A Course In Miracle Workbook For Dummies
LESSON 109
I rest in God.
W-109.1.
We ask for rest today, and quietness unshaken by the egoic world's appearances. 2
We ask for peace and stillness, in the midst of all the turmoil born of clashing egoic dreams. 3
We ask for safety and for happiness, although we seem to look on danger and on sorrow. 4 And
we have the thought, I rest in God, that will answer our asking with what we request.
W-109.2.
"I rest in God." 2 This thought that you rest in God will bring to you the rest and
quiet, peace and stillness, and the safety and the happiness you seek. 3 "I rest in God." 4 This
thought that you rest in God has power to wake the sleeping truth in you, whose vision of
Christ sees beyond appearances to that same truth in everyone and everything there is. 5 I rest
in God is the end of suffering for all the world, and everyone who ever came and yet will come
to linger for a while in this world. 6 I rest in God is the thought in which the Son of God is born
again, to recognize himself.
W-109.3.
"I rest in God." 2 Completely undismayed, this thought that you rest in God will
carry you through storms and strife, past misery and pain, past loss and death, and onward to the
certainty of God. 3 There is no suffering this thought that you rest in God cannot heal. 4 There
is no problem that this thought that you rest in God cannot solve. 5 And no appearance but
will turn to truth before the eyes of you who rest in God.
W-109.4.
This is the day of peace. 2 You rest in God, and while the egoic world is torn by
winds of hate your rest remains completely undisturbed. 3 Yours is the rest of truth. 4
Appearances cannot intrude on you. 5 You call to all to join you in your rest, and they will hear
and come to you because you rest in God. 6 All that join you will not hear another voice than
yours because you gave your voice to God, and now you rest in God and let the Holy Spirit
speak through you.
W-109.5.
In the Holy Spirit you have no cares and no concerns, no burdens, no anxiety, no
pain, no fear of future and no past regrets. 2 In timelessness you rest, while time goes by without
time’s touch upon you, for your rest in God can never change in any way at all. 3 You rest today
in God. 4 And as you close your eyes, sink into stillness. 5 Let these periods of rest and respite
reassure your mind that all its frantic fear-based egoic fantasies were but the dreams of fever
that has passed away. 6 Let your egoic mind be still and thankfully accept your ego’s healing. 7
No more fearful egoic dreams will come, now that you rest in God. 8 Take time today to slip
away from fearful egoic dreams and into the peace of God.
W-109.6.
Each hour that you take your rest in God today, a tired split mind is suddenly
made glad, a bird with broken wings begins to sing, a stream long dry begins to flow again. 2
The world is born again each time you rest in God, and hourly remember that you came to bring
the peace of God into the world, that the world might take its rest in God along with you.
W-109.7.
With each five minutes that you rest in God today, the world is nearer waking. 2
And the time when rest in God will be the only thing there is comes closer to all worn and tired
split minds, too weary now to go their way alone. 3 And the tired split minds will hear the bird
begin to sing and see the stream begin to flow again, with hope reborn and energy restored to
walk with lightened steps along the road that suddenly seems easy as they go.
W-109.8.
You rest within the peace of God today, and call upon your brothers from your
rest in God to draw your brothers to their rest in God, along with you. 2 You will be faithful to
your trust today, forgetting no one, bringing everyone into the boundless circle of your peace in
God, the holy sanctuary where you rest in God. 3 Open the temple doors and let all come from
far across the world, and near as well; your distant brothers and your closest friends; bid them all
enter here and rest in God with you.
W-109.9.
You rest within the peace of God today, quiet and unafraid. 2 Each brother comes
to take his rest in God, and offer his rest in God to you. 3 We rest together here, for thus our
rest is made complete, and what we give today we have received already. 4 Time is not the
guardian of what we give today. 5 We give to those unborn and those passed by, to every
Thought of God, and to the Mind in which these Thoughts were born and where these Thoughts
rest. 6 And we remind all of their resting place each time we tell ourselves, "I rest in God."
Notes to Lesson #109
I rest in God.
I rest in God is what we have actually come here to experience in this fear-based world that the
collective consciousness of the egoic mind has created.
I rest in God has the power to restore your inner peace. This is the one thought in which the Son
of God is born again to recognize himself as the big “S” Self. This world of conflict, struggle and
egoic striving gives way to the realization that you remain God’s beloved Child and nothing can
rob you of your inner peace. You rest in the strength and certainty that God’s plan is the perfect
path for all.
You accept God’s Will as your will. Happiness and the peace of God are both your divine
birthright and your destiny. You no longer are concerned with your ego’s plans that dictate you
must obtain a certain result to gain salvation. Instead, you realize that everyone’s salvation is
guaranteed by God and that each is on their own perfect path of reawakening. Tolerance,
allowance and acceptance have replaced striving, correcting and arguing for the rightness of your
ego’s plan for salvation.
When you rest in God, calmness and peace abide in you. You accept the grace of God. Grace is
the acceptance of the love of God in a world of seeming hate and fear. Note this definition. Grace
does not mean that the mass collective consciousness that created this world of egoic form will
suddenly become all peaceful and loving. Everyone will not share your vision of Christ and fear
will not disappear from this planet. Instead, it will mean that the illusion of fear and hatred will
no longer find a place in your heart. You will not allow your inner peace to be subservient to the
drama that this fear-based world seems to relish.
To the outside observer, the world may continue to be full of hate and fear. But this illusion no
longer is something you need fear. Illusions cannot shake your certainty in the truth of what you
are. When you rest in God, you have given yourself the right to drop your ego’s plan to save the
world. You have given yourself permission to allow and go with the flow that is God’s plan.
The ego’s plan envisions some predetermined results that must be obtained. It dictates a
particular plan that you must follow to get the predetermined results. This engenders a great deal
of stress and prevents you from being in the moment.
When you rest in God, you can enjoy everyone’s journey resting in the certainty that each is
exactly where they want to be and need to be in their own journey of rediscovery. You can
observe another’s journey that seems full of turmoil and drama and simply marvel at their
creation. You do not make them wrong for choosing a different perfect path from your own. You
have surrendered your ego’s will to the Will of God. You feel safe and confident in asking and
following the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
You are a spiritual being having an earthly experience and can enjoy the journey. You no longer
have to save, fix, control, change, impress or protect another. Instead, you accept, allow and
simply ask the Holy Spirit what love would have you do. You follow your inner guidance system
that monitors your inner peace and go in that direction.
This does not mean that you will automatically comply with another party’s plans because you
rest in God. Rather, it means you are free from being manipulated by the blame, shame, and guilt
games of this world. It is no longer necessary for you to follow anyone’s egoic plans for their
salvation and happiness. You rest in the certainty that the Voice for God is within you and is the
only plan to be followed.
This means that discernment has replaced egoic judgment. You will still be able to observe
events as they unfold in time and space and realize that you would not choose that experience for
yourself nor respond to those circumstances in the same way. But you will no longer have to
make the other party wrong for their decision. Allowance and tolerance will replace your need to
judge and be right. This change in perception arises from the knowledge that each is on their own
perfect path.
This change in how you perceive time grants you the calmness and inner peace that allows you
to accept the love of God in a world of seeming fear and hate. Nothing can rob you of your own
inner peace. You realize that you do not know the big picture but your strength rests in the
certainty that only God’s plan will work and you become a willing and active witness for that
plan.
Question: On the practical level, if you rest in God, does that mean that you will become a
passive observer and not an active participant on this game board of time and space?
Meditate and contemplate that question and we will discuss this question more in future lessons.
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