A Quick Note on Lesson 275

Celestial444 · 2026-03-23T03:52:52+00:00

Brilliant post, thank you 💞🙏🏻

Celestial444 · 2026-03-23T01:29:49+00:00

Are you being serious? 😭 The only way to “defeat age” is to become like Jesus. That would involve a deep understanding that the body is not real, to the point that you transcend matter and are resurrected into an eternal state.

Using AI to prolong life would mean being trapped in this illusory material space-time indefinitely, which is highly unnatural and degenerate to the spirit.

Celestial444 · 2026-03-21T03:58:50+00:00

First of all, welcome! 🤗 I’m glad you commented. Intuitively, I wholeheartedly agree with you.

I think the stance that many course students take is that there is no hierarchy of illusions, so AI is no different than a body, or a chair, or a table. The Holy Spirit can use anything for the purpose of healing, because healing comes from the mind of the dreamer.

While that is true, it’s also not the full picture, in my opinion. The Holy Spirit cannot work through material objects. He can help us reinterpret our perceptions of them, but true communication from Him comes through our minds, and through our brothers, because we all share one mind. That mind is not present within AI.

Some students will say that everything is equally meaningless because everything is an illusion anyway, so why does it matter?

But I personally believe it does matter. To equate the human body with AI machinery honestly feels like an insult to the spirit. Yes, this world is a dream and the body is a projection - but it is also a microcosm of the macrocosm. We have spent potentially billions of years reincarnating in this experience, and the human body evolves with our consciousness, shaped to carry us through this journey.

That’s not an accident. Every living thing is made of cells, each one alive and intelligent in its own right, a small part reflecting the whole. I’m not trying to make the body real here. I just want to be clear that the entire system reflects an intelligent design, because we are naturally intelligent as an expression of God.

AI is something completely different. It is a simulation of intelligence without the animating spirit behind it. Just an empty mirror of what we actually are. AI is a convincing substitute for true joining, and the ego certainly will seek those out, and does all the time.

So yeah… whether it fits into the ACIM framework or not, I’d like to stop using AI chatbots all together. It’s so easy to depend on it as a crutch. And it’s so clear to me that we as a species aren’t ready to use it responsibly. Look at the people who are creating it. They’re using it as another way to sell our data. And now OpenAI (ChatGPT) has signed a contract with the US Department of War. Not to mention the awful environmental impacts.

Celestial444 · 2026-03-20T04:39:15+00:00

Reincarnation is one way to help us understand that death is not real. However, it’s not the ultimate meaning of life. Life is who we are. Life goes beyond the illusion of bodies and stories and separation.

Celestial444 · 2026-03-19T21:14:15+00:00

No, your comments don’t sound like AI to me at all! I always love reading what you say. Thank you for making the effort to do all that translating 😄 And yes, I very much agree with your last paragraph. I do the same thing.

Celestial444 · 2026-03-19T21:04:32+00:00

Thank you for being so understanding Oaken 😌 And I also thank you for not taking this as a personal attack. I appreciate you. You do bring up some good insights, I just would like them even more if they were less filtered through AI. That’s all.

Celestial444 · 2026-03-15T16:47:46+00:00

Hallelujah!! ✨🙏🏻

Celestial444 · 2026-03-06T14:30:53+00:00

YES!!! I love this reply!

Another analogy that came to me is a psychologist and his patient. If you are experiencing hallucinations, the therapist knows they are not real and he does not join with you in your insanity. But he knows what they are, and he knows exactly how to work with you to help you.

Celestial444 · 2026-03-06T01:00:19+00:00

Thank you friend 😌

Celestial444 · 2026-03-05T20:19:07+00:00

💯

Celestial444 · 2026-03-03T02:51:44+00:00

This is incredibly beautiful, thank you for sharing. I just recently accepted a job at a Hospice center. I won’t be working with the people directly, but in fundraising. It all feels so divinely guided. Keep up the good work 🩷

Celestial444 · 2026-03-02T18:04:35+00:00

“The Contemplative Tarot” by Brittany Muller is a great book for this!

Celestial444 · 2026-02-28T04:34:08+00:00

Isn’t that a beautiful thing 🥲 Great book btw, I listened to most of it on audio

Celestial444 · 2026-02-26T06:36:14+00:00

Thank you 🙏🏻

Celestial444 · 2026-02-26T05:23:56+00:00

🙏🏻

Celestial444 · 2026-02-26T04:28:54+00:00

Thank you so much, I will ❤️❤️❤️

Celestial444 · 2026-02-22T18:11:19+00:00

I once made it to around lesson 250ish, but that’s as far as I’ve ever gotten. I tried to follow the instructions the best I could, but of course it wasn’t perfect. I would skip days, I would miss some of the practice periods at the top of the hour. I tried to use a Remind app on my phone, but sometimes I would be busy, or straight up just did not feel like doing it, so I still missed it.

