Lesson 331

"There is no conflict, for my will is Yours."

"How foolish, Father, to believe Your Son could cause himself to suffer! Could he make a plan for his damnation, and be left without a certain way to his release? You love me, Father. You could never leave me desolate, to die within a world of pain and cruelty. How could I think that Love has left Itself? There is no will except the Will of love. Fear is a dream, and has no will that can conflict with Yours. Conflict is sleep, and peace awakening. Death is illusion: life, eternal truth. There is no opposition to Your Will. There is no conflict, for my will is Yours."

God's Will is one, and shared by all of us. We can realize this through forgiveness. Let us embrace this forgiveness that we find the peace of God. Amen.

Lesson 332

"Fear binds the world. Forgiveness sets it free."

The ego creates darkness and illusion. Truth shines its light and transforms the ego, awakening it to the real. Forgiveness invites truth in that it may take its rightful place in the mind. The mind is in chains until it is released through forgiveness. Forgiveness also brings hope and the means of realizing freedom.

"We would not bind the world again today. Fear holds it prisoner. And yet Your Love has given us the means to set it free. Father, we would release it now. For as we offer freedom, it is given us. And we would not remain as prisoners, while You are holding freedom out to us."

Lesson 333

"Forgiveness ends the dream of conflict here."

Conflict must be dealt with. We cannot hide from it and hope to escape it. It must be resolved by seeing it for what it truly is. Only then will the light of truth shine through it and transform it.

"Father, forgiveness is the light You chose to shine away all conflict and all doubt, and light the way for our return to You. No light but this can end our evil dream. No light but this can save the world. For this alone will never fail in anything, being Your gift to Your beloved Son."

Lesson 334

"Today I claim the gifts forgiveness gives."

Today I will claim the gifts my Father offers me. Let me no longer accept the meager gifts of illusion. Today I choose to follow God's voice, which offers peace to all.

"I seek but the eternal. For Your Son can be content with nothing less than this. What, then, can be his solace but what You are offering to his bewildered mind and frightened heart, to give him certainty and bring him peace? Today I would behold my brother sinless. This Your Will for me, for so will I behold my sinlessness."

Lesson 335

"I choose to see my brother's sinlessness."

By seeing my brother's sinlessness I witness him in his holy light. I choose to only see this, for this is the truth, which is within me as well.

"What could restore Your memory to me, except to see my brother's sinlessness? His holiness reminds me that he was created one with me, and like myself. In him I find my Self, and in Your Son I find the memory of You as well."

Lesson 336

"Forgiveness lets me know that minds are joined."

Forgiveness cleanses away distortions in the mind and reveals the altar of truth. It beckons us to look within and search there for what we had previously sought without. Within us is the dwelling place of God, and it is here and only here that we can find true peace of mind.

"In quiet may forgiveness wipe away my dreams of separation and of sin. Then let me, Father, look within, and find Your promise of my sinlessness is kept: Your Word remains unchanged within my mind, Your Love is still abiding in my heart."

Lesson 337

"My sinlessness protects me from all harm."

My sinlessness ensures deliverance from suffering and that only happiness can remain. I must accept God's love and know that He is taking care of me. He loves me because I am his Son.

"You Who created me in sinlessness are not mistaken about what I am. I was mistaken when I thought I sinned, but I accept Atonement for myself. Father, my dream is ended now. Amen."