Lesson 321 Father, My Freedom Is In You Alone

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II.  SECTION 11.  What is Creation?

Lesson 321 Father, my freedom is in You alone.

  1. I did not understand what made me free, nor what my freedom is, nor where to look to find it.  Father, I have searched in vain until I heard Your voice directing me.  Now I would guide myself no more.  For I have neither made nor understood the way to find my freedom.  But I trust in You.  You Who endowed me with my freedom as Your holy Son will not be lost to me.  Your Voice directs me and the way to You is opening and clear to me at last.  Father, my freedom is in You alone.  Father, it is my will that I return.
  2. Today we answer for the world, which will be freed along with us.  How glad are we to find our freedom through the certain way our Father has established.  And how sure is all the world’s salvation, when we learn our freedom can be found in God alone.[1]
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Today as we come to our devotional practice, we clear our minds of all that would present itself as Creation.  We set our minds and the world free from the false version of itself.  We stop feeding into its chaos, its competitions, and contradictions.  We stop trying to find our freedom within the very systems of deceit which have ensnared our minds in the first place.  We lay aside all the conflicting advice and meaningless prater.  We quiet our minds.  When we want answers to Creation’s meaning and purpose, we clear the altars of our minds.  It is in the peace and calm where we best hear the Voice for God and His direction. 

Jesus teaches us today that salvation is not an individual choice, but instead each one of us stand for the whole of Creation.  When I make the decision to stand with Christ, when I choose to live for God’s Will be done on earth as it is in heaven, I am not seeking to escape the cursed world by the skin of my teeth and let others behind weeping and gnashing their teeth wishing that they were me!  My awakening wakes the world.  As I am freed from the mad dream, the world comes along with me.  When I no longer can tolerate being separated from God and from my oneness with all of Creation, that tiny little shard of separation yearning and crying out for connection, communication, and certainty stands for all of the separated parts.  The truth of God in me calls to the truth of God in you.  The truth of God in you calls to the truth of God in me.  And freedom rings throughout the world. We lay down our weapons.  We no longer see the spaces between us.  We see Creation anew and have no desire to prey upon it, to lord it over anyone or anything, to mock and make fun, to deny access to anyone.  We forgive the past.  We are no longer the least bit interested in war and murder and destruction.  Dreams of death hold no fascination or hopes of freedom.  When I look at you, I see me!  When you look at me, you see you!  All we desire for ourselves and Creation is healing, reunion, renewal.  Awake from the dark slumber, we can no longer look upon Creation as being outside of ourselves for we recognize ourselves only as whole. 

This is our freedom.  This is God’s Plan.  Salvation for all.  Nobody returns to God alone and without the world.  God awaits our awakening with open arms.  The dreams we dream in separation could mean nothing to Him.  Why would He concern Himself with lies and distortions?  Our freedom lies in being like Him, certain in our love and everlasting devotion to all of Creation. 

[1]A Course in Miracles. Workbook for Students. Lesson 321. Foundation of Inner Peace, Second Edition (1992). p. 462.

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My love for God, home and hearth, my husband and family fueled my decision to devote the rest of my life only to pursuits which brought love, joy, peace, and purpose. I am a writer, seeker, student, and teacher with experience professional and otherwise from waitressing to teaching the English language in China, Taiwan, and Singapore. I hold a BA in Psychology from Bloomsburg University, which took nearly 30 years to attain while I squeezed courses in between raising my children, journaling, relationships, work, and an assortment of escapades, some of which I would rather forget! An ongoing passion for reading, writing, adventure, food, and fun, eventually led me to the love of my life, James, whom I met in 1996 and married in 1997. Our life together has been an exciting journey of work and travel, spiritual awakening, and domestic bliss ever since. Although we have experienced the tragic loss of family members and friends through death and estrangement, we have managed to turn our special relationship into a holy one by the grace of God and an acute and growing awareness of “there must be a better way!” In 2006, I published my first novel, Luella’s Calling, and am currently working on my second, Grover Good and the Stone Chateau. From 2013 through 2018, I worked as a Prevention Education Specialist for Transitions, a local domestic violence sexual abuse victim’s service agency. My work there, fueled by a lifelong enthusiasm for teaching, led me to obtain an MS in Education from Scranton University. In 2018, I resigned to accompany James on his work travels while focusing on my calling to study and teach A Course in Miracles. To that end, I dedicate the rest of my days to writing, sharing, and teaching the message of salvation found within the Course pages. Thank you for your interest in this blog. As I do not respond to comments on the posts, if you care to contact me, please email me at eckief@yahoo.com.

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