Day 71

Today's Lesson:

Only God's plan for salvation will work.

The ego's plan for salvation centers around holding grievances. This is in complete opposition to God's plan. Our ego thinks that if someone else spoke or acted differently, if some external circumstance or event were changed, we would be saved. We believe that the source of salvation is outside ourselves.

The ego really believes in this doctrine: "Seek, but do not find." That is what we are doing in looking outside ourselves for our salvation.

God's plan for salvation works simply because, by following His direction, we seek for salvation where it is. But we must be willing to seek there only if we want to succeed. Unless we are willing to seek there only, we will be splitting our mind into two diametrically opposed directions, which will produce confusion and a deep sense of failure and despair.

As we practice today's idea, we are to ask God to reveal His plan to us. Ask Him very specifically:

What would You have me do?
Where would You have me go?
What would You have me say, and to whom?

He will answer in proportion to our willingness to hear His Voice. The very fact that we are doing the exercises proves that we have some willingness to listen. This is enough to establish our claim to God's answer.

Miracles I'm noticing:

Last night I had some friends over to watch Conversations With God: The Movie. One of these friends is in our Course study group, so it was fun to be able to notice how closely this movie is in alignment with what we're learning in the Course. It is always so interesting to note how many times, and it how many places the message of the Course comes to us. It was fun to watch the movie with good friends and know that we are all building bigger small talk as we create dialogue around this topic.

If you're interested in watching Conversations With God and other really interesting movies and documentaries, check out the website Educational Television. There you can watch many full-length features including Conversations With God and The Secret.