Join us this Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024.
11:00 AM to Noon (Mountain Time)
Sunday Gathering IN PERSON at the RMMC
Every Sunday at RMMC, we have a facilitator leading our 11 am in-person gathering. It most often is Anna Kujawa-Quinn or Matt Ratliff. Occasionally, we have a special guest speaker. Please come and join us afterwards for some social time. We look forward to seeing you and sharing this time together.
11:00 AM to Noon (Mountain Time)
Sunday Gathering Via ZOOM
Topic: “Second” (There are 73 instances of the word “second” in ACIM)
“The goal is to get to Chapter 9, “second” series.
We will begin with the prayer from Lesson 43:
⁷God is my Source. ⁸I cannot see this____ apart from God.
⁹God is my Source. ¹⁰I cannot see that ______ apart from God.” (ACIM, W-43.4:7-10)“⁴I see through the eyes of forgiveness.
⁵I see the world as blessed.
⁶The world can show me myself.
⁷I see my own thoughts, which are like God’s.” (ACIM, W-43.5:4-7)
ACIM references:
- T-1.IV
Second, the recognition that there is nothing you want to hide even if you could. - T-2.I
Second, you believe that what is perfect can be rendered imperfect or lacking. - T-2.IV
It is a second misstep to attempt to heal it through non-creative agents. - T-2.VI
Second, you can behave as you think you should, but without entirely wanting to do so. - T-2.VI
Correcting at the behavioral level can shift the error from the first to the second type, but will not obliterate the fear. - T-2.VII
All fear is implicit in the second, and all love in the first - T-4.IV
The Second Coming of Christ means nothing more than the end of the ego’s rule and the healing of the mind. - T-4.IV
I was created like you in the First, and I have called you to join with me in the Second. - T-4.IV
I am in charge of the Second Coming, and my judgment, which is used only for protection, cannot be wrong because it never attacks. - T-5.I
Second, it is incapable of attack and is therefore truly open. - T-5.V
You are answering it every minute and every second, and each moment of decision is a judgment that is anything but ineffectual. - T-6.V-B
Therefore, His second lesson is: - T-6.V-B
The second step is a positive affirmation of what you want. - T-6.V-B
The second step, then, is still perceptual, although it is a giant step toward the unified perception that reflects God’s knowing. - T-6.V-B
At the second step progress is intermittent, but the second step is easier than the first because it follows. - T-6.V-C
It has advanced far from the first lesson, which is merely the beginning of the thought reversal, and also from the second, which is essentially the identification of what is more desirable. - T-6.V-C
This step, which follows from the second as the second follows from the first, emphasizes the dichotomy between the desirable and the undesirable. - T-6.V-C
While the first step seems to increase conflict and the second may still entail conflict to some extent, this step calls for consistent vigilance against it. - T-7.VIII
The second error is the idea that you can get rid of something you do not want by giving it away. - T-9.IV
This is the Second Coming that was made for you as the First was created. - T-9.IV
The Second Coming is merely the return of sense. - T-9.IV
The Second Coming is the awareness of reality, not its return. - T-9.VII
Every minute and every second gives you a chance to save yourself. - T-12.III
And second, how can it be saved? - T-14.III
Each day, each hour and minute, even each second, you are deciding between the crucifixion and the resurrection; between the ego and the Holy Spirit. - T-14.IV
Beyond the First there is no other, for there is no order, no second or third, and nothing but the First. - T-14.IV
Remember that there is no second to Him. - T-15.II
To learn to separate out this single second, and to experience it as timeless, is to begin to experience yourself as not separate. - T-19.IV-B
B. The Second Obstacle: The Belief the Body is Valuable for What It Offers - T-19.IV-B
The second obstacle that peace must flow across, and closely related to the first, is the belief that the body is valuable for what it offers. - T-19.IV-B
The second obstacle is no more solid than the first. - T-20.VII
The means are second to the goal. - T-23.II
The second law of chaos, dear indeed to every worshipper of sin, is that each one must sin, and therefore deserves attack and death. - T-26.V
The real world is the second part of the hallucination time and death are real, and have existence that can be perceived. - T-27.VIII
Then let us merely look upon the dream’s beginning, for the part you see is but the second part, whose cause lies in the first. - T-30.I
The second rule as well is but a fact. - T-31.I
The soft eternal calling of each part of God’s creation to the whole is heard throughout the world this second lesson brings. - T-31.V
The main advantage of the shifting to the second from the first is that you somehow entered in the choice by your decision.
facilitated by Barb McKinstry