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Spirit is ever present in my mind. All His strength He shares with me as I walk this journey with Him.
It is through His strength that my mind is healed. I am grateful.

In this lesson Jesus is telling me that there is only one solution to every problem. He is telling me that
the Holy Spirit abides in my mind and can bring a happy solution to every perception that I hold as I
am willing to open to the healing perceptions that the Holy Spirit brings. But in order for me to hear
His Voice, I must be willing to be still with an open mind. I must be willing to quiet my mind of all the
mental chatter that goes on there. I must be willing to open my mind to receiving the truth. From
this comes true healing. Only from this comes salvation from every problem I think is real.

Every problem comes from belief in separation. Every solution comes from being open to the truth
and receiving Holy Spirit's true perception. That is why there is no order of difficulty in miracles. All
false ideas stemming from belief in separation are equally unreal. All false ideas stemming from
belief in time and space and separate bodies that are born into a brief "life" and then die are equally
unreal.

Only salvation can be said to cure these false ideas. The false ideas are the cause and the effect is
the world of separation I seem to see. As the cause is changed, the effect must change. Only the
Holy Spirit, Which is always in my mind ready to give me a correction in perception, can heal these
false ideas. That is why having a mind open to the Holy Spirit is so important. Salvation does not
happen without openness to the Holy Spirit.

Today I practice opening my mind to the Holy Spirit hourly. Today I practice returning my mind to
the truth which helps me recognize the false ideas for what they are and let them go because they
are not true. Today I practice letting the Holy Spirit guide my life in every way.

I have a few transgressions in my life that have caused me much guilt. I cling to that guilt with great
tenacity. Do I think the pain of guilt will ward off a worse punishment? Is it just another way of
making myself special -- my guilt is a greater burden than your guilt, certainly different from your
guilt?

I bring it to Holy Spirit, but I won't leave it there. I really need this hourly practice today. It is so hard
for my mind to grasp the idea of no order of difficulty in miracles.

Lesson 141 “Review IV: "My mind holds only what I think with God." and
"Forgiveness is the key to happiness.

Forgiveness offers everything I want."”

As I opened my mind to receive understanding about what it means that my mind holds only what I
think with God, it became clear why the titles of the two review statements are true. The Course
tells me that God is Love and nothing else. And being Love, He is also happiness. Thus the only
thoughts my mind can hold must be expressions of Love and must bring happiness with them. If I do
not perceive these thoughts, I must be deciding against God, denying my unity with Him, denying my
unity with Love.

Forgiveness is the key to happiness because forgiveness is the undoing of the denial of Love. The
moment I welcome Love, I am welcoming happiness. Anytime I am bothered because the computer
does not respond like I think it should, or someone does not behave like I think they should, I am

Lessons by Marlyn Marval Feb 23th thru April 9th 2015