02.11.24 "The Need for Vigilance"

For me, ACIM is not a "once through and done" course. It may be for some. I need to be continually practicing so I can consistently stay centered in Holy Spirit’s Voice and avoid the temptation to refocus on the ego. It is not like learning to ride a bicycle. "Yet this protection needs to be preserved by careful watching. If you let your mind harbor attack thoughts, yield to judgment, or make plans against uncertainties to come, you have again misplaced yourself, and made a bodily identity which will attack the body, for the mind is sick." (OrEd.WkBk.136.21)

Jesus calls this “vigilance" and he tells us that it was as important for him as it will be for us. "Vigilance was required of me as much as of you" (OrEd.Tx.6.94) The ego is cunning and finds many ways to co-opt our thinking. "[The ego] may still be strong enough to rally under this new temptation to win back strength by guile. Many have not seen through the ego's defenses here, although they are not particularly subtle." (OrEd.Mn.25.5) "Guile" means "sly or cunning intelligence." Never underestimate the ego's sly and cunning ability to build up strong false arguments. "No one can doubt the ego's skill in building up false cases." (OrEd.Tx.8.78) The case for sickness and death is strong to the ego driven mind. It takes constant vigilance to fend off these cunning ego arguments and to build steadily on the foundation of truth. And the truth is eternal life.

Join Rev. Tony on Sunday as he explores this and other topics at the CMC’s Sunday Gathering. (The CMC has been meeting on Sunday mornings since 1986. Sometimes copied, but never duplicated, the CMC Sunday Gathering is in a class by itself. 38 years and still going strong!)

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