LESSON SEVENTY-FOUR

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE: The Course text is in bold face. The Guidance is in normal type In His Guidance, He has asked Me to capitalize the pronouns You and We as an acknowledgement of the Divinity of All of Us, an acknowledgement of Equality, an expression of His Love and respect for You. When You see the word ‘YOU’ capitalized in the Guidance, know that He is not just speaking to YOU, He is honoring YOU.

There is no will but God’s.

And God’s Will for All of Us – for All Creation – is always Good and very kind.

Should We not be the same with All the rest of God’s Creation, according each Holy Idea the same Love and respect as God is Be-ing to and as everything?

¹ The idea for today can be regarded as the central thought toward which all our exercises are directed. God’s is the only will. – And His Will is always beneficent. Therefore, You can trust God completely. The only Will there is is God’s Will, and it is so very Good. – When you have recognized this, you have recognized that your will is His. – To be willing Good is a wonderful experience that can only bring joy.  For God and Good are but synonymous. – The belief that conflict is possible has gone. – The Will of God brings only happiness for all conflict is ended.  Gladly You do surrender to His Will. – Peace has replaced the strange idea that you are torn by conflicting goals. As an expression of the Will of God, you have no goal but His.

The entire human dream, being one of conflict, needs both Your happiness and peace.

² There is great peace in today’s idea. And the exercises for today are directed towards finding it. The idea itself is wholly true. Therefore it cannot give rise to illusions. Without illusions, conflict is impossible. – Reality is but harmonious. – Let us try to recognize this today and experience the peace this recognition brings.

³ Begin the longer practice periods by repeating these thoughts several times, slowly and with firm determination to understand what they mean and to hold them in mind:

⁴ There is no will but God’s.
I cannot be in conflict.

What is conflict but the opportunity to exercise self-will.  So I give My so-called will gratefully up to the Holy Spirit.

⁵ Then spend several minutes in adding some related thoughts, such as:

⁶ I am at peace.
Nothing can disturb me. My will is God’s.
My will and God’s are one.

The key here is to desire to be in harmony with God above all the temptations in the dream, the human story.  Imagine this: that You are sleeping and aware that You are dreaming and awful things are happening.  You are tempted to become upset.

Instead You remind Yourself: ‘This is but a dream!’  The problem disappears and shifts to another one.

You repeat the one solution: ‘This is but a dream.’  Eventually, You will get quite bored with dreaming.

It’s only the drama – the conflict – that keeps You in the dream.  You are just like a child, mesmerized by the television.

The Will of God is far more appealing!

God wills peace for His Son.

⁷ During this introductory phase, be sure to deal quickly with any conflict thoughts that may cross your mind. Tell yourself immediately:

⁸ There is no will but God’s.
These conflict thoughts are meaningless.

They keep Me hypnotized, stuck in the dream.  And this is not My will but the ego’s.

⁹ If there is one conflict area which seems particularly difficult to resolve, single it out for special consideration. Think about it briefly but very specifically, identify the particular person or persons and the situation or situations involved, and tell yourself:

¹⁰ There is no will but God’s.
I share it with Him.
My conflicts about _____ cannot be real.

Once again, let Me remember that I’m asleep and dreaming!  I can Awaken.

¹¹ After you have cleared your mind in this way, close your eyes and try to experience the peace to which your reality entitles you. Sink into it, and feel it closing around you. There may be some temptation to mistake these attempts for withdrawal, but the difference is easily detected. If you are succeeding, you will feel a deep sense of joy and an increased alertness rather than a feeling of drowsiness and enervation. Joy characterizes peace. By this experience will you recognize that you have reached it.

The amusement that You can feel right now about the nothingness of the conflict, and how simple is the solution, demonstrates just how near to You is freedom!

¹² If you feel yourself slipping off into withdrawal, quickly repeat the idea for today and try again. Do this as often as necessary. There is definite gain in refusing to allow retreat into withdrawal, even if you do not experience the peace you seek.

Withdrawal is but Your unwillingness to deal with the phantoms of the dream because You think they’re real.

¹³ In the shorter periods, which should be undertaken at regular and predetermined intervals today, say to yourself:

¹⁴ There is no will but God’s.
I seek His peace today.

¹⁵ Then try to find what you are seeking. A minute or two every half-hour, with eyes closed if possible, would be well spent on this today.

If You need to lighten up, sing now to Yourself: Row, row, row Your boat, gently down the stream.  Merrily, merrily, merrily.  ‘Life’ is but a dream.

And then do be willing to Awaken.

Thank you Dear Brother]

*Sun~Rose is the scribe of the recently published book, “YOU ARE LOVED AND SAFE: PREP NOTES FOR EXPERIENCING GOD’S LOVE“, Jesus’ Guidance on the Miracle Principles

She is also author of, “RADIANT LIFE: RAW FOOD AND THE PRESENCE OF LOVE”

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