Welcome to active meditation.
A Course in Miracles.
Lesson 67 Love created me like itself.
Today's idea is a complete and accurate statement of what you are.
This is why you are the light of the world.
This is why God appointed you as the world's Savior.
This is why the child of God looks to you for salvation.
The child of God is saved by what you are.
We will make every effort today to reach this truth about you,
And to realize fully,
If only for a moment,
That it is the truth.
In the longer practice period,
We will think about your reality and its wholly unchanged and unchangeable nature.
We will begin by repeating this truth about you,
And then spend a few minutes adding some relevant thoughts,
Such as Holiness created me holy.
Kindness created me kind.
Helpfulness created me helpful.
Perfection created me perfect.
Any attribute which is in accord with God,
As God defines who God is,
Is appropriate for use.
We are trying today to undo your definition of God,
And replace it with God's own definition.
We are also trying to emphasize that you are part of God's definition of who God is.
Let's practice.
Repeat to yourself this,
Several times.
Love created me like itself.
Repeat after me.
Holiness created me holy.
Repeat.
Kindness created me kind.
Say to yourself,
Helpfulness created me helpful.
Say,
In your mind,
Perfection created me perfect.
After you have gone over several such related thoughts,
Try to let all thoughts drop away,
Or a brief preparatory interval.
Then,
Try to reach past all your images and preconceptions about yourself,
With the truth in you.
If love created you like itself,
This self must be in you.
And somewhere in your mind,
It is there for you to find.
Let's practice again.
Say to yourself,
Say,
In your mind,
Love created me like itself.
Now again,
Repeat after me.
Holiness created me holy.
Kindness created me kind.
Helpfulness created me helpful.
Perfection created me perfect.
Let all your thoughts drop away.
Just observe them.
Watch them disappear as they float by,
As you let them go.
As your thoughts drift away,
Try to reach past all your images and preconceptions about yourself.
Look for the truth in you.
As your thoughts drift away,
Try to reach past all your images and preconceptions about yourself.
You may find it necessary to repeat the idea for today from time to time,
To replace distracting thoughts.
Look beyond your perceptions about yourself.
Reach past all your images and preconceptions about yourself.
If you get sidetracked,
Repeat,
In your mind,
Love created me like itself.
Let your thoughts float away.
Let all your thoughts drift away.
If Love created you like itself,
This Creator,
This Love,
Must be in you.
Somewhere in your mind,
It is there for you to find.
You may also find that this is not sufficient and that you need to continue adding other thoughts related to the truth about yourself.
Yet,
Perhaps you will succeed in going past that and through the interval of thoughtlessness,
Through the awareness of a blazing light in which you recognize yourself as Love created you.
A blazing light in which you recognize yourself as Love created you.
Be confident that you will do much better.
You will do much today to bring that awareness nearer,
Whether you feel you have succeeded or not.
It will be particularly helpful today to practice the idea for the day as often as you can.
You need to hear the truth about yourself as frequently as possible,
Because your mind is so preoccupied with false self-images.
Four or five times an hour,
And perhaps even more,
It would be most beneficial to remind yourself that Love created you like itself.
Hear the truth about yourself in this.
Try to realize in the shorter practice periods that this is not your tiny,
Solitary voice that tells you this.
This is the voice for God,
Reminding you of God and of yourself.
This is the voice of Truth,
Replacing everything that the ego tells you about yourself with the simple truth about the child of God.
You were created by Love like itself.
Love created me like itself.
Love created you like yourself.
Love created me like itself.
Nothing real can be threatened.
Nothing unreal exists.
Herein lies the peace of God.
