You are not the role you play

 Welcome to Daily Miracles, a running commentary on the 365 lessons of A Course in Miracles, an influential spiritual text from the 1970s. I am James Leroy Wilson and I invite you to join me as I go through this material for the first time. 

My mind is part of God’s. I am very holy. (ACIM, W-35)

I wonder if an analogy could be made. Let's say I'm a very famous and wealthy actor, but I get so wrapped up playing a diseased, down-and-out character that I forget what's real and what's not. The character I'm playing begins to affect my relationships in real life. I've forgotten that I don't really have the illness or financial worries of the character I'm playing. I need to come back to "myself" when I'm not rehearsing or performing.

"I am not sick, I am well."

"I am not poor, I am rich."

Likewise, this lesson tells us that we are not what we think ourselves to be. The actor shouldn't confuse the made-up world with the real world, and neither should we.

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