ACIM Text Ch 4: IV | This Need Not Be: From Ego Patterns to Choosing Peace

Описание: In this Miracle Monday class, Rev. Lisa Windsor teaches Chapter 4, Section IV of A Course in Miracles: “This Need Not Be.”

With clarity, warmth, and practical guidance, Lisa brings us into one of the most empowering teachings in the Course: we are always choosing, and we can choose again.

Jesus speaks directly to the mind, showing us that when we are not experiencing peace, it is not because something is wrong with us, but because we are listening to the ego instead of the Voice for God. And yet, this is not a cause for guilt. It is an invitation into awareness, responsibility, and freedom.

This class gently shifts our focus away from trying to change behavior and toward recognizing the true cause of our experience. The cause is always in the mind.

We are reminded that sadness, anxiety, and guilt are not fixed states. They arise from beliefs in lack, instability, and separation. And in every case, Jesus offers the same loving correction:

“This need not be.”

Lisa guides us into a deeper understanding of how to watch the mind, step away from ego thoughts through forgiveness, and use our feelings as a clear and honest barometer for alignment with truth.

As we bring the ego into awareness, we begin to see that it offers us nothing real. And from that clarity, we naturally begin to withdraw our belief from it.

This section also introduces a powerful reframe of the First and Second Coming:

The First Coming as our creation as the Christ, the Son of God
The Second Coming as the healing of the mind and the end of the ego’s rule

We are not alone in this awakening. Jesus reminds us that he walks with us and guides us as we learn to choose again.

Together, we explore what it means to:

✨ Recognize that we are always choosing between the ego and the Voice for God
✨ Understand why changing behavior does not change the mind
✨ Identify the beliefs behind sadness, anxiety, and guilt
✨ Use our feelings as a barometer for truth or misperception
✨ Watch the mind and step away from ego thoughts through forgiveness
✨ Bring the ego into awareness and see that it offers nothing real
✨ Understand the Second Coming as the healing of the mind
✨ Trust that we are guided and not alone in the undoing of the ego

📖 Key Teachings and Reminders:

🔹 “If you cannot hear the Voice for God, it is because you do not choose to listen.”
🔹 “When your mood tells you that you have chosen wrongly… know this need not be.”
🔹 “You cannot change your mind by changing your behavior.”
🔹 “Watch your mind for the temptations of the ego.”
🔹 “Judge how well you have done this by your own feelings.”
🔹 “The ego should be brought to judgment and found wanting.”
🔹 “There is no limit to the power of a Son of God.”
🔹 “This need not be.”

Whether you are new to ACIM or have been walking this path for many years, this teaching is a powerful reminder that you are not stuck in the ego’s patterns. You can choose again. You can return to peace.

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