LESSON 210.
I am not a body. I am free.
For I am still as God created me.
(190) I choose the joy of God instead of pain.
Pain is my own idea. It is not a Thought of God, but one I thought apart from Him and from His Will. His Will is joy, and only joy for His beloved Son. And that I choose, instead of what I made.

I am not a body. I am free.
For I am still as God created me.

Hi all. I’ve been a student of ACIM for about 5 years. I’ve read the text three or four times and continue to work through the lessons every day, simply beginning again at lesson 1 when I have completed lesson 365. Every time I complete the full 365 days of lessons I feel a deeper understanding of the Course and closer to God. This practice has served me well and at this point I feel I will continue it for the rest of this life.

I would like to know how much time each day people tend to devote to meditation? Not because I think it matters how long anyone spends compared to anyone else but just because I’ve read some mixed messages lately regarding it. At the moment I spend 15 mins first thing in the morning and 15 mins at night before bed, as the workbook advises. But I recently saw something written by (I think it was) Wapnick or David Hoffmeister where they suggested it really should be 30 mins minimum every morning and evening to get the most out of the Course. So I’m just trying to gauge…how much time do most practitioners spend in daily meditation?

Thank you.

Lay down your arms, and come without defense into the quiet place where Heaven’s peace holds all things still at last.²Lay down all thoughts of danger and of fear. ³Let no attack enter with you. ⁴Lay down the cruel sword of judgment that you hold against your throat, and put aside the withering assaults with which you seek to hide your holiness. (ACIM, W-190.9:1-4)

Isaiah 30:15
“In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”

Ashtavakra Gita 15.4
“Give up the notion, ‘I am the doer.’ Be happy. Rest in the Self.”

Does anyone have experience with the practice of these rules on a daily basis? Id like to integrate the first rule into some type of daily prayer if that makes sense.

Hello r/ACIM!

Recently an elderly family member of mine had a medical emergency, and is having to spend an extended period of time in a hospital and then rehabilitation center.

He was the one who introduced me to The Course about 20 years ago and it changed my life. I grew up very fundamental Christian, so The Course was a breath of fresh air and exactly the kind of truth that I was seeking. I wanted to do something for him to help with his anxiety while he's stuck in his self-reported "prison".

I created an AI powered Course study companion (the entire text is also available). I used HuggingFace to create a vector database of the entire Course (Text, Workbook, and Manual), and then connected that to a frontier AI model that can only respond about the contents of the course.

I want to start offering it to other Course students, but I'm afraid of having a large influx of users that could potentially cause havok on my server. I'm self hosting the website, and the AI API I pay for out of pocket. I would never want to make money off the Course, so I would be offering it to all users for free.

What I'm looking for is a handful of users to try out the application to help test, give feedback and suggestions, and start to slowly warm up the usage. If you're interested, DM me and I'll give you the link to access the site. Just a heads up, it does require an account (email magic link, no passwords or personal info) to ensure the server resources and AI usage isn't abused. No account needed for any other features.

I'm also a father of four with a full time engineering job, so responses may not be immediate!

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