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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Week 13 Lessons 83-89 WB Practice Group 3/30/23
Review 2: with application and discussion
Continuation of unravelling Grievances.
Theme: The Answer to this problem is the Miracle it conceals
One true function of forgiveness.
Let miracles replace all grievances.... ²By this idea do I unite my will with the Holy Spirit’s, and perceive them as one.
Healing conflicting goals.
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Week 12 Lessons 76-82 ACIM WB Practice Group 3/23/23
Theme: Let me not forget my function.
Group interaction.
Acceptance of function.
Recognizing one problem of separation.
Accepting the problem has been solved.
Discussion: The body's suffering is a mask the mind holds up to hide what really suffers.
Every choice is between a grievance and a miracle.
Guided meditation on lesson 78: Let Miracles Replace all Grievances.
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Week 11 Lessons 69-75 ACIM WB Practice Group 3/16/23
Lessons 69-75 with group interactions
Opening to Light/ taking out the garbage.
Exposing the ego's grievance dynamic
Idle wishes
and Grievances
God's loving plan of salvation
Salvation and peace
Peopling the world with grievances
Bartering with guilt
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Movie: My Life • ACIM keynote set up • ACIM inspired commentary • discussion 3/12/23
Love holds no grievances-- letting go of grievances
Welcoming the Light instead of fearing it.
True Healing versus symptom cure
Dying as a gentle laying aside of the body, with mercy and joy.
Group discussion
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Week 10 Lessons 62-68 ACIM WB Practice Group 3/9/23
Lessons 62-68
What is function?
Forgiveness, happiness, vision
Multiple discussions
Unravelling self image, and definitions of God.
Love holds no grievances practice period
Communicating without grievances, and not correcting your brother.
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Week 9 Lessons 55-61 ACIM WB practice Group 3/2/23
Discussion about first 50 Lessons and first review.
Why have the lessons placed so much emphasis on our mistaken perception?
Recognizing the extent to which we have been mistaken about everything.
Group practice for multiple review lessons.
Dealing with addictions and falling asleep.
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Week 8 Lessons 48-54, ACIM WB Practice Group 2/23/23
Lessons 48-54.
Exercise with lesson 49 & 50,51,54
How to work with the first Review
Repetition, listening to Spirit's Voice
Sinking down in meditation
Receiving related thoughts.
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