Lesson 78. Let miracles replace all grievances.
A miracle is a change of mind. It is a change from an egoic or limited perspective to a true (or truer) look at reality without fear. And that is consistent with the title of today’s lesson, Let miracles replace what? All grievances. What is sweet about this lesson is it has you pick out somebody you have or you have had a relationship with and once you start doing the lesson you realize that your grievances, are the same or at least quite similar to the very grievances that the person you picked, would have about you. Instantly you can see the miracle! It is an unexpected change of mind or heart about the way I’ve been seeing for years; “behold the Son of God.” The grievances I held stand like a dark shield of hate (I wouldn’t have called them hate, but I would have been wrong) before the miracle it would conceal.
Now surely I can generalize this lesson and know it is true for every brother I see. Can I lay my grievances aside and see truly? NTI 1 Thessalonians told us we have a habit of automatically denying the thoughts we have that intrude upon our peace. In order to see my brother truly (to heal) we let everything come out of denial to be looked at. Our grievances must be exposed. Looking at repressed thoughts and perceptions, ask God or Jesus or the Holy Spirit to help you see another way. Seeing him another way is seeing him in the light of true forgiveness. And of course we remember from this meditative sweet spot that we all contribute to the script that is being written. My brother (the one I want to hold a grievance against), is who he is and does what he does because everything else is like it is.
Now that my mind has been shown the light in him beyond my grievances, I ask that I be led to the holy light in which he stands, that I may join with him because what else can I really do knowing I am One with him. Now that he is free from the grievances I laid upon him, I realize my own freedom came with his release. What a blessing and I will happily take the role asked of me and let any temptation go when I “allow each one [I] meet to save [me] when I refuse to hide [my brother’s] light behind [my] grievances and “let miracles replace all grievances.”
