How Is Judgement Relinquished?
“Open-Mindedness” Online Retreat: “Giving the Gift of Christ Vision”—How Is Judgement Relinquished?
In this session, David addresses prayers from the participants with deep and extremely practical answers. We are invited to explore, discover, and go down the rabbit hole of truth, where we can experience the vision of Christ and peace of mind. He also describes the impossible situation of the projected world and how it provides a stark contrast to the gift of pure light!
Gold Nugget:
“Jesus is saying you can give it! He’s saying, in this regard, he’s saying you have it, you truly have it, and you can give it! At other places in the Course, he says, you know, you can’t give something you don’t already have. And he’s telling us you have that spiritual vision! You have that ‘let thine eye be single’ in you. And that gift is not a matter of time; that gift is something you have. And if you decide to give it, if you decide to give it to your wife, to give it to your child, if you decide to give it, that will take you towards what you are praying for. That gift that you have to give is the answer to your question that you wrote out. That gift.
And that gift is pure light. That’s why it’s so different from gifts of this world. You know, it’s not like a birthday gift. You know, ‘Honey, my wife, I’m going to give you an anniversary gift.’ But this is going to be a gift like you’ve never had before. Because it’s pure love! It’s pure, pure, pure love. And what does that mean in terms of time and space? It means I love you unconditionally. It means I love you with no parameters. It means I love you with no ifs, ands, or buts! It means I love you without exception. That’s agape love! That’s what Jesus is teaching us. We have the power, we have the gift inside to give!”
Recorded at the Awakening from the Dream Online Retreat – Open-Mindedness on June 6, 2020
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