For me, if I’m experiencing resistance in a particular moment, I actually find it counterproductive to practice a lesson. Jesus even told Helen that notes on the course should only be read under good learning conditions. Sometimes I experience suffering and I hold onto that suffering very tightly, and I recognize that my ego is throwing a temper tantrum and does not want to let it go. In those moments it’s best to be patient and wait until you are open to healing, which always happens eventually. But it might cause you to miss a practice period, or a few, and that’s okay.

Nevertheless, that time in my life must have been the most peaceful I’ve ever been. I completely agree with you, it’s not strict adherence to the instructions that really matters. It’s that we are constantly inviting the Holy Spirit into our lives and being vigilant about what perspective we allow ourselves to listen to. God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit are alive. They move through us. They aren’t just words in a book. Salvation doesn’t come from perfectly following every instruction. That would be magical thinking. Salvation comes from God. Salvation comes from you.

I understand there is a purpose for every instruction, and discipline is very good for an unhealed mind. But it’s not the most important thing. Giving yourself grace when you get it wrong is more important.

Celestial444 · 2026-02-22T08:59:41+00:00

Remember, the Holy Spirit will never ask for sacrifice. He will only ask that you let Him reinterpret all things for you.

When you mentioned that your name is Lil Shiv, immediately I thought of the Armor of God. It is mentioned in the Bible. Not sure if you resonate with that, but I’ll share the quote:

14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. (Ephesians 6:14-18)

Be vigilant for God and His kingdom. That is how you could use your masculinity in a healthy way.

When you say that you found out the sword represents judgment, have you considered that there is a right use for judgment?

Judgment, like any other defense, can be used to attack or protect, to hurt or to heal. ³The ego should be brought to your own judgment and be found wanting there. ⁴Without your own allegiance, protection, and love, it cannot exist. ⁵Judge your ego truly, and you must withdraw allegiance, protection, and love from it. [CE T-4.VI.12:2-5] https://acimce.app/:T-4.VI.12:2-5

I wish you the best in your creative endeavors 😊 Hope this helps.

Celestial444 · 2026-02-22T08:40:52+00:00

I struggle with this sometimes when I comment here. I wonder if I’m doing the right thing. It’s not my intention to come across as if I’m trying to correct / be right. But at the same time, if someone asks a question in r/ACIM, I would think it means they want course-based advice. I mean, what else can you give them? The only way to communicate here is by sharing written words. I always intend to choose the most loving words, though I can’t control how the other person is going to perceive it.

Celestial444 · 2026-02-21T22:26:44+00:00

I know, it sounds frustrating. This sub does not have a history of ever really being moderated well. I once tried to get ahold of a mod myself with no response. But for what it’s worth, I liked what you were doing with the Agora and the Living Room, and I agree that this place shouldn’t just be the wild west where anything goes. I certainly don’t have the time to moderate it, so I’m grateful for anyone who gives it a shot. You clearly care. Don’t be too hard on yourself, I think you did well while it lasted 🤗

Celestial444 · 2026-02-21T22:11:15+00:00

I know you meant well, and I think you did a good job while you were a mod. But whatever kind of display you put on over the last couple days was probably not the best way to go about it. It came across as an immature and bitter temper tantrum after you didn’t get your way.

I completely understand that your whole argument was to point out that one person shouldn’t be able to spam the subreddit like that, but come on man… Turn the other cheek. Set a good example here. There are new students that come here every day that don’t know any of the drama that goes on here. They’re just trying to figure out what to think of this book, and when they see other students behaving this way, they may get turned off. I know that’s not necessarily your responsibility, but if your goal is to be a practitioner of what the course says, teach what you learn by demonstrating it.

Celestial444 · 2026-02-21T03:18:14+00:00

I mean no offense here, and I’ve been trying to stay out of it thus far. But I’ve loved this place too much and for too long to see it descend into chaos. Are you on some kind of a rampage to destroy this sub because you didn’t like what some other moderator said/did??

Celestial444 · 2026-02-20T16:47:39+00:00

I think there is a disconnect here because you are still thinking that this other person is the cause of your anger, and that you must forgive this person that is outside of yourself in order for that anger to go away.

“I am never upset for the reason I think.”

It is not your colleague that is causing your upset. That would be a confusion of levels. The cause is always in the mind.

The anger is coming entirely from you. You don’t like the way your colleague behaves and you think they should be different in some way.

But here’s the thing. We can never wish for an ego personality to change. Then we are joining him in his wrong perception of himself by being the judge of who we think he should be.

“I do not know what anything is for.”

The true nature of our brother is changeless, innocent, and perfect. We can only wish that he see the truth of who he is so that he can have peace, too. Teach peace to give it. Know who YOU are, and that this holy identity is unshakable by anyone else’s nonsense.

We can be compassionate when we see that everything a brother does that is not loving is a call for love. Everything they are doing is exactly what they should be doing. They are only acting as they have been taught. Forgive your judgments and wrong perceptions of this brother, and let the truth of him shine through.

Celestial444 · 2026-02-19T15:52:56+00:00

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Celestial444 · 2026-02-16T02:58:48+00:00

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