{"id":2912,"date":"2026-04-07T21:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/triciabatessmith.com\/?p=2912"},"modified":"2026-04-19T20:47:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T20:47:33","slug":"acim-l97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triciabatessmith.com:443\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/acim-l97\/","title":{"rendered":"ACIM Lesson 97 notes."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am Spirit.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

4-7-2026<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s idea identifies me with my one true Self. But, when reading this lesson title, it just felt flat for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In contemplation, I use many \u2018I am\u2019 statements. I never say, \u2018I am spirit\u2019. It seems to general, as though I don\u2019t hold the idea with any regard. Should I change this feeling? [YES!]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I want is the lift I feel when I say, \u2018I am light\u2019 (or other attributes of Love that I regard).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am spirit. Is this the truth for me? I feel a wobble. Light, love, truth all feel comfortable as aspects of Love that is me, given by me Creator\/Source. These seem like concepts, feelings, energies while spirit feels like a some-thing. And I am already believing I am something \u2013 a body!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This seems to be the point of this reflection on this lesson, to now relinquish this identity and replace with the truth about what I am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am spirit who believes I am a body. HS, where do I go to let go of this belief?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(here is what I heard:)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am not a body. I am free [spirit]. I am still as God created me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know the feeling of freedom within me. I believe this gives me both what to relinquish and what to replace the flat feelings with. I relinquish the benign flat feeling I have held over the word\/idea of spirit and replace it with the feeling of freedom \u2026 freedom like playing with children or just watching how they play amongst themselves. Freedom like being out in my garden being creative doing what I want to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am not a body. I am spirit. I am still as God created me. I can soar on waves of joy that arise from seeing my truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4-7-2024<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday\u2019s idea identifies you with your one Self.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wonder how this identity relates to the image of the grapes<\/a> from yesterday?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I felt myself as a plump juicy grape and then felt myself surrounded by other excited energy balls. What was the source of our lively excitement? The Sun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am a drop of light I the ocean of light. I am spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am as light created me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4-7-2023<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

There has been a holy shift this week. The practice periods, along with the imagery I received, has helped me to step into \u2018a higher broader consciousness\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe light has come.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I more easily sense my frantic self and my connected Self, and can shift into the spaciousness of peace, Love, and happiness (I haven\u2019t found the joy button yet).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presence of Love, here you are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am spirit.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I read the lesson, the thought came to me: \u2018spirit is the ocean and soul is the drop\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the Course work is to shift our awareness to the spirit level, I wonder about the functions of the soul. My first thought was of the soul (drop) being the giver of the life-force into the body, but, the soul as an energy field (quantum) must be large wave-form to collapse into the particle \u2026 my body. Through metaphysical studies, I believe gravity is Love; the loving attention of a consciousness manifests the physical bodies. (The Sun is our logos. ~ Law of One.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s my theory: spirit, like the ocean, is the being state of consciousness, the One Self, God; the soul is the doing state, separated out to manifest the physical for the purpose of experience and growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am the spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou are the spirit which completes Himself, and shares His function as Creator. He is with you always, as you are with Him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4-7-2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSpirit I am, a holy son of God, free of all limits, safe and healed and whole, free to forgive, and free to save the world.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I like the offering of the practice period to HS. I feel HS is present with me and will use the energy of my intent to help others — this is very uplifting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you here now? (I feel tingles.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hollie described practice periods as \u2018welcome\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLove waits on welcome, not on time \u2026\u201d<\/em> T.Ch13,S VII, 9:7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I welcome All.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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