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ACIM CE Text notes – Day 87

Posted on March 28, 2025 by Tricia
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T-5.VI The Ego’s use of Guilt.

3-28-2025

“The mind that was in me is in you, for God creates with perfect fairness.” (19.2)

In my Day 86 reflection, the insight that ego is a collective consciousness shifted something in me. … continue reading

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ACIM CE Text notes – Day 86

Posted on March 28, 2025 by Tricia
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T-5.VI The Ego’s use of Guilt.

3-28-2025

“The ego believes that by punishing itself, it will mitigate the punishment of God. Yet even in this it is arrogant.” (9.6-7)

As I read this paragraph I had a thought. Is the … continue reading

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ACIM CE Text notes – Day 85

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Tricia
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T-5.V The Foundation for Real Sharing.

3-26-2025

“I place the peace of God in your heart and in your hands, to hold and share. The heart is pure to hold it, and the hands are strong to give it.” (16.6-7)… continue reading

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ACIM CE Text notes – Day 70

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Tricia
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T-4.V The Calm Being of God’s Kingdom.

3-11-2025

“The Kingdom of Heaven is you [me].” (1.4)

My ego mind protects its world and hides this awareness in my subconscious so as to keep this world in the orderly state it … continue reading

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ACIM CE Text notes – Day 69

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Tricia
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T-4.IV The Ego’s Need to Confirm Itself.

3-10-2025

In his commentary, Robert Perry described a list of personality types from those we find negative to those we strive to be. All of them were a means of protecting the ego … continue reading

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ACIM CE Text notes – Day 68

Posted on March 9, 2025 by Tricia
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T-4.III The Making of the Ego.

3-9-2025

The example of Helen switching between revelation and egocentric, spirit and ego, brings to mind my own thought of how connected I feel alone in contemplation versus when I am conversing with others. … continue reading

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ACIM Lesson 243 notes.

Posted on August 31, 2024 by Tricia
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Today I will judge nothing that occurs.

8-31-2024

“We are one because each part contains Your memory, and truth must shine in all of us as one.”

I spent a good deal of time with this lesson this morning as … continue reading

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ACIM Lesson 13 notes.

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Tricia
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A meaningless world engenders fear.

1-14-2024

“Because I think I am in competition with God.”

The second paragraph of the lesson explains this:

“Recognition of meaninglessness arouses intense anxiety in all the separated ones. It represents a situation in which … continue reading

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ACIM Lesson 10 notes.

Posted on January 10, 2024 by Tricia
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My thoughts do not mean anything.

1-10-2024

“This idea will release me from all that I now believe.”

Is this lesson a big deal for me or not? My mind isn’t that cluttered today. Except, it is putting effort toward … continue reading

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