Lesson 68 Love holds no grievances. 1. You who were created by love like itself can hold no grievances and know your Self. ²To hold a grievance is to forget who you are. ³To hold a grievance is to see yourself as a body. ⁴To hold a grievance is to let the ego rule your mind and to condemn the body to death. ⁵Perhaps you do not yet fully realize just what holding grievances does to your mind. ⁶It seems to split you off from your Source and make you unlike Him. ⁷It makes you believe that He is like what you think you have become, for no one can conceive of his Creator as unlike himself. 2. Shut off from your Self, which remains aware of Its likeness to Its Creator, your Self seems to sleep, while the part of your mind that weaves illusions in its sleep appears to be awake. ²Can all this arise from holding grievances? ³Oh, yes! ⁴For he who holds grievances denies he was created by love, and his Creator has become fearful to him in his dream of hate. ⁵Who can dream of hatred and not fear God? 3. It is as sure that those who hold grievances will redefine God in their own image, as it is certain that God created them like Himself, and defined them as part of Him. ²It is as sure that those who hold grievances will suffer guilt, as it is certain that those who forgive will find peace. ³It is as sure that those who hold grievances will forget who they are, as it is certain that those who forgive will remember. 4. Would you not be willing to relinquish your grievances if you believed all this were so? ²Perhaps you do not think you can let your grievances go. ³That, however, is simply a matter of motivation. ⁴Today we will try to find out how you would feel without them. ⁵If you succeed even by ever so little, there will never be a problem in motivation ever again. 5. Begin today’s extended practice period by searching your mind for those against whom you hold what you regard as major grievances. ²Some of these will be quite easy to find. ³Then think of the seemingly minor grievances you hold against those you like and even think you love. ⁴It will quickly become apparent that there is no one against whom you do not cherish grievances of some sort. ⁵This has left you alone in all the universe in your perception of yourself.

Lesson 67 Love created me like itself. 1. Today’s idea is a complete and accurate statement of what you are. ²This is why you are the light of the world. ³This is why God appointed you as the world’s savior. ⁴This is why the Son of God looks to you for his salvation. ⁵He is saved by what you are. ⁶We will make every effort today to reach this truth about you, and to realize fully, if only for a moment, that it is the truth. 2. In the longer practice period, we will think about your reality and its wholly unchanged and unchangeable nature. ²We will begin by repeating this truth about you, and then spend a few minutes adding some relevant thoughts, such as: ³Holiness created me holy. ⁴Kindness created me kind. ⁵Helpfulness created me helpful. ⁶Perfection created me perfect. ⁷Any attribute which is in accord with God as He defines Himself is appropriate for use. ⁸We are trying today to undo your definition of God and replace it with His Own. ⁹We are also trying to emphasize that you are part of His definition of Himself. 3. After you have gone over several such related thoughts, try to let all thoughts drop away for a brief preparatory interval, and then try to reach past all your images and preconceptions about yourself to the truth in you. ²If love created you like itself, this Self must be in you. ³And somewhere in your mind It is there for you to find. 4. You may find it necessary to repeat the idea for today from time to time to replace distracting thoughts. ²You may also find that this is not sufficient, and that you need to continue adding other thoughts related to the truth about yourself. ³Yet perhaps you will succeed in going past that, and through the interval of thoughtlessness to the awareness of a blazing light in which you recognize yourself as love created you. ⁴Be confident that you will do much today to bring that awareness nearer, whether you feel you have succeeded or not. 5. It will be particularly helpful today to practice the idea for the day as often as you can. ²You need to hear the truth about yourself as frequently as possible, because your mind is so preoccupied with false self-images. ³Four or five times an hour, and perhaps even more, it would be most beneficial to remind yourself that love created you like itself. ⁴Hear the truth about yourself in this.

Lesson 45 God is the Mind with which I think. 1. Today’s idea holds the key to what your real thoughts are. ²They are nothing that you think you think, just as nothing that you think you see is related to vision in any way. ³There is no relationship between what is real and what you think is real. ⁴Nothing that you think are your real thoughts resemble your real thoughts in any respect. ⁵Nothing that you think you see bears any resemblance to what vision will show you. 2. You think with the Mind of God. ²Therefore you share your thoughts with Him, as He shares His with you. ³They are the same thoughts, because they are thought by the same Mind. ⁴To share is to make alike, or to make one. ⁵Nor do the thoughts you think with the Mind of God leave your mind, because thoughts do not leave their source. ⁶Therefore, your thoughts are in the Mind of God, as you are. ⁷They are in your mind as well, where He is. ⁸As you are part of His Mind, so are your thoughts part of His Mind. 3. Where, then, are your real thoughts? ²Today we will attempt to reach them. ³We will have to look for them in your mind, because that is where they are. ⁴They must still be there, because they cannot have left their source. ⁵What is thought by the Mind of God is eternal, being part of creation. 4. Our three five-minute practice periods for today will take the same general form that we used in applying yesterday’s idea. ²We will attempt to leave the unreal and seek for the real. ³We will deny the world in favor of truth. ⁴We will not let the thoughts of the world hold us back. ⁵We will not let the beliefs of the world tell us that what God would have us do is impossible. ⁶Instead, we will try to recognize that only what God would have us do is possible. 5. We will also try to understand that only what God would have us do is what we want to do. ²And we will also try to remember that we cannot fail in doing what He would have us do. ³There is every reason to feel confident that we will succeed today. ⁴It is the Will of God.

Blessings Kings! I am grateful for each one of you for showing up for yourself and committing to your healing and growth each day. I am feeling called to commit deeper to A Course In Miracles as a result of this challenge and will be sharing every day a Lesson of the Day from the book. Additionally, I am feeling called to create my own Guided Breathwork & Meditation Journeys that can be accessed at any time, and I am working on an upcoming Holistic Lifestyle Mastermind Retreat in Colombia which will take place in the beginning of December. Here is Lesson 31 from ACIM Lesson 31: I am not the victim of the world I… | ACIM This Rising I was reminded by the importance of not taking things personally and being able to witness my life from an impersonal lens. A sense of ease and peace entered my being through my practice, and I realized how the drama of my external world is really a creation of my internal world, and I have the ability to shift what is happening internally. I'd love to hear about your reflections below. May we have a joy-full and abundant day. -Zach

Grand Rising Kings! Today at 3 PM EST will be our closing Integration Circle on Zoom. Take a moment today to reflect and celebrate yourself for the energy that you are putting into your life and mission. Based on our leaderboards, here are the winners of our challenge. 🥇First Place @Nate Baumgardner 🥈Second Place @Rue Evans 🥉Third Place @Rishua M Throughout this week I will be reaching out to the winners to connect directly and share their prizes. Day 29 &30 Meditation Practice https://youtu.be/51PZq4GQQrw?si=NTbrltZNOqruKIsv Day 29 & 30 Questions What did you experience in the last 30 days of committing to your Rising Ritual and embodiment practices? What were your biggest insights and takeaways from the Challenge? What changes are you implementing into your life? What topics would you like to explore deeper in our brotherhood? Lesson 29 & 30 ACIM Lesson 29: God is in everything I see | ACIM Lesson 30: God is in everything I see because… | ACIM Comment below closing reflection of the 30-Day Embodiment Challenge. We are leading the way through our example and BEing! -Zach