LESSON 216
August 4
"I am not a body. I am free. For I am still as God created me."
"It can be but myself I crucify."
"I am not a body. I am free. For I am still as God created me."
PRACTICE SUMMARY
Review VI
Purpose: To carefully review the last 20 lessons, each of which contains the whole curriculum and is therefore sufficient for salvation, if understood, practiced, accepted and applied without exception.
Morning/Evening Quiet Time: 15 minutes--at least
Repeat: "I am not a body. I am free. For I am still as God created me."
Close eyes and relinquish all that clutters the mind; forget all you thought you knew. Give the time to the Holy Spirit, your Teacher. If you notice an idle thought, immediately deny its hold, assuring your mind that you do not want it. Then let it be given up and replaced with today's idea. Say: "This thought I do not want. I choose instead (today's idea)."
Remarks: We are attempting to go beyond special forms of practice because we are attempting a quicker pace and shorter path to our goal.
Hourly Remembrance: Repeat: "I am not a body. I am free. For I am still as God created me."
Frequent Reminder: As often as possible, as often as you can. Repeat: "I am not a body. I am free. For I am still as God created me."
Response To Temptation: Permit no idle thought to go unchallenged.
If you are tempted by an idle thought, immediately deny its hold, assuring your mind that you do not want it. Then let it be given up and replaced with today's idea. Say: "This thought I do not want. I choose instead (today's idea)."
COMMENTARY
The heart of the little summary today is the first sentence: "All that I do I do unto myself." If we applied that one idea consistently, what a transformation there would be in our part of the world!
My own little personal list (you can make your own):
How do I greet people on the telephone?
How do I respond to interruptions?
How do I regard people serving me in stores and restaurants?
How do I react to snippets of talk I hear on the evening news?
How do I treat poor or homeless people I encounter?
How do I think about the very rich?
How do I think about other drivers?
What do I say to others about my friends when they are not present?
"All that I do I do unto myself." Is it any wonder I feel mistreated and misunderstood? All of these "little" examples are expressions of the ego's desire to crucify the Son of God. Each of them betrays the way I am treating myself, when I listen to my ego. This explains that wonderful saying in the Manual, "The teacher of God is generous out of Self interest" (M-4.VII.2:1).
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