we continue today with chapter 8 the
treasure of God we are all the joint
will of the sonship whose wholeness is
for all we begin to journey back by
setting out together and gather our
brothers as we continue together every
gain in our strength is offered for all
so they too can lay aside their weakness
and add their strength to us God's
welcome waits for us all and he will
welcome us as I am welcoming you forget
not the kingdom of God for anything the
world has to offer the world can add
nothing to the power and the glory of
God and His Holy sons but it can blind
the sons to the father if they behold it
you cannot behold the world and know God
only one is true I am come to tell you
that the choice of which is true is not
yours to make if it were you would have
destroyed yourself yet God did not will
the destruction of his creations having
created them for eternity
his will has saved you not from yourself
but from your illusion of yourself
he has saved you for yourself let us
glorify Him whom the world denies for
over his kingdom the world has no power
no one created by God can find joy in
anything except the eternal not because
he is deprived of anything else but
because nothing else is worthy of him
what god and his sons create is eternal
and in this and this only is their joy
listen to the story of the prodigal son
and learn what God's treasure is and
yours the son of a loving father left
his home and thought he had squandered
everything for naught
of any value although he had not
understood its worthlessness at the time
he was ashamed to return to his father
because he thought he had hurt him yet
when he came home the father welcomed
him with joy because the son himself was
his father's treasure he wanted nothing
else
God wants only his son because his son
is his only treasure you want your
creations as he wants his your creations
are your gift to the Holy Trinity
created in gratitude for your creation
they do not leave you any more than you
left your Creator but they extend your
creation as God extended himself to you
can the creations of God himself take
joy and what is not real and what is
real except the creations of God and
those that are created like his your
creations love you as you love your
father for the gift of creation there is
no other gift that is eternal and
therefore there is no other gift that is
true how then can you accept anything
else or give anything else and expect
joy in return and what else but joy
would you want you made neither yourself
nor your function you made only the
decision to be unworthy of both yet you
cannot make yourself unworthy because
you are the treasure of God and what he
values is valuable there can be no
question of its worth because its value
lies in God's sharing himself with it
and establishing its value forever
your function is to add to God's
treasure by creating yours his will to
you is his will for you he would not
withhold creation from you because his
joy is in it you cannot find joy except
as God does
his joy lay in creating you and he
extends his fatherhood to you so that
you can extend yourself as he did you do
not understand this because you do not
understand him no one who does not
accept his function can understand what
it is and no one can accept his function
unless he knows what he is creation is
the will of God his will created you to
create your will was not created
separate from his and so you must will
as he wills an unwilling will does not
mean anything being a contradiction in
terms that actually means nothing when
you think you are unwilling to will with
God you are not thinking God's will is
thought it cannot be contradicted by
thought God does not contradict himself
and his sons who are like him cannot
contradict themselves or him yet their
thought is so powerful but they can even
imprison the mind of God's Son if they
so choose this choice does make the sons
function unknown to him but never to his
creator and because it is not unknown to
his creator it is forever knowable to
him there is no question but one you
should ever ask yourself do I want to
know my father's will for me he will not
hide it he has revealed it to me because
I asked it of him and learned of what he
had already given our function is to
work together because apart from each
other we cannot fulfill function at all
the whole power of God's Son lies in all
of us but not in any of us alone
God would not have us be alone because
he does not will to be alone that is why
he created his son and gave him the
power to create with him
our creations are as holy as we are and
we are the sons of God himself as holy
as he is through our creations we extend
our love and thus increase the joy of
the Holy Trinity you do not understand
this because you are God's own treasure
do not regard yourself as valuable given
this belief you cannot understand
anything I share with God the knowledge
of the value he puts upon you my
devotion to you is of him being born of
my knowledge of myself and him we cannot
be separated whom God has joined cannot
be separated and God had joined all his
sons with himself can you be separated
from your life and your being
