Commentary on ACIM Lesson 334

© 2010 Rev. David Seacord

What is it to 'behold my brother sinless?'. Is in not the same as being willing to give up all judgements and assessments of her/him/them? And since we are all (in actuality) in a oneness with all our 'brothers', would it not also mean extending this giving up of judgements to ourselves also? Personally, I cannot find any answer but 'yes'.

To practice the above principle, what would that look like? I go to my favorite Zen writing for a timeless peek....

"If you wish to move in the Way, do not dislike even the world of senses and ideas. Indeed, to accept them fully is identical with true enlightenment. The wise man strives to no goals... but the foolish man fetters himself. There is one Dharma, not many; distinctions arise from the clinging needs of the ignorant. To seek Mind with the discriminating mind is the greatest of all mistakes."

I have been wondering how much this paragraph describes how I have been being in the past, even up to the Now.... Having set down my absolute rule of eating only raw food and now being a few percent cooked on the other side of that, I can get that there has been 'a bit' of judging/assessing of others in the area of food for the last decade.

Right now, where my heart call is leading me is languaged well by the same Zen writing: "One thing, all things: move among and intermingle, without distinction." I like this.... this permission to be a free being, with only Love as my guide.

Ultimately, I also do 'seek' but the eternal... and to see that in all things and beings. God's gifts come in every form and color and flavor and culture and persuasion.... Today I was thinking about Neem Karoli Baba, a guru who lived in India earlier in my lifetime. He ate whatever people made for him as a Love-gift.... without effect.... how could he turn it down without denying that it is the Love in it that is Supreme..... and the only purpose of our existence.... the only purpose of our creation ... to express without limits our Creator's Infinite Love.

Namaste,

David

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Lesson 334

Today I claim the gifts forgiveness gives.

I will not wait another day to find the treasures that my Father offers me. Illusions are all vain, and dreams are gone even while they are woven out of thoughts that rest on false perceptions. Let me not accept such meager gifts again today. God's Voice is offering the peace of God to all who hear and choose to follow Him. This is my choice today. And so I go to find the treasures God has given me.

I seek but the eternal. For Your Son can be content with nothing less than this. What, then, can be his solace but what You are offering to his bewildered mind and frightened heart, to give him certainty and bring him peace? Today I would behold my brother sinless. This Your Will for me, for so will I behold my sinlessness.