By Gonny This afternoon, I sat with my cup of coffee and did that thing we sometimes do:
“Holy Spirit, what would You like Me to read today?”
I opened My ACIM book randomly, and there it was. Lesson 196.
“It can be but Myself I crucify.”
My first thought?
Oh dear… not exactly the feel-good quote of the day.
No fluffy clouds. No harp music. Just crucifixion.
But then again… this Course always knows what It’s doing.
Because hidden inside this dramatic title is actually the gentlest of invitations.
Not a threat, but a quiet undoing of a very old habit…the habit of blaming, pointing, judging… thinking it’s about “them.”
You know the scene.
Someone says something that rubs you the wrong way.
Or forgets to say thank you.
Or looks at you like you just landed from Mars.
The ego perks up like a cat hearing a mouse.
How dare they? Don’t they know who I am?
But ACIM softly reminds Us:
Whatever I do to another in My mind, I do to Myself.
There is no “them.” Just One. One Mind. One Son.
So when I send out a little jab of judgment, it doesn’t land over there…it boomerangs.
It’s like aiming an arrow at someone… while standing in front of a mirror.
Even that inner sigh of “Pfff, typical…”
is Me quietly choosing a tiny nail.
Not for them….for Me.
But here’s the miracle.
I can stop. Right now.
I can put the hammer down.
I can remember:
I don’t want to crucify anyone…not even in thought…because I’m only hurting the One I truly love: Me. (The Son of God)
And the moment I choose to see them with softer eyes,
the nails disappear. The cross dissolves.
And peace returns like a warm breeze through an open window.
So next time someone presses one of those juicy buttons,
You can smile, maybe even wink inside, and say:
“Ah… Lesson 196. I remember. Not today.”
Because You love YourSelf enough now to let everyone be free.
Even You.
With love and light,
G.
P.S. Note on Capitals
In this text, words like Me, You, or Self are sometimes written with a capital letter. They point to the true Self…not the little me or you with its habits and stories, but the part of Me and You that is eternal, whole, and one with God.
It’s a gentle reminder:
You/Me are not the ego.
You/Me are the Light behind it.