Last night I remembered a spectacular teaching in Lesson 153, which I’d like to post here:
“Salvation can be thought of as a game that happy children play.”
“It was designed by One who loves His children, and who would replace their fearful toys with joyous games, which teach them that the game of fear is gone. His game instructs in happiness because there is no loser. Everyone who plays must win, and in his winning is the gain to everyone ensured.
“You who have played that you are lost to hope, abandoned by your Father, left alone in terror in a fearful world made mad by sin & guilt; be happy now. The game is over. Now a quiet time has come, in which we put away the toys of guilt, and lock other quaint and childish thoughts of sin forever from the pure and holy minds of Heaven’s children and the Son of God.”
“We pause but for a moment more, to play our final, happy game upon this earth. And then we go to take our rightful place where truth abides and games are meaningless. So is the story ended. Let this day bring the last chapter closer to the world, that everyone may learn the tale he reads of terrifying destiny, defeat of all his hopes, his pitiful defense against a vengeance he cannot escape, is but his own deluded fantasy. God’s ministers have come to waken him from the dark dreams this story has evoked in his confused, bewildered memory of this distorted tale.
“God’s Son can smile at last, on learning that it is not true.”
I love it. Jesus says again and again we must become like little children. But remember: there is a world of difference between CHILDLIKE and CHILDISH.
Jesus says: time to put your toys away. And what he means is toys of guilt, sadness, anger, depression, doubt, procrastination, sickness and death. Time to lay childish games aside.
I love getting reminders like this. What am I waiting for? Heaven is here & now. There is nothing in the future. God doesn’t hold anything back. He’s not testing me. He’s not waiting to reveal something to me. It’s all here in this moment. Everything I want. Everything I’m asking for.
How could I possibly be in a rut, except that I’ve forgotten Who I am?
I love it when I get jolted out of the routine. For me, it happens by writing and by keeping a constant dedication “to see things differently.”
Even I get trapped by the mundane and repetition, and that’s why I need the DAILY PRACTICE of the mind-training of A Course in Miracles.
It reminds me of what I’ve forgotten.
It reminds me of the truth.
It brings me back into a space of joy & clarity.
So I stumble and fall into darkness. That’s normal. The question is: how long do I stay down? How long do I stay in “anticipation?” How long do I keep waiting for a sign or a miracle?
(meanwhile totally missing the miracles that are happening right in front of me?)
The light of Heaven is all around me while I am “bored.”
Ask yourself if you are following along in your daily life, going through the motions “waiting” for something to happen.
Or are you vibrantly alive?
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
Ask yourself the question. What are you waiting for? What is holding you back?
“Delay in time is tragic”
Today is all there is. Be alive. Count your blessings. Make a gratitude list. Help someone. Laugh. Do what you love.
And please practice today’s Lesson 55. It will remind you of some very important things:
21. I am determined to see things differently.
22. What I see is a form of vengeance.
23. I can escape from the world by giving up attack thoughts.
24. I do not perceive my own best interests.
25. I do not know what anything is for.
I love you for bearing with me and for standing with me and for supporting me every step of the journey. Thank you. Truly. I appreciate it more than words can ever express.
I love you.
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“Do what you Love.” It’s all so deliciously simple.
Lee