Week 32, Lessons 216-222, ACIM WB Practice Group, 8/10/23
Discussion of transition from Part I to Part II
Developing a strong Prayer life with Part II.
Guided meditations and discussions from:
221. Peace to my mind. Let all my thoughts be still.
222. God is with me. I live and breathe in him.
Class discussion of how forgiveness has deepened since part I.
What is forgiveness?
Letting go of identification with the doer
The benefits of coming back to practice in the face of an upset.
The Holy Spirit can use any symbol (including deceased loved ones coming to us) to bring us back home to love.
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Week 31, Lessons 209- 215, ACIM WB Practice Group, 8/3/23
Review 6, Lessons 209-215
Theme of Function deepens:
I feel the Love of God within me now.
I have a function God would have me fill.
Function in relation to the response to temptation and upsets.
Discernment in daily practice...
Mind watching....recognizing lapses and returning.
The confusion of joy and pain.
A deeper discussion of fear and sacrifice.
I choose the Joy of God instead of pain. (exercise and discussion)
I am the Holy Son of God Himself. (finishing exercise).
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Week 30, lessons 202-208, ACIM WB Practice Group 7/27/23
Discussion and exercises from review 6
I am not a body. I am free. For I am still as God created me.
Response to temptation:
This thought I do not want. I choose instead __________.
A visual representation of our function of forgiveness.
Discussion of our function of salvation.
Function in Heaven is creation.
Function in time of healing.
Horizontal or vertical perception.
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Week 29 Lessons 195-201 ACIM WB Practice Group 7/20/23
Exercises and discussions throughout.
*Preliminary discussion of Review 6
*Perception's law a.k.a. the law of seeing
*Attack paradigm and the fear of God.
*True gratitude/ false gratitude
*comparison as an ego device.
*The undoing of the fear of God.
*The way we relate with our brother is how we relate to God.
*Giving to get vs. giving gratitude for all and everyone.
*Practice as a redirection over and over again.
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Movie/ Arrival• ACIM keynote set up • ACIM inspired commentary • discussion 7/16/23 .mp4
What would it take for your to be able to sincerely say,
"Despite knowing the journey and where it ends, I embrace it, and welcome every moment of it." Louise Banks in Arrival
Miracles collapse time. Miracles and forgiveness work hand in hand.
New ideas about time:
from linear time (misusing time..)
to non linear (Spirit's use of time)
Correction of the belief in attack and defense
Present focus and present attention.
Mystical and intuitive functioning.
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Week 28 Lesson 188-194 ACIM WB Practice Group 7/13/23
Where is the Word of God Written?
Keynote and guided meditations.
Themes: Mercy- forgiveness- the holy instant
Discussion on mercy.
Exercise and discussion Lesson 189 I feel the love of God within me now.
Exercise and discussion Lesson 191 I am the Holy Son of God Himself.
Exercise and discussion Lesson 193 All things are lessons God would have me learn.
Shorter exercise for lesson of the day: I place the future in the hands of God.
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Week 27.5 supplement: Letting go of the self image, and being a blessing giver 7/8/23.mp4
Joining with the truly meaningful...
Letting go of the meaningless...
Poem from WB Yeats...
Lesson 186 Salvation of the world depends on me.
Lesson 187 I bless the world because I bless myself.
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Week 27, Lessons 181-187, ACIM WB Practice Group, 7/6/23
Lesson 181-187 exercises and discussions
Themes:
*Trusting our brothers/ being still/ calling on God's name.
*Present Moment.
*Changing our focus:
from seeing mistakes to perceiving sinlessness.
from dreams we "cherish" to the Peace of God.
*True intent.
*Allowing our minds to have a single goal.
*Seeing our Special blocks and laying them aside.
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Week 26, Lessons 174-180, ACIM WB Practice Group 6/29/23
Lessons 174-180 exercises and discussions
*Morning and evening practicing, frequent hourly practicing
*Going beyond the words and symbols
*Practice over understanding.
*Understanding is not required for acceptance of function.
*Asking for Grace, and not relying on our own acceptance.
*Recognizing the value of the Goal.
*Self Realization and direct experience.
*God is but Love and therefore so am I.
*Introduction to 181-200
*Removing the blocks-- Defensiveness, control
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Week 25, Lessons 167-173, ACIM WB Practice Group 6/22/23.mp4
Week 25, Lessons 167-173 exercises and discussions
*The sleeping son of God.
*Hearing the call to Waken.
*making another choice.
*Death is an idea and irrelevant to what is physical.
*Life has no degrees
*Grace and forgiveness.
*Cruelty as self defense.
REVIEW #5
God is but Love, and therefore so am I.
Prayer to the Father to Steady our feet.
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Week 24 Lessons 160-166 ACIM WB Practice Group 6/15/23
Lessons 160-166 keynote slides, discussions and exercises.
*Fear is a madman and only has the power we give it?
*³One walks with you Who gently answers all your fears with this one merciful reply: “It is not so.”
*Give me your blessing, holy Son of God.
*Anything not loving is an investment in the belief in death.
*God created you pure and perfect, and since that moment you haven’t changed yourself in reality.
*Fear, hate and attack are specific to bodies.
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Week 23.5 supplement: Christ Vision and the reinterpretation of all symbols
Lesson 158: Today I learn to give as I receive.
Lesson 159: I give the miracles I receive.
Mentally reviewing what has gone by.
