In this YouTube video, Susan Dugan and Bruce Rawles read portions of “The Christ in You” (ACIM, T-24.V) from the text of A Course In Miracles. The term “Christ” in ACIM refers to the (pure non-dual) One Child of the Creator which includes all, without exception. The Christ Mind within everyone restores our awareness of eternal innocence in all as Holy Spirit helps us to question – more and more thoroughly – the absurd propaganda of intrinsic guilt, which egos revel in by projecting at every opportunity. We all need the healing of the Christ Mind to undo the pervasive ego lies that attempt to convince us that peace is possible as dream figures in a dream of separation. The word Christ appears 443 times in the Course; here are 4 of those instances:
“At God’s altar Christ waits for the restoration of Himself in you. ²God knows His Son as wholly blameless as Himself, and He is approached through the appreciation of His Son. ³Christ waits for your acceptance of Him as yourself, and of His Wholeness as yours. ⁴For Christ is the Son of God, Who lives in His Creator and shines with His glory. ⁵Christ is the extension of the Love and the loveliness of God, as perfect as His Creator and at peace with Him.” (ACIM, T-11.IV.7:1-5)
Here are the paragraphs we read and commented on during this relatively brief conversation:
“3. Where could your peace arise but from forgiveness? ²The Christ in you looks only on the truth, and sees no condemnation that could need forgiveness. ³He is at peace because He sees no sin. ⁴Identify with Him, and what has He that you have not? ⁵He is your eyes, your ears, your hands, your feet. ⁶How gentle are the sights He sees, the sounds He hears. ⁷How beautiful His hand that holds His brother’s, and how lovingly He walks beside him, showing him what can be seen and heard, and where he will see nothing and there is no sound to hear.
4. Yet let your specialness direct his way, and you will follow. ²And both will walk in danger, each intent, in the dark forest of the sightless, unlit but by the shifting tiny gleams that spark an instant from the fireflies of sin and then go out, to lead the other to a nameless precipice and hurl him over it. ³For what can specialness delight in but to kill? ⁴What does it seek for but the sight of death? ⁵Where does it lead but to destruction? ⁶Yet think not that it looked upon your brother first, nor hated him before it hated you. ⁷The sin its eyes behold in him and love to look upon it saw in you, and looks on still with joy. ⁸Yet is it joy to look upon decay and madness, and believe this crumbling thing, with flesh already loosened from the bone and sightless holes for eyes, is like yourself?
5. Rejoice you have no eyes with which to see; no ears to listen, and no hands to hold nor feet to guide. ²Be glad that only Christ can lend you His, while you have need of them. ³They are illusions, too, as much as yours. ⁴And yet because they serve a different purpose, the strength their purpose holds is given them. ⁵And what they see and hear and hold and lead is given light, that you may lead as you were led.
6. The Christ in you is very still. ²He knows where you are going, and He leads you there in gentleness and blessing all the way. ³His Love for God replaces all the fear you thought you saw within yourself. ⁴His Holiness shows you Himself in him whose hand you hold, and whom you lead to Him. ⁵And what you see is like yourself. ⁶For what but Christ is there to see and hear and love and follow home? ⁷He looked upon you first, but recognized that you were not complete. ⁸And so He sought for your completion in each living thing that He beholds and loves. ⁹And seeks it still, that each might offer you the Love of God.
7. Yet is He quiet, for He knows that love is in you now, and safely held in you by that same hand that holds your brother’s in your own. ²Christ’s hand holds all His brothers in Himself. ³He gives them vision for their sightless eyes, and sings to them of Heaven, that their ears may hear no more the sound of battle and of death. ⁴He reaches through them, holding out His hand, that everyone may bless all living things, and see their holiness. ⁵And He rejoices that these sights are yours, to look upon with Him and share His joy. ⁶His perfect lack of specialness He offers you, that you may save all living things from death, receiving from each one the gift of life that your forgiveness offers to your Self. ⁷The sight of Christ is all there is to see. ⁸The song of Christ is all there is to hear. ⁹The hand of Christ is all there is to hold. ¹⁰There is no journey but to walk with Him.”
(This video was recorded on August 12, 2022.)
If you have questions or comments about this video, prior videos in this ACIM-related video series, or other Course-related topics, please email them via the ACIMblog.com contact form. Susan and Bruce will review and try to respond to questions and suggestions for future conversations. We look forward to extending the conversation with you!
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Here are some prior ACIM-related conversations with Susan Dugan and Bruce Rawles.