A Course In Miracles from My Perspective

July 14th 2015  Lesson 64

Let me not forget my function. 

Today's idea is merely another way of saying "Let me not wander into temptation."  The purpose of the world you see is to obscure your function of forgiveness, and provide you with a justification of r forgetting it.  It is the temptation to abandon God and His Son by taking on a physical appearance.  It is this the body's eyes look upon. 
  
Nothing the body's eyes seem to see can be anything but a form of temptation, since this was the purpose of the body itself.  Yet we have learned that the Holy Spirit has another use for all the illusions you have made, and therefore He sees another purpose in them.  To the Holy Spirit, the world is a place where you learn to forgive yourself what you think of as sins.  In this perception, the physical appearance of temptation becomes the spiritual recognition of salvation.
  
To review our last few lessons, your function here is to be the light of the world, a function given yo by God.  it is only the arrogance of the ego that leads you to question this, and only the fear of the ego that induces you to regard yourself as unworthy of the task assigned to you by God Himself.  The world's salvation awaits your forgiveness, because through it does the Son of God escape from all illusions, and thus from all temptation.  The Son of God is you.
  
Only by fulfilling the function given you by God will you be happy.  That is because your function is to be happy by using the means by which happiness becomes inevitable.  There is no other way.  Therefore, every time you choose whether or not to fulfill your function, you are really choosing whether or not to be happy.

• Intention:   Let us remember this today.  Let us remind ourselves of it in the morning and again at night, and all through the day as well.  Prepare yourself in advance for all the decisions you will make today by remembering they are all really very simple.  Each one will lead to happiness or unhappiness.  Can such a simple decision really be difficult to make?  Let not the form of the decision deceive you.  Complexity of form does not imply complexity of content.  It is impossible that any decision on earth can have a content different from just this one simple choice.  That is the only choice the Holy Spirit sees.  Therefore it is the only choice there is.  
    
• Practice:  Today, then, let us practice with these thoughts:  
      
  Let me not forget my function.
  Let me not try to substitute mine for God's.
  Let me forgive and be happy.
    
  At least once today devote ten or fifteen minutes to reflecting on this with closed eyes.  Related thoughts will come to help you, if you remember the crucial importance of your function to you and the world.
    
  
• Application:   In the frequent applications of today's idea throughout the day, devote several minutes to reviewing these thoughts, thinking about them and about nothing else.  This will be difficult, and first particularly, since you are not proficient in the mind discipline that it requires.  You may need to repeat "Let me not forget my function" quite often to help you concentrate.
    
  Two forms of shorter practice periods are required.  At times, do the exercises with your eyes closed, trying to concentrate on the thoughts you are using.  At other times, keep your eyes open after reviewing the thoughts, then look slowly and unselectively around you, telling yourself:
         
  This is the world it is my function to save.
    
  

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Insights/comments:

• We are the light of the world, and our function given us by our Creator is to save this world that we perceive by forgiving all. 
    
   Forgive yourself
  for all the things you did or didn’t do; that you thought you should or shouldn’t do,
  forgive yourself; give yourself a break; let yourself off the hook;
  give yourself the chance to make corrections,
  and allow that higher power (Creator) within you
  to guide you in this ongoing process of recreating yourself.
  And forgive another
  Let them off the hook, give them the chance to make corrections.
  Know that everyone without exception is doing the best they can, and
  know that everyone without exception is suffering in some way.
  This engenders compassion and patients within us.
  And Forgive everyone everything!
  Let go of the need to blame or to punish,
  Let go of the need to be right and for another to be wrong.
  Let go of guilt and shame.
  Let go of all of that, and rejoice in your uniqueness.
  In all of creation, there’s only one of you.
  This means that you are special and valuable beyond measure,
  but it also means that everyone else is special and valuable too.
  Though we come from and share the same Source,
  we are all special and valuable in our own ways.
  Remember that you are loved and cared for —
  Life loves you; Life cares for you; Life values you, always!
  All of life benefits from your presence, from your experience!
  Remember that everyday is another opportunity to
  express the Divinity within you.
  Be kind to yourself and good; be kind and good to others as well.
   

I and my Creator are One.