IA´s Journal

[IA56]

LESSON 281

"I can be hurt by nothing but my thoughts."

"Father, Your Son is perfect. When I think that I am hurt in any
way, it is because I have forgotten who I am, and that I am as You
created me. Your Thoughts can only bring me happiness. If ever I am
sad or hurt or ill, I have forgotten what You Think, and put my little
meaningless ideas in place of where Your Thoughts belong, and
where they are. I can be hurt by nothing but my thoughts. The
Thoughts I think with You can only bless. The Thoughts I think with
You alone are true."

I will not hurt myself today. For I am far beyond all pain. My
Father placed me safe in Heaven, watching over me. And I would not
attack the Son He loves, for what He loves is also mine to love.

Love

[IA56]

LESSON 282

"I will not be afraid of love today."

If I could realize but this today, salvation would be reached for all
the world. This the decision not to be insane, and to accept myself as
God Himself, my Father and my Source, created me. This the
determination not to be asleep in dreams of death, while truth
remains forever living in the joy of love. And this the choice to
recognize the Self Whom God created as the Son He loves, and Who
remains my one Identity.

"Father, Your Name is Love and so is mine. Such is the truth. And
can the truth be changed by merely giving it Another name? The name
of fear is simply a mistake. Let me not be afraid of truth today."

Love

[IA56]

LESSON 283

"My true Identity abides in You."

"Father, I made an image of myself, and it is this I call the Son of
God. Yet is creation as it always was, for Your Creation is
unchangeable. Let me not worship idols. I am he my Father loves. My
holiness remains the light of Heaven and the Love of God. Is not what
is beloved of You secure? Is not the light of Heaven infinite? Is not
Your Son my true Identity, when You created everything that is?"

Now are we one in shared Identity, with God our Father as our
only Source, and everything created part of us. And so we offer
blessing to all things, uniting lovingly with all the world, which our
forgiveness has made one with us.

Love

[newfreedom]

LESSON 283

"My true Identity abides in You."

"Father, I made an image of myself, and it is this I call the Son of
God. Yet is creation as it always was, for Your Creation is
unchangeable. Let me not worship idols. I am he my Father loves. My
holiness remains the light of Heaven and the Love of God. Is not what
is beloved of You secure? Is not the light of Heaven infinite? Is not
Your Son my true Identity, when You created everything that is?"

Now are we one in shared Identity, with God our Father as our
only Source, and everything created part of us. And so we offer
blessing to all things, uniting lovingly with all the world, which our
forgiveness has made one with us.

Love

Hi IA,

i was able to appreciate today's lesson you provided us with.

i was able to 'read' it. i read it out loud, & it rolled off the tongue quite eloquently.

It felt good to read. it felt Homely

Thankyou IA56 x x

[IA56]

Hi IA,

i was able to appreciate today's lesson you provided us with.

i was able to 'read' it. i read it out loud, & it rolled off the tongue quite eloquently.

It felt good to read. it felt Homely

Thankyou IA56 x x

Hi newfereedom,

I am happy to hear it helped you ;.)

Love
ia

[IA56]

LESSON 284

I can elect to change all thoughts that hurt."

Loss is not loss when properly perceived. Pain is impossible. There
is no grief with any cause at all. And suffering of any kind is nothing
but a dream. This is the truth, at first to be but said and then repeated
many times; and next to be accepted as but partly true, with many
reservations. Then to be considered seriously more and more, and
finally accepted as the truth. I can elect to change all thoughts that
hurt. And I would go beyond these words today, and past all
reservations, and arrive at full acceptance of the truth in them.

"Father, what You have given cannot hurt, so grief and pain must
be impossible. Let me not fail to trust in You today, accepting but the
joyous as Your gifts; accepting but the joyous as the truth."

Love

[IA56]

LESSON 285

"My holiness shines bright and clear today."

Today, I wake with joy, expecting but the happy things of God to
come to me. I ask but them to come, and realize my invitation will be
answered by the thoughts to which it has been sent by me. And I will
ask for only joyous things the instant I accept my holiness. For what
would be the use of pain to me, what purpose would my suffering
fulfill, and how would grief and loss avail me if insanity departs
from me today, and I accept my holiness instead?

"Father, my holiness is Yours. Let me rejoice in it, and through
forgiveness be restored to sanity. Your Son is still as You created him.
My holiness is part of me, and also part of You. And what can alter
Holiness Itself?"

Love

[IA56]

LESSON 286

"The hush of Heaven holds my heart today."

"Father, how still today! How quietly do all things fall in place!
This is the day that has been choosen as the time in which I come to
understand the lesson that there is no need that I do anything. In You
is every choise already made. In You has every conflict been
resolved. In You is everything I hope to find already given me. Your
peace is mine. My heart is quiet, and my mind at rest. Your Love is
Heaven, and Your Love is mine."

The stillness of today will give us hope that we have found the
way, andd travelled far along it to a wholly certain goal. Today we
will not doubt the end which God Himself has promised us. We trust
in Him, and in our Self, Who still is one with Him.

Love

[IA56]

LESSON 287

"You are my goal, my Father. Only You."

Where would I go but Heaven? What could be a substitute for
happiness? What gÃ♥ft could I prefer before the peace of God? What
treasure would I seek and find and keep that can compare with my
Identity? And would I rather live with fear than love?

"You are my goal, my Father. What but You could I desire to have?
What way but that which leads to You could I desire to walk? And
what except the memory of You could signify to me the end of
dreams and futile substitutions for the truth? You are my only goal.
Your Son would be as You created him. What way but this could I
expect to recognize my Self, and be at one with my Identity?"

Love

[IA56]

LESSON 288

"Let me forget my brother´s past today."

"This is the thought that leads the way to You, and brings me to my
goal. I cannot come to you without my brother. And to know my
Source, I first must recognize what You created one with me. My
brother´s is the hand that leads me on the way to You. His sins are in
the past along with mine, and I am saved because the past is gone. Let
me not cherish it within my heart, or I will lose the way to walk to
You. My brother is my savior. Let me not attack the savior You have
given me. But let me honor him who bears Your Name, and so
remember that It is my own."

Forgive me, then, today. And you will know you have forgiven me
if you behold your brother in the light of holiness. He cannot be less
holy than can I, and you can not be holier than he.

Love