Join us this Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023.
9:15 AM to 10:30 AM (Mountain Time)
Weekly Workbook Lesson Review:
Via ZOOM and in-person at the RMMC.
Barbara McKinstry is facilitating a group that meets weekly to review the daily Workbook lessons of the week starting with Monday’s lesson and ending with Sunday’s lesson; meet in person or on Zoom.
facilitated by Barb McKinstry
11:00 AM to Noon (Mountain Time)
Sunday Gathering I:
Via ZOOM (emphasis) and in-person at the RMMC.
Topic: Groundhog Day! – Deepening, Perfecting, and Repeating, Repeating, Repeating Our Forgiveness Practice; making room for Peace by more quickly questioning ego’s seemingly ceaseless war propaganda
- “The idea for today needs many repetitions for maximum benefit.” (ACIM, W-27.3:1)
- “The day begins and ends with this. And we repeat it every time the hour strikes, or we remember, in between, we have a function that transcends the world we see. Beyond this, and a repetition of the special thought we practice for the day, no form of exercise is urged, except a deep relinquishment of everything that clutters up the mind, and makes it deaf to reason, sanity and simple truth.” (ACIM, W-rVI.in.3:6-8)
- “Teachers must be patient and repeat their lessons until they are learned. ⁵I am willing to do this, because I have no right to set your learning limits for you. ⁶Again,—nothing you do or think or wish or make is necessary to establish your worth.” (ACIM, T-4.I.7:4-6)
- “The habit of engaging with God and His creations is easily made if you actively refuse to let your mind slip away. ²The problem is not one of concentration; it is the belief that no one, including yourself, is worth consistent effort. ³Side with me consistently against this deception, and do not permit this shabby belief to pull you back. ⁴The disheartened are useless to themselves and to me, but only the ego can be disheartened.” (ACIM, T-4.IV.7:1-4)
- Lesson 284: “I can elect to change all thoughts that hurt.” (ACIM, W-284)
- “The Holy Spirit is not delayed in His teaching by your mistakes. ²He can be held back only by your unwillingness to let them go. ³Let us therefore be determined, particularly for the next week or so, to be willing to forgive ourselves for our lapses in diligence, and our failures to follow the instructions for practicing the day’s idea. ⁴This tolerance for weakness will enable us to overlook it, rather than give it power to delay our learning. ⁵If we give it power to do this, we are regarding it as strength, and are confusing strength with weakness.” (ACIM, W-95.8:1-5)
Here is a related conversation on the same general topic: Groundhog Day: Repeatedly Practicing Forgiveness with Jackie Lora Jones and Bruce Rawles
Facilitated (via Zoom) by Bruce Rawles
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM (Mountain Time)
Sunday Gathering II:
IN PERSON at the RMMC (emphasis) and via zoom.
Topics and ACIM references:
- “Knowledge is not the motivation for learning this course. Peace is.”
- ACIM reference: ACIM, T-8.I.1:1-2
Facilitated by Anna Kujawa