"Ask not How can I see my brother without a body?"
ask only, "Do I really wish to see him sinless?"
Perception is purely symbolic.
The treasure house of miracles.
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Week 23 Lessons 153-159 ACIM WB Practice Group 6/08/23.mp4
Guided exercises and class discussion on lessons 153,154, 156
Themes:
Christ remains beside us and never leaves our weakness unsupported by his strength.
Worthiness and unworthiness.
God has appointed us as His ministers.
Giving and receiving.
Means and End.
Walking with God and walking to God.
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Week 22, Lessons 146-152. ACIM WB Practice Group 6/1/23
Lessons 146-152
Exercises & discussions.
Themes:
*Purification and forgiveness.
*Bringing self-deception to light.
*Healing the mind by doubting what the senses seem to show us.
*Not doubting Your Self.
*Cure for sickness as a change of mind.
*All things are echoes of the voice for God.
*The Power of decision is my own.
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Movie: ARGO• ACIM keynote set up • ACIM inspired commentary • discussion 5/28/23 .mp4
All things work together for good.
We are all in this together.
Having integrity and taking responsibility.
Trusting and letting go of control.
Letting skills and Abilities be used by the Spirit.
Learning is change. Changing concepts is salvations task.
Salvation is escape from concepts.
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Week 21, Lessons 139-145, ACIM WB Practice Group, 5/25/23
I will accept Atonement for myself
Exercise and discussion
Review 4:
My mind holds only what I think with God
Looking for hope where there is none.
Related review Ideas:
122. Forgiveness offers everything I want.
128. The world I see has nothing that I want.
129. Beyond this world is a world I want.
130. It is impossible to see two worlds.
Holding off correction by self deception.
Clearing the mind of un-forgiveness.
Preparing for deeper understanding.
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Week 20, Lesson 132-138, ACIM WB Practice Group 5/18/23
Class theme: Decision making, setting the world aside, forgiveness,
Defense= Attack= Sickness= Planning
Guided meditations and discussions:
138. Heaven is a Decision I must make.
132. I loose the world from all that I thought it was.
134. Let me perceive forgiveness as it is.
136. Sickness is a defense against the truth.
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Week 19, Lessons 125-131, ACIM WB Practice Group 5/11/23
Class Theme:
✨³Our emphasis is not on giving up the world, but on exchanging it for what is far more satisfying, filled with joy, and capable of offering you peace. ⁴Think you this world can offer that to you?
[CE W-129.1:3,4]✨
✨Giving forgiveness…✨
✨Questioning the value of the world we see.✨
✨Opening to the light of the real world.✨
✨Opening to listen in quiet.✨
✨Opening to God’s love and accepting His strength.✨
✨Asking to be taught✨
Featured teachings:
Perception is consistent.
exercise: All that I give is given to myself.
exercise: No one can fail who asks to reach the truth.
Finding the door to the real world.
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Week 18, Lessons 118-124, ACIM WB Practice Group 5/4/23
Lessons 118-124, Group discussions and guided meditations.
Theme: I am mistaken if I think I can be hurt in any way.
Our function of forgiveness and the awareness of dreaming.
Giving and receiving light as forgiveness.
Not needing to prepare ourselves for the holy instant.
Giving and receiving thanks to/from the Father.
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Movie: Before I Fall • ACIM keynote set up • ACIM inspired commentary • discussion 4/30/23
keynote starts 20min11secs
What I give to my brother is my gift to myself.
Meanness/Kindness-- watching the mind.
Purpose--What is it for?
Holy instant.
Every Loving thought is true.
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Week 17, Lessons 111-117, ACIM WB Practice Group 4/27/23
Review III, Lessons 111-117
If we are willing to face it, Spirit will show us how to see it truly.
What is the nature of our worries and concerns?
Lesson and discussion on the nature of projection and correction.
Theme of function/happiness/joy/forgiveness.
Facing weakness.
Facing preferences/ behavior patterns= thinking patterns.
Healing the belief in a "separate will".
Facing the question "What should I do?"
Listening and following.
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Week 16 Lessons 104-110 ACIM WB Practice Group 4/20/23
Lesson 104-110
Welcome discussion about not feeding a "tit for tat" dynamic
What belongs to us? Miracles (entitlement) / Joy & Peace (inheritance)
Clearing the altar for the miracle/joy/peace
Undoing giving to get
True Giving and Receiving
Resting in Self or God
What are we asking for? Quietness, Stillness, Happiness
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Week 15 Lessons 97-103 ACIM WB Practice Group 4/13/23
Lesson 97-103
Hourly practice periods, opening to happiness, joy.
Making mistakes, lapses.
Being absolved from sin and guilt
101 exercise and discussion
103 exercise and discussion
98 exercise and discussion
Happiness as true choice.
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Movie: Tron: Legacy, ACIM keynote set up, ACIM inspired commentary, discussion 4/9/23
Tron: Legacy
Reeling all the projections back into the mind they never left.
Resurrection in acim
Keynote Slides
Commentary with featured teachings.
Coming back to responsibility
I am responsible for what I see
Waking up from the dream of attack.
Ego belief in usurping the throne of God
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Week 14 Lessons 90-96 ACIM WB Practice Group 4/6/23
Lessons 90-96, Keynote slides and discussions.
94. I am as God Created me--- Guided exercise and class discussion.
91. Miracles are seen in light--- Guided exercise and class discussion.
93. Light and joy, and peace abide in me-- Guided exercise and class discussion.
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