attorney to God is merely the
reawakening of the knowledge of where
you are always and what you are forever
it is a journey without distance to a
goal that has never changed truth can
only be experienced it cannot be
described and it cannot be explained I
can make you aware of the conditions of
truth but the experience is of God
together we can meet its conditions but
truth will dawn upon you of itself what
God has willed for you is yours he has
given his will to his treasure whose
treasure it is your heart lies where
your treasure is as his does you who are
beloved of God are holy blessed learn
this of me and free the holy will of all
those who are as blessed as you are
and from the workbook lesson 61 I am the
light of the world
who is the light of the world except
God's Son this then is merely a
statement of the truth about yourself it
is the opposite of a statement of pride
of arrogance or self-deception it does
not describe the self-concept you have
made it does not refer to any of the
characteristics with which you have
endowed your idols it refers to you as
you were created by God it simply states
the truth to the ego today's idea is the
epitome of self-glorification but the
ego does not understand humility
mistaking it for self debasement you
meilahti consist of accepting your role
in Salvation and in taking no other it
is not humility to insist you cannot be
the light of the world if that is the
function God assigned to you
it is only arrogance that would assert
this function cannot be for you and
arrogance is always of the ego true
humility requires that you accept
today's idea because it is God's voice
which tells you it is true this is a
beginning step in accepting your real
function on earth it is a giant stride
toward taking your rightful place in
salvation it is a positive assertion of
your right to be saved an acknowledgment
of the power that is given you to save
others you will want to think about this
idea as often as possible today it is
the perfect answer to all illusions and
therefore to all temptation it brings
all the images you have made about
yourself to the truth and helps you
depart in peace unburdened and certain
of your purpose
as many practice periods as possible
should be undertaken today although each
one need not exceed a minute or two they
should begin with telling yourself I am
the light of the world that is my only
function that is why I am here then
think about these statements for a short
Wow
preferably with your eyes closed if the
situation permits that a few related
thoughts come to you and repeat the idea
to yourself if your mind wanders away
from the central thought be sure both to
begin and end the day with the practice
period thus you will awaken with an
acknowledgment of the truth about
yourself reinforce it throughout the day
and turn to sleep as you reaffirm your
function and your only purpose here
these two practise periods may be longer
than the rest if you find them helpful
and want to extend them today's idea
goes far beyond the egos petty views of
what you are and what your purpose is is
a bringer of salvation this is obviously
necessary this is the first of a number
of giant steps we will take in the next
few weeks today begin to build a firm
foundation for these advances you are
the light of the world God has built his
plan for the salvation of his son on you
I am the light of the world
we begin this acceleration in accepting
the truth beyond words beyond
descriptions happiness joy
I am reminded of the Oman and Shanti
song I am the light of the world that is
my only function that is why I am here I
am the light of the world
hmm think into that today let that happy
thoughts roll through your mind sore
today soar high soar in the truth do not
look back today
today is the day of accepting the
magnificence of identity in God the body
becomes a distant memory the earth
becomes a distant fading memory you soar
higher and higher into the light of
truth oneness love
the text reminds us today that we are
the treasure of God we are the joint
will of the sonship whose wholeness is
for all today we lay aside all weakness
we accept the strength of God and gods
go for us forget not the kingdom of God
for anything the world has to offer
our strength is offered for all you
cannot behold the world and know God
only one is true I am come to tell you
that the choice of which is true is not
yours to make
God did not will the destruction of his
creations having created them for
eternity his will has saved you not from
yourself but from your illusion of
yourself
he has saved you for yourself
let us glorify Him whom the world denies
for over his kingdom the world has no
power no one created by God can find joy
in anything except the eternal it paused
to remember the story of the prodigal
son
remembering what caused treasure is
remembering what our treasure is spirit
is the gift spirit is our home the son
lives in the Father and cannot leave the
father this is what awakening means this
is the meaning of self-realization this
is enlightenment
I am as God created me I am the light of
the world
that is my only function that is why I
am here
amen