L.135. If I defend myself I am attacked.
If I defend myself I am attacked.
But in defenselessness I will be strong,
and I will learn what my defenses hide.
This is my Eastertime. And I would keep it holy.
I will not defend myself, because the Son of God
needs no defense against the truth of his reality.
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Comment:
Every now and then ACIM gives us a major lesson. Just pops it in for clarification. I don’t know if there are any better than this one.
How much of our time is spent planning the future, regurgitating the past or trying to tidy up the present? Probably most of it. So, the thought of letting all that go is a major confront. But it’s a confront we need.
I think Eckhart Tolle went through this when all of a sudden he just couldn’t function in the world any more. Where I disagree with him is in his thinking of, what he calls, the ‘pain body’ being real. I believe it can be experienced as real but that doesn’t make it real.
Also with Abraham and ‘The Law of Attraction’ where you look at what you want by first clarifying what you’ve got that you don’t want. The idea of ‘the contrast’ being how you decipher what you want next.
How simple it is to let all that go and be open to listen to what the next step is from a consciousness that knows what is best as it can see from a higher viewpoint.
The thing with choices is that we have to live through the consequences of our choices. From my experience that’s motivation enough to really pay attention to what choices I am making.
And that’s where I think Eckhart, Abraham and ACIM converge. I believe they all say that the ‘right’ choice will feel good on all levels. It’s like ACIM’s definition of Love. If it doesn’t come with Peace and Joy, then it is not the Love that is being talking about as our only reality. Certainly Abraham and ACIM say that. I have to review Echkart’s teachings (it’s been a while) to see if he confers but I imagine he does. I’m sure Anita Moorjani would agree:).
At one point I may get around to finding appropriate images for each lesson but for this one these two fortresses facing off across a river took an easy first place. Originally Danish (now Estonian) and Russian across the river Narva. They were within reach of each other so I’m sure there were many arrows of discontent being thrown.
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