Comments on: Lesson 148 http://gorgeousforgod.com/2008/05/27/lesson-148/ Inspiration - Healing - Transformation - A Course in Miracles Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:12:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: phil davis http://gorgeousforgod.com/2008/05/27/lesson-148/comment-page-1/#comment-1352 phil davis Wed, 28 May 2008 09:24:20 +0000 http://gorgeousforgod.com/?p=417#comment-1352 great- thanks great- thanks

]]> By: Debi http://gorgeousforgod.com/2008/05/27/lesson-148/comment-page-1/#comment-1351 Debi Wed, 28 May 2008 02:45:58 +0000 http://gorgeousforgod.com/?p=417#comment-1351 Thanks EJ :-) Debi S. Thanks EJ :-)

Debi S.

]]> By: EJ http://gorgeousforgod.com/2008/05/27/lesson-148/comment-page-1/#comment-1350 EJ Tue, 27 May 2008 16:02:34 +0000 http://gorgeousforgod.com/?p=417#comment-1350 To me, to "plan" to not defend yourself, as a practice, is a defense. An ego stratagy, an old way of thinking/doing. The lesson says If I defend myself I AM ATTACKED. It doesn't say if I am attacked DON"T DEFEND yourself. If "someone is attacking you" you already ARE defending yourself. Considering myself as being attacked IS defending myself! I don't think even one time this lesson say to NOT defend yourself. The ego assumes that's what it says because the ego wants to "get it right". But it's about healing, transformation....not right and wrong. The idea of right and wrong is the same as the idea of sin. To me, this isn't a course in behavior modification. It's a course in miraculous transformation. And it takes a miracle to 'get out' of the paradox this lesson 'inputs' to our old way of thinking about how attack and defense is the same damn thing in a split version of the singularity of mind! A good majority of this lesson talks about the folly of defense, much of which is about planning. 135 is not, in my opinion, instructing us to not defend ourselves. It, instead, explains the effects of attacking ourselves in the guise of defense, to make us aware that we do it and to show us that we wouldn't want to if we were in our right minds. When we see our defenses manifest, that's where healing is available. The point is not to stop doing it, there's no healiong in that. It's to realize the self defeating absurdity of doing it. That's the ah-ha moment, that's disappearing, that's "an experience. This is the learning found in miracles. That's where remembering to laugh happens. From Lesson 135 - We will anticipate that time today with present confidence, for this is part of what was planned for us. We will be sure that everything we need is given us for our accomplishment of this today. We make no plans for how it will be done, but realize that our defencelessness is all that is required for the truth to dawn upon our minds with certainty. For fifteen minutes twice today we rest from senseless planning, and from every thought which blocks the truth from entering our minds. Today we will receive instead of plan, that we may give instead of organize. And we are given truly, as we say: “If I defend myself I am attacked. But in defencelessness I will be strong, And I will learn what my defenses hide.” Nothing but that....Try not to shape this day as you believe would benefit you most. For you can not conceive of all the happiness that comes to you without your planning. Learn today. To me, to “plan” to not defend yourself, as a practice, is a defense. An ego stratagy, an old way of thinking/doing.

The lesson says If I defend myself I AM ATTACKED.
It doesn’t say if I am attacked DON”T DEFEND yourself.
If “someone is attacking you” you already ARE defending yourself.
Considering myself as being attacked IS defending myself!

I don’t think even one time this lesson say to NOT defend yourself. The ego assumes that’s what it says because the ego wants to “get it right”. But it’s about healing, transformation….not right and wrong. The idea of right and wrong is the same as the idea of sin.

To me, this isn’t a course in behavior modification. It’s a course in miraculous transformation. And it takes a miracle to ‘get out’ of the paradox this lesson ‘inputs’
to our old way of thinking about how attack and defense is the same damn thing in a split version of the singularity of mind!

A good majority of this lesson talks about the folly of defense, much of which is about planning. 135 is not, in my opinion, instructing us to not defend ourselves. It, instead, explains the effects of attacking ourselves in the guise of defense, to make us aware that we do it and to show us that we wouldn’t want to if we were in our right minds. When we see our defenses manifest, that’s where healing is available. The point is not to stop doing it, there’s no healiong in that. It’s to realize the self defeating absurdity of doing it. That’s the ah-ha moment, that’s disappearing, that’s “an experience. This is the learning found in miracles. That’s where remembering to laugh happens.

From Lesson 135 -

We will anticipate that time today with present confidence, for this is part of what was planned for us. We will be sure that everything we need is given us for our accomplishment of this today. We make no plans for how it will be done, but realize that our defencelessness is all that is required for the truth to dawn upon our minds with certainty.

For fifteen minutes twice today we rest from senseless planning, and from every thought which blocks the truth from entering our minds. Today we will receive instead of plan, that we may give instead of organize. And we are given truly, as we say:

“If I defend myself I am attacked.
But in defencelessness I will be strong,
And I will learn what my defenses hide.”

Nothing but that….Try not to shape this day as you believe would benefit you most. For you can not conceive of all the happiness that comes to you without your planning. Learn today.

]]> By: Al http://gorgeousforgod.com/2008/05/27/lesson-148/comment-page-1/#comment-1349 Al Tue, 27 May 2008 14:07:11 +0000 http://gorgeousforgod.com/?p=417#comment-1349 I just had an awesome thought after reading your blog. I've been wrapped up in this contrast thing? I just realized that I have to be able to see the contrast and when i really do the form dissolves. I can't see the contrast by myself. The role of the teacher is to provide that contrast. So, in effect, I am seeing the truth through the eyes of Lisa Natoli! That is way cool! Thank you so much for helping me see. What are we going to look at next! I just had an awesome thought after reading your blog. I’ve been wrapped up in this contrast thing? I just realized that I have to be able to see the contrast and when i really do the form dissolves. I can’t see the contrast by myself. The role of the teacher is to provide that contrast. So, in effect, I am seeing the truth through the eyes of Lisa Natoli! That is way cool! Thank you so much for helping me see. What are we going to look at next!

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