Library of Christ Mind Teachings
ACIM Original Edition
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This course is a beginning, not an end. Your Friend goes with you. You
are not alone. No one who calls on Him can call in vain. Whatever
troubles you, be certain that He has the answer and will gladly give it
to you if you simply turn to Him and ask it of Him. He will not withhold
all answers that you need for anything that seems to trouble you. He
knows the way to solve all problems and resolve all doubts. His
certainty is yours. You need but ask it of Him, and it will be given
you.
2 You are as certain of arriving home as is the pathway of
the sun laid down before it rises, after it has set, and in the half-lit
hours in between. Indeed, your pathway is more certain still, for it
cannot be possible to change the course of those whom God has called to
Him. Therefore, obey your will and follow Him Whom you accepted as your
Voice, to speak of what you really want and really need. His is the
Voice for God, and also yours. And thus He speaks of freedom and of
truth.
3 No more specific lessons are assigned, for there is no more
need of them. Henceforth, hear but the Voice for God and for your Self
when you retire from the world, to seek Reality instead. He will direct
your efforts, telling you exactly what to do, how to direct your mind,
and when to come to Him in silence, asking for His sure direction and
His certain Word. His is the Word that God has given you. His is the
Word you chose to be your own.
4 And now I place you in His hands, to be His faithful
followers, with Him as Guide through every difficulty and all pain that
you may think is real. Nor will He give you pleasures that will pass
away, for He gives only the eternal and the good. Let Him prepare you
further. He has earned your trust by speaking daily to you of your
Father and your brother and your Self. He will continue; now you walk
with Him as certain as is He of where you go; as sure as He of how you
should proceed, as confident as He is of the goal and of your safe
arrival in the end.
5 The end is certain and the means as well. To this we say
“Amen.” We will be told exactly what God wills for us each time there is
a choice to make. And He will speak for God and for your Self, thus
making sure that hell will claim you not and that each choice you make
brings Heaven nearer to your reach. And so we walk with Him from this
time on and turn to Him for guidance and for peace and right direction.
Joy attends our way. For we go homeward to an open door which God has
held unclosed to welcome us.
6 We trust our ways to Him and say “Amen.” In peace we will
continue in His way and trust all things to Him. In confidence we wait
His answers, as we ask His Will in everything we do. He loves God’s Son
as we would love him, and He teaches us how to behold him through His
eyes and love him as He does. You do not walk alone. God’s angels hover
close and all about. His Love surrounds you, and of this be sure: that I
will never leave you comfortless.