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ACIM Lesson 284 Prayer

by Meditations on A Course in Miracles Lessons

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"I can elect to change all thoughts that hurt." This lesson emphasizes our power to choose which thoughts we entertain, recognizing that we are not victims of our minds. It teaches that painful thoughts are not inevitable but are instead choices made by the ego. The lesson encourages us to recognize our ability to choose differently, selecting thoughts aligned with love, forgiveness, and peace. By exercising this power of choice, we can release ourselves from suffering and align with our true, divine nature. All quotes are from A Course in Miracles, copyright ©2007, Third Edition used with permission from the publisher and copyright holder, the Foundation for Inner Peace, 448 Ignacio Blvd., #306, Novato, CA 94949.

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A Course in Miracles,

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.

Suffering of any kind is nothing but a dream.

I can elect to change all thoughts that hurt.

This is the truth.

At first,

To be but said,

And then repeated many times.

Can elect to change all thoughts that hurt.

This is the truth.

Next,

To be accepted as only partly true,

With many reservations.

I can elect to change all thoughts that hurt.

This is the truth.

Then,

To be considered seriously,

More and more.

I can elect to change all thoughts that hurt.

This is the truth.

And finally accepted as the truth.

I can elect to change all thoughts that hurt.

I would go beyond these words today.

I would go past all reservations to arrive at full acceptance of the truth in these words.

Father,

What you have given cannot hurt,

So grief and pain must be impossible.

Father,

Let me not fail to trust in you today.

Accepting but the joyous as your gifts.

Accepting but the joyous as the truth.

To change all thoughts that hurt.

Nothing real can be threatened.

Nothing unreal exists.

Herein lies the peace of God.

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