Fellow Course student/study group facilitators Jaymee Brandt and Bruce Rawles read and share a conversation about the Rules for Decision (ACIM, T-30.I) from chapter 30 of the text of A Course In Miracles (ACIM) in this video, along with a number of other ACIM references. The dialogue draws from a number of related themes from the Course that emphasize the need for gentleness, patience, and persistent practice, practice, practice.
Here are the first 2 paragraphs of that section, followed by the last paragraph:
“1. Decisions are continuous. ²You do not always know when you are making them. ³But with a little practice with the ones you recognize, a set begins to form which sees you through the rest. ⁴It is not wise to let yourself become preoccupied with every step you take. ⁵The proper set, adopted consciously each time you wake, will put you well ahead. ⁶And if you find resistance strong and dedication weak, you are not ready. ⁷Do not fight yourself. ⁸But think about the kind of day you want, and tell yourself there is a way in which this very day can happen just like that. ⁹Then try again to have the day you want.
2. (1) The outlook starts with this:
²Today I will make no decisions by myself.
³This means that you are choosing not to be the judge of what to do. ⁴But it must also mean you will not judge the situations where you will be called upon to make response. ⁵For if you judge them, you have set the rules for how you should react to them. ⁶And then another answer cannot but produce confusion and uncertainty and fear.” (ACIM, T-30.I.1:1–2:6)
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“17. It needs but two who would have happiness this day to promise it to all the world. ²It needs but two to understand that they cannot decide alone, to guarantee the joy they asked for will be wholly shared. ³For they have understood the basic law that makes decision powerful, and gives it all effects that it will ever have. ⁴It needs but two. ⁵These two are joined before there can be a decision. ⁶Let this be the one reminder that you keep in mind, and you will have the day you want, and give it to the world by having it yourself. ⁷Your judgment has been lifted from the world by your decision for a happy day. ⁸And as you have received, so must you give.” (ACIM, T-30.I.17:1-8)
This video recording was made on September 19, 2021.