Give what you want to receive

 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. 

Lesson 143

My mind holds only what I think with God.

(125) In quiet I receive God’s Word today.

(126) All that I give is given to myself.

(ACIM, W-143)

I couldn't imagine Lesson 125 saying, "Through being distracted, I receive God's word today." In that case, we'd be receiving multiple messages and won't know which to follow. The fewer opportunities for thoughts to enter the head, the more we can withdraw from the external world and hear the God within.

In silence, we see that everything is all One, as if the Universe in all of its dimensions is one single organism.  What I give to you, I give to the same oneness that I myself am a part of. When I litter the street where I live, that's what I'm giving to the community I'm a part of. And when I give it garbage, I'm giving myself garbage; I'm giving myself a littered street. 

Likewise, if I give my time to clean up the street, I'm giving both the community and myself a cleaner street. 

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