Choose once again

A Course in Miracles teaches that each of us have situations in our lives that seem to recur time and time again – situations which we often experience as frustrating or difficult. ACIM teaches that these are opportunities for us to:

Choose once again.

These opportunities bring us in touch with an area of unforgiveness or fear that needs healing. In these cases, we can choose with our ego and project judgment, anger, blame or guilt into the situation or we can choose with the Holy Spirit and project love and healing.

One of my “choose once again” opportunities –

When I am at home and feeling time pressured, I tend to get very short in conversations with my spouse. I may be needing to get out the door or finish a client assignment. Inevitably, at that very moment, my wife will need something from me. And my typical response just doesn’t seem to be too Christ-centered. In the Disappearance of the Universe, Pursah describes these moments as times when our own unconscious guilt has risen to the surface. And whether it shows up as mild irritation or intense rage, it is all the same – an opportunity to “choose once again.”

And remembering that this is so seems to be the hardest part. If I can just remember that I am not the victim here, but the creator of this dream. My spouse isn’t guilty. She is here to bless me. If I can just remember:

I have projected this for my healing. You are innocent and so am I. I love you and forgive you.

I thank my partners in the Practicing Forgiveness Group for serving as a weekly reminder to me to remember!

In Joy,

Michael