Lesson 148

"My mind holds only what I think with God."

• "If I defend myself I am attacked."


• "Sickness is a defense against the truth."

Lesson 149

"My mind holds only what I think of God."

• "When I am healed I am not healed alone."


• "Heaven is the decision I must make."

Lesson 150

"My mind holds only what I think of God."

• "I will accept Atonement for myself."


• "Only salvation can be said to cure."

Lesson 151

"All thoughts are echoes of the Voice for God."

Judgment cannot be based upon partial evidence. That is only but an opinion based on ignorance and doubt. You do not seem to doubt or question the world you see. Why would you trust your senses of faulty witness that deceive? Your judgment rests upon the faith your senses offer you. You can only believe the ego's judgment that carefully guides your senses to prove how weak you are. Judgment is not a right that has been withheld from you. You must learn to doubt their evidence and clear the way to recognize yourself. Let only the voice of God be Judge of what is worthy of your own belief. He will not tell you to judge others by what you see. All the ego's dreams vanish before the splendor and holy light of God and his love. Accept His word for what you are. He is witness to your beautiful creation and Mind Whose Thought created your reality. He will remove all faith that you have placed in pain, disaster, suffering and loss. He gives you vision to look beyond appearances. He will reinterpret from his frame of reference all occurrences and circumstance and you will see love beyond hate, constancy in change, the pure in sin, and only Heaven's blessing on the world. This is your resurrection, for your life is not a part of anything you see.

You will see the holy face of Christ in everything and hear the echo of God's voice in every sound. Let him evaluate each thought, and give them back as clear ideas that do not contradict the Will of God. They will come back to you as miracles which joyously show the wholeness and happiness God wills His Son as proof of his eternal Love. All threads of fantasy are gone and what remains is unified into a perfect Thought that offers perfection everywhere. Through your transformation the world is redeemed and joyfully released from guilt. Our ministry has begun to carry the joyous news around the world that truth has no illusions and the peace of God, through us, belongs to everyone.

Lesson 152

"The power of decision is my own."

It is only one's own decision and choice to suffer loss or pain. No one dies without his own consent. Salvation is the recognition that only the truth is true and there is no opposite. To think that God made chaos contradicts his Will. Let us be humble and accept what we have made as co-creator of the universe. All you think you made will disappear. Only the ego can be arrogant. Truth is humble in acknowledging its mightiness and eternal wholeness.

"The power of decision is my own.
This day I will accept myself as what
My Father's Will created me to be."

Wait in silence and give up all self-deceptions, and humbly ask our Self that He reveal Himself to us. Patiently await and invite Him. God's voice will answer.

Lesson 153

"In my defenselessness my safety lies."

The world seems threatening and provides no safety. No peace of mind is possible where a dangerous world, rooted in attack threatens us. Threat brings anger, making attack seem reasonable, honestly provoked and righteous in the name of self-defense. Defensiveness further undermines the weak because it sets up a system of defense that only attests to weakness. The mind becomes confused and imprisoned by altering between attack and defense. The ego pays a costly price for this madness, making sanity an impossible idle dream. You do not understand how much you have been made to sacrifice. You do not realize what you have done to sabotage the holy peace of God by your defensiveness. Defenselessness is strength and it can never be attacked. Defensiveness is weakness and proclaims you have denied the Christ and come to fear His Father's anger.

Be still for a moment, and in silence think how holy is your purpose, how secure you rest, untouchable within its light. Salvation can be thought of as a game that happy children play. It was designed by One who loves His children. And Who would replace their fearful toys with joyful games. Everyone who plays must win. We put away our toys of guilt and the childish thoughts of sin forever. Rise up strong in Christ, and let our weaknesses disappear. God's ministers have chosen the truth to be with them and it is their function to offer this light to their brothers. God as elected all to realize His will. Rise up strong in Christ and let your weaknesses disappear. Remember his strength abides in us.

Lesson 154

"I am among the ministers of God."

It is not our part to judge our worth. We cannot know what role is best for us in the larger plan when we cannot see the whole picture. What we think is weakness can be strength, and often what we believe is strength is arrogance. According to your strengths, He chooses and accepts a part for you, with your consent. You who are now messengers of God, receive His message. It is part of your appointed role. Do not wait to give the messages you have received. No one can receive and understand until he gives. He needs our will united with His Own, so we may be the true receivers of His gifts.

"I am among the ministers of God.
And I am grateful that I have the means
By which to recognize that I am free."

As we light up our minds and realize these holy words the world recedes. We prove that we accept no will we do not share and our many gifts from our Creator will come to us and we will recognize what we received.