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Thus we believe we must be on constant alert to defend ourselves against the evils of the world we
have made. Yet these evils are only the reflection of our own belief that we have succeeded in
separating from God. That is why in paragraph seven it says that defensiveness proclaims we have
denied the Christ and come to fear his Father's anger. We see His fearful image at work in all the
evils of the world.

Sometimes we openly acknowledge this. We call severe weather, earthquakes and volcanic
eruptions acts of God. But most of the time when a loved one says something we perceive as hurting
us we do not think of it as really a projection of our fear of an angry God. Yet our defensiveness, the
the lesson is telling us, proclaims that this perception is a denial of the Christ. So when we fear a
brother, it is really a reflection of an underlying fear of God.

The antidote to this is learning to see the Christ in all my brothers, which is to see the one true Self
we all share as the Son of God. As we practice listening to the Voice for God all through the day, we
will be guided to see the face of Christ everywhere. As we offer that perception to all our brothers,
we learn that there is no true cause for defensiveness. And we rest in the strength of Love that is
wholly defenseless. No longer do we fear pain and suffering at every turn, for we come to know that
Love walks with us in every instant. We know that Love is changeless and therefore perfectly safe.
There is nothing to defend, for what cannot be changed needs no defense.

Holy Spirit, help me to see Love everywhere today, that I may know my strength and see that same
strength in everyone.

In this lesson, Jesus is reminding me to lay aside my belief in this world. He reminds me that this
world is just a fantasy that provides a defense against remembering our true Identity as eternal
Spirit and remembering our oneness in God.

The more I believe in the fantasies of this world, the more I will feel threatened and feel a need to
defend. He reminds me that belief in the imaginings of this world will bind me stronger into
defensiveness and will sabotage my connection with the inner peace of my true Nature as part of
God. The more I sink deeper into the world's illusions by making them real, the more I will think I
need to defend against these illusions.

Jesus tells me the way out of this dilemma is to focus on the true Strength that resides in my mind,
behind the illusions of the world. This Strength that is still in my mind is the Christ in me. He tells me,
"Perhaps you will recall the text maintains that choice is always made between Christ's strength and
your own weakness, seen apart from Him." The Christ in me will guide me to look past dreams, past
the fantasies of the world to the one Light that we all are. This is where my safety lies. This is where I
will feel the peace, Love and joy of my true Identity.

It is from this place of inner peace that I will receive the guidance to take my role in the undoing of
the game of fear. In the quiet place, left open and clear of the dreams of fear, I am guided to let my
belief in weakness disappear. I am guided by the strength of my true, eternal safety. I am guided to
accept God's gifts, which help me remember that I am safe and cannot be harmed in truth. I am
guided to lay aside what was never real and see the Light of Christ in my brothers instead.

Ego is only of the mind. It is not of the body. Ego identifies with body but is not at home in the body
and transcends individual bodies. Ego is the part of the mind that individualizes, that thinks it is

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