October 2nd 2015 Lesson 78(b)
Let miracles replace all grievances.
Perhaps it is not yet quite clear to you that each decision that you make is one between a grievance and a miracle. Each grievance stands like a dark shield of hate before the miracle it would conceal. And as you raise it up before your eyes, you will not see the miracle beyond. Yet all the while it waits for you in light, but you behold your grievances instead.Today we will go beyond the grievances, to look upon the miracle instead. We will reverse the way you see by not allowing sight to stop before it sees. We will not wait before the shield of hate, but lay it down and gently lift our eyes in silence to behold the Son of God.
He waits for you beyond your grievances, and as you lay them down he will appear in shining light where each one stood before. Fore every grievance is a block to sight, and as it lifts you see the Son of God where he has always been. He stands in light, but you were in the dark. Each grievance made the darkness deeper and you could not see.
Today we will attempt to see God's Son. We will not let our selves be blind to him; we will not look upon our grievance. So is the seeing of the world reversed, as we look out toward truth, away from fear. We will select one person you have used as target for your grievances, and lay the grievances aside and look at him. Someone, perhaps, you fear and even hate; someone you think you love who angered you; someone you call a friend, but whom you see as difficult at times or hard to please, demanding irritating or untrue to the ideal he should accept as his, according to the role you set for him.
You know the one to choose; his name has crossed your mind already. He will be the one of whom we ask God's Son be shown to you. Through seeing him behind the grievances that you have held against him, you will learn that what lay hidden while you saw him not is there in everyone, and can be seen. He who was enemy is more than friend when he is freed to take the holy role the Holy Spirit has assigned to him. Let him be savior unto you today. Such is his role in God your Father's plan.
- Intention: We will
do two long practice periods today, each of which should last some ten
to fifteen minutes. In addition we will repeat today's idea frequently, at least four or five times an hour.
Today we will go beyond the grievances, to look upon the miracle instead. We will reverse the way you see by not allowing sight to stop before it sees. We will not wait before the shield of hate, but lay it down and gently lift our eyes in silence to behold the Son of God.
- Practice: Begin
the longer
practice periods today by trying to see the one you choose who you hold a grievance against in the role of your brother, a son of God. Hold him in your mind, first as you now consider him. Review his faults, the difficulties you have had with him, the pain he caused you, his neglect, and all the little and the larger hurts he gave. Regard his body with its flaws and better points as well, and think of his mistakes and even of his "sins."
Then let us ask of Him Who know this Son of God in his reality and truth, that we may look on him a different way, and see our savior shining in the light of true forgiveness, given unto us. We ask Him in the holy Name of God and of His Son, as holy as Himself:
Let me behold my savior in this one You have appointed as the one for me to ask to lead me to the holy light in which he stands, that I may join with him.
The body's eyes are closed, and as you think of him who grieved you, let your mind be shown the light in him beyond your grievances.
What you have asked for cannot be denied. Your savior has been waiting long for this. He would be free, and make his freedom yours. The Holy Spirit leans from him to you, seeing no separation in God's Son. And what you see through Him will free you both. Be very quiet now, and look upon your shining savior. No dark grievances obscure the sight of him. You have allowed the Holy Spirit to express through him the role God gave Him that you might be saved.
God thanks you for these quiet times today in which you laid your images aside, and looked upon the miracle of love the Holy Spirit showed you in their place. The world and Heavens join in thanking you, for not one Thought of God but must rejoice as you are saved, and all the world with you.
- Application: For our shorter practice periods, we will remember this throughout the day, and take the role assigned to us as part of God's salvation plan, and not our own. Temptation falls away when we allow each one we meet to save us, and refuse to hide his light behind our grievances. To everyone you meet, and to the ones you think of or remember from the past, allow the role of savior to be given, that you may share it with him. For you both, and all the sightless ones as well, we pray:
Let miracles replace all grievances.
Insights/comments:
- Today's lesson is the actual practice of how to let miracles replace all grievances. It is not an easy process for it requires great courage to be able to look past our grievances to see others as they truly are--as holy children of God. If we cannot do this to another, then we condemn ourselves along with that one, for the children of God are one unified whole, which means that what is true for one part of the Sonship is true for the entire Sonship.
The first step is our willingness. Are we willing to let miracles replace all our grievances? Answering in the affirmative means that we are willing to lay down our grievances and let the Holy Spirit help us see the truth we know to be there in our brothers, but which is veiled by our grievances. This is a significant step towards applying this perspective to everyone we meet, regardless of what they appear to be or say or do.
The second step after being willing to let go of our grievances is to ask the Holy Spirit to help you see the one we have a problem with in a different light, i.e. in the light of our savior who has come disguised to bless us and help us learn to expand our love so that it is more inclusive. Are we willing to see this problematic one as our friend, teacher, and savior? If we are, we will notice a change in how we feel towards this person. We will notice that we no longer find them problematic, but rather as someone needing our compassion and our blessing, and perhaps we may even feel tremendous gratitude to them for reminding us that our love is incomplete when it excludes anyone of our holy siblings.
The third and final step is fairly automatic, for now that we see them in the light of love, we can more easily send blessings to them and to everyone we encounter now, encountered in the past and will encounter in the future, the blessings and forgiveness they deserve from us, not for what they say or do, but for who they are as holy children of God.
I and my Creator are One. 
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