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ACIM Lesson 22 2025

What I see is a form of vengeance.

In this lesson, Jesus is introducing us to the fact that the world we see does not actually exist. It is fiction written by us and maintained by us. Our stories make us feel like victims and so we defend ourselves. In our fear, we attack others. These ‘others’ are not really separate from us, so in attacking them, we are attacking ourselves. It seems like we are trapped in our own web of self-deceit. But we are not.

As we read these lessons and study the Text, we discover our way out. We have a choice now. Of course, we cannot gain our freedom from reading no matter how elevated the material. We must practice what we read until it is what we believe and so experience. Our experience of freedom will awaken us to reality.

When I first started these lessons, I did as Jesus asked. I looked at everything around me and admitted that it was a lie. More than that, it was a form of vengeance. It didn’t make me feel any better. ~smile~ But, eventually, the truth that none of it is real and that I am responsible for its being in my awareness sunk in. If I made it, I can choose to release it. I can choose to accept that it doesn’t actually exist.

Freedom from pain, suffering, and death is available to me, and all I have to do is suspend my ego judgment long enough for the Holy Spirit to heal my mind. I didn’t even have to fully accept any of this. I just had to trust my Brother’s words enough to do the little asked of me. Eventually, I accepted His help, and everything changed. I can still get pulled into a story briefly, and I am still aware of the ego’s thoughts, but I don’t believe them, and that is absolutely a miracle.

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Posted by Rev. Myron Jones.

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