, you were in a state of psychic sleep; you did not know that you existed.”
The idea that “I did not know I existed” is how I experience the ego mind’s rule. For me, today’s Lesson takes Vernon Howard’s experiment a step higher. Along with taking a moment to be aware of myself and my surroundings, I allowed myself to align with the peace and love of Heaven. That means physically stopping what I’m doing, taking a deep breath, and reciting a favorite mantra—”I am whole and complete,” “I am the Light of God,” or in today’s case, “Be still and know that I am.”
When I did, I felt lighter, energized, and creatively inspired.
This Lesson reminds me of Psalm 46:10: “Be still, and know that I am God.” It sums up my experience today.
“So today I join the teenagers, put my hands in the air, and shout with glee, even when the coaster appears to be heading downhill.” — “The Course in Miracles Experiment” by Pam Grout
Blessings & Peace,
Maureen,
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