ACIM Lesson 85 notes.

Review of lessons 69 & 70.

3-26-2026

69] My grievances hide the light of the world in me.

I tried to form a question for HS about why I hold grievances. I got the sense that I am doing OK so I felt gratitude. I just sent an email off to a friend — an idea to help her came to me in meditation. This gave me the thought that perhaps it is common that we humans need quiet contemplation to hear our guidance. I thought of Bishop Desmond Tutu as well as Jesus taking time away from their ministries. I asked HS if it is common to struggle with hearing guidance when interacting with others. Yes was the answer. This tells me that asking for time-out, a pause, is a good tool for me to take on.

70] My salvation comes from me [ME].

I am thinking of my connection to the greater ME, the collective consciousness (Christ) that has been sent down into this world as a little finger of individualization. Salvation is my acknowledgement of the flow of love-light-truth from the true ME. There is no work to do, just be in the sunshine of OUR Love.

3-26-2024

69] My grievances hide the light of the world in me.

70] My salvation comes from me.

It’s all within me and, as such, is my choice.

“… light and vision must be joined to see.”

I choose to lay down grievances so I may see with the eyes of Love. I will find salvation in the expansion of my heart. The light and beauty of the loving world I see will inspire my blossoming.

3-26-2023

[69] My grievances hide the light of the world in me.

“To see, I must lay grievances aside. I want to see, and this will be the means by which I succeed.”

[70] My salvation comes from me.

“It is in me because its Source is there.”

3-26-2022

69-My grievances hide the light of the world in me.

I’m trying to skip this lesson. The word ‘grievances’ is bringing up resistance in me.

“Let me not use this as a block to my sight.”

Why? Is a grievance a sign of imperfection? Why, this morning, am I feeling like I need to defend perfection?

It seems to me that my looking for perfection and then judging everything against this (as I perceive it) are major grievances within me that I lay over this world. I have grievances about grievances happening within! 😊

Reflection

The trees that I see I call perfect and feel peace flow through my insides.

“My grievances hide the light of the world in me.”

Trees are perfect because I appreciate them as beauty of God’s creation. But if I don’t see the beauty in other things then I judge and create grievances.

Who am I to judge?

I am light, love, truth, Christ when I am open to the flow of these things.

My judgement and grievances stop the flow. I form an opinion, label, classify, try to control the flow by thinking I will be safe from the unknown as I pretend that ‘I know’. I want more than this.

I want to flow.

Great Love, help me to stop blocking!

70-My salvation comes from me.

In the lesson 69 review, I just went outside myself to ask for help. Am I right or wrong?

We are told ‘ask and you shall receive’ and yet salvation comes from within me.

Great Love that is within me, please help me to not block/control what I experience but allow me to accept the experiences.

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