My thoughts* on ACIM Urtext Lesson 82, for March 22, 2024.

We will review these ideas today:

1. (63) The light of the world brings peace to every mind through my forgiveness.

* Remember that the light of the world is the recognition of GOD.

* As manifested by His Son which is all that is. Now, do not complicate this.

* Let’s keep it simple. The light of the world MUST BE GOD because ONLY God IS.

* At the moment, anyway. … Haha, simple, yeah, right!

²My forgiveness is the means by which the light of the world finds expression through me.

* Students of the Course, there really is a you. Trust me!

* And there really is a world that you need to reach.

³My forgiveness is the means by which I become aware of the light of the world in me.

* My forgiveness of the original belief in separation from God reveals His Reality to me and in me as a part of The Christ, His Only Begotten Son.

⁴My forgiveness is the means by which the world is healed, together with myself.

⁵Let me, then, forgive the world, that it may be healed along with me.

* The whole world and its history and future errors must be forgiven. This is why only a complete forgiveness of the belief in separation and its consequences could suffice.

2. Suggestions for specific forms for applying this idea are:

²Let peace extend from my mind to yours, [name].

³I share the light of the world with you, [name].

⁴Through my forgiveness I can see this as it is.

3. (64) Let me not forget my function.

²I would not forget my function, because I would remember my Self.

* My “Self” is a part of God through the Sonship that is Christ.

³I cannot fulfill my function if I forget it.

⁴And unless I fulfill my function, I will not experience the joy that God intends for me.

4. Suitable specific forms of this idea include:

²Let me not use this to hide my function from me.

³I would use this as an opportunity to fulfill my function.

⁴This may threaten my ego, but cannot change my function in any way.

* I love the fact that when in doubt we can fall back on the idea that I am here to forgive.

* But I also know that there is work to do to undo the thought patterns that confuse us so since we have listened to the frightened ego.

(ACIM, W-82.1:1–4:4)

Till next time, God bless, debi.