Part 1

Undoing The Way We See Things Now

Lesson 97

I Am Spirit.

Today’s idea identifies you with your one Self. It accepts no split identity, nor tries to weave opposing factors into unity. It simply states the truth. Practice this truth today as often as you can, for it will bring your mind from conflict to the quite fields of peace. No chill of fear can enter, for your mind has been absolved from madness, letting go illusions of a split identity.

2. We state again the truth about your Self, the holy Son of God, Who rests in you whose mind has been restored to sanity. You are the spirit lovingly endowed with all your Father’s love and peace and joy. You are the spirit which completes Himself and shares His function as Creator. He is with you always,^151. as you are with Him.

3. Today we try to bring reality still closer to your mind. Each time you practice, awareness of the truth is brought a little nearer at least; sometimes a thousand years or more are saved. The minutes that you give are multiplied over and over, for the miracle makes use of time but is not ruled by it. Salvation is a miracle—the first and last; the first that is the last, for it is one.

4. You are the spirit in whose mind abides the miracle in which all time stands still; the miracle in which a minute spent in using these ideas becomes a time which all time stands still; the miracle in which a minute spent in using these ideas becomes a time which has no limit and which has no end. Give, then, these minutes willingly, and count on Him Who promised to lay timelessness beside them. He will offer all His strength to every little effort which you make. Give Him the minutes that He needs today to help you understand with Him you are the spirit that abides in Him, and that calls through His Voice to every living thing; offers His sight to everyone who asks; replaces errors with the simple truth.

5. The Holy Spirit will be glad to take five minutes of each hour from your hands and carry them around this aching world where pain and misery appear to rule. He will not overlook one open mind that will accept the healing gift they bring, and He will lay them everywhere He knows they will be welcome. And they will increase in healing power each time someone accepts them as his thoughts and uses them to heal.

6. Thus will your gift to Him be multiplied a thousandfold, and ten thousands more. And when it is returned to you, it will surpass in might the little gift you gave as much as does the radiance of the sun outshine the tiny gleam a firefly makes an uncertain moment, which then goes out. Yet will the steady brilliance of this light remain, and lead you out of darkness. Nor will you be able to forget the way again.

7. Begin these happy exercises with the words the Holy Spirit speaks to you, and let them echo round the world through Him:

Spirit am I, a holy Son of God,

Free of all limits, safe and healed and whole,

Free to forgive, and free to save the world.

     Expressed through you, the Holy Spirit will accept this gift which you received of Him, increase its power, and give it back to you.

8.  Offer each practice period today gladly to Him. And He will speak to you, reminding you that you are spirit, one with Him and God, your brothers and your Self. Listen for His assurance every time you speak the words He offers you today, and let Him tell your mind that they are true. Use them against temptation, and escape its sorry consequences if you yield to the belief that you are something else. The Holy Spirit gives you peace today. Receive His words and offer them to Him.^[1]

[1]. A Course in Miracles Complete & Annotated Edition.

Footnote 151. Matthew 28:20 (RSV): “And lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.”

Personal Notes:

“I am spirit.” Today’s idea identifies me with my oneself, I accept no split identity. I am a spirit lovingly endowed with my Father’s love and peace and joy. I will remind myself of this many times today. Ever so joyful that the little effort I put in Holy Spirit will take and multiply thousands of times over and lay them where He knows they will be welcome. Spirit am I, a holy Son of God, free of all limits, safe and healed and whole, free o forgive, and free to save the world. How exciting to be blessed to bless. Knowing each time I practice this remembrance, awareness of truth is brought a little nearer, and the minutes I give are multiplied over and over, for the miracle makes use of time but is not ruled by it. I am as God Created me, I am spirit, a holy Son of God, free of all limits, safe and healed and whole, free to forgive, and free to save the world. I pray for all by brothers, sisters, and myself for continued guidance, wisdom, discernment, protection, and illumination of purpose in The Way, The Truth, The Life in Christ Jesus, Amen. Thank you for sharing with me. Walk in Love my friend!

God is Love

Love is God

I choose Love