Desire - the obstacle to peace ACIM 19 IV 1

#ACIM Workbook Lesson 23 Only Giving Up Attack Will Work

ACIM Text 1.1.27

8/19/25

thwarted desire leads to anger.

- attachment to desire is suffering.

- "nice" - total acceptance as god's provision.

- a computer has operating system. humans have concepts. concepts change life experience. go from "they are attacking/harming/bugging me", to "they are doing the best they can, just like me."

- computers have antiviral. humans have forgiveness.

- judgments for humans like a virus for computer or a rock for a hose that clogs the flow.

- humans think, "I'll hold my resentment until you, the offender change!" this doesn't work, cause it's not their activity that we suffer from, it's the resentment, it blocks the flow of spirit.

- attachment to God breaks all other attachments, unless that attachment is on a concept of god, instead of the experience/presence of god.

- a man falls in thorn bush, and uses the biggest thorn to pick all the others out. you start with he other biggest ones cause you much pain. but as you go you pull out the small ones you didn't notice at all at first. but in the end you even throw that first thorn out too that was your helpful too after done. concept/attachment of God is that thorn.

- Desire doesn't fulfill, might as well let it go to experience God.

- feels better to love than to fight/attack.

- suffering is like a man standing in the purest river dying of thirst. what you need is close, not far away.

- Practice gratitude! every one complaint do 3 gratitude.

ACIM Text 22 I 1-2

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Devotion not Awe. Sameness not differences.