 and what a perfect day to offer the day and every day and the entire year to Jesus to learn how to forgive, how to release grievances, how to release resentments, basically how to release all judgment because when we really boil down the teachings of Jesus of forgiveness it's basically judge not and we know that when you judge you just are placing that judgment on your own self and you're you're basically feeling the the upset of attempting judgment. God didn't create us to judge so when we judge we're trying to do something that's very unnatural there's no judgment in heaven and in this world there's lots of judgments obviously and yet the Holy Spirit and Jesus can use that in terms of guidance to unwind your mind from this bad habit of ego judgments and wake up to the reality of spirit of love and joy of happiness true freedom you know that's good so here we are on day one and we're going to devote this year to miracles and to training our minds to forgive you know Jesus asked us to forgive you know even the Lord's Prayer forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors let's let's let go of all the grievances and judgments this year and today is the first day of 2024 so it's a good way to start also we have an app available now it's it's actually an app website so it's called acimnow.app so you can go there and you can start off like I am doing today with lesson number one nothing I see means anything you can actually go through it and you can do the lesson yourself by reading it you can listen to me read the lesson on acimnow.app you can go and just dive into it and also on the app there is an oracle and the oracle when you click on the oracle button it will it will take you into various text or videos depending on which oracle you want to go into and basically it will help you expand your awareness of the teachings of Jesus if you looking for a video the oracle will take you into some videos that will help explain the teachings of Jesus and how to apply them in many many many different circumstances and situations sometimes we have the willingness in our heart to forgive but we need some context or sometimes we need a boost of motivation to help us forgive to help us release the judgment or the grievance that we're holding so this app is going to be very good for that it will be coming out eventually in the iOS apple iOS format and the google android formats where you'll be able to get them in you know in the app store or in google play and you'll be able to put them on your phone or on your tablet and and carry them around with you and use them without internet right now we have it available as a website acimnow.app on the website on the internet basically you can can use it to the max we do have a new feature that we're just adding for this year that you'll really like it's a chat bubble it's it's kind of kind of called a david ai chat that's available to answer your questions whatever your questions about a course of miracles or the teachings of Jesus may be you can just click on the chat bubble and ask your questions and receive answers directly so i know that's something a lot of you have been wanting is more access and more engagement so you can start the new year and go through the the day and on to the chat bubble and and start getting your answers to questions that you may have that's kind of a common way that people seem to learn they just practice teachings practice principles there are questions that arise there are curiosities that arise this is very much like with little children you know they have curiosities when you answer one question for them they often have more questions some of you who are parents who have children know that this is the way that it seems to go there's a lot of curiosity that gets stirred up with questions and answers so that's good so not only will the the chat bot answer questions for you but it would also recommend videos so it's a good way to tap in to many many different applications of the forgiveness and basically that's helpful because we need to transfer our training it's good we can forgive one particular situation one particular circumstance one particular setting maybe or institution or maybe you just are upset at society in general or the government in general or political leaders or whatever you know whatever enemies military leaders and rulers whatever you proceed you're dealing with or just the circumstances that you're dealing with in your day-to-day life are part of the surroundings that you are dealing with on a day-to-day basis this is really meant to be extremely practical so not only will your questions be answered by the clicking on the chat bubble the chat bot bubble but you can go and you can engage with it and it will recommend videos and then of course if you are curious about what's spoken about in those videos all the different transfer of training situations that we have as we really attempt to live the teachings of Jesus fully you know to to really go into the beatitudes of blessed are the pure of heart for they shall seek God if you're really wanting to use 2024 to go toward being blessed and pure of heart and and seeing no error that's the that's the highest teaching of Jesus is seeing no error in other words when you reach a state of mind where you are aware of the divine innocence of all and and I mean that you are in touch with the spirit you have tapped into the interpretation of the Holy Spirit for all situations you have joined with Jesus in your heart so fully so perfectly we'll say that that you don't see the error you don't see the error remember when Jesus spoke to the woman at the well and then there was a time also where he the Pharisees and scribes had brought a woman who they said we have caught her in the act of adultery and and Jesus just put something in the dirt with a stick and then he said he who is among you without sin cast the first stone and then all the men dropped their their stones and all of a sudden uh he turned and the woman herself said lord what do you have to say to me and he said go your way and sin no more really go your way and sin no more is be in touch with God be in touch with love eternal love be in touch with divine innocence be in touch with the original essence of of God's love and God's creation of pure spirit and understand that that pure spirit is who I am and who you are and who everyone is the beyond the body beyond the seeming differences is the the joy and the glory of of God's love and that's what we're here to do that's a great way to start the first day of 2024 just giving yourself over to okay here I am lord uh I offer you my heart I offer you my mind make a joyful noise come forth from me make my heart rest in also in your peace uh make my mind be still so that I may be still and know you as the lord thy god and may I may I know my identity as you truly created me that's really our prayer as we go into this so let's start off with lesson number one nothing I see means anything nothing I see in this room on this street from this window in this place means anything now look slowly around you and practice applying the idea very specifically to whatever you see this table does not mean anything this chair does not mean anything this hand does not mean anything this foot does not mean anything this pen does not mean anything then look farther away from your immediate area and apply the idea to a wider range that door does not mean anything that body does not mean anything that lamp does not mean anything. That sign does not mean anything. That shadow does not mean anything. Notice that these statements are not arranged in any order and make no allowance for the differences in the kinds of things to which they are applied. That is the purpose of the exercise. The statement is merely applied to anything you see. As you practice applying the idea for the day, use it totally indiscriminately. Do not attempt to apply it to everything you see for these exercises should not become ritualistic. Only be sure that nothing you see is specifically excluded. One thing is like another, as far as the application of the idea is concerned. Each of the first three lessons should not be done more than twice a day, preferably morning and evening. Nor should they be attempted for more than a minute or so unless that entails a sense of hurry. A comfortable sense of leisure is essential. So how beautiful that we have this tool for healing our minds, for tuning in with God. The reaction sometimes when people do lesson number one is like, oh my gosh, this is absurd. Nothing I see means anything. Actually, you are admitting there that the world of perception, the world of fragmented perception of war and disease, of pain and pleasure, of attack and defense, of victim-victimizer. You are admitting that that is absurd. That's a good thing when you start to look upon the world and admit that fragmented perception, the way that you perceive the world based on past learning is absurd. Let's even use the word ridiculous, okay? But you can't really be consistently happy until you tune into the internal guidance of the spirit that basically is guiding you to unwind from all false perceptions and open up to the joy and glee of heaven. And that's sweet. That's just super sweet. So what we're saying is this is the first day of practice to really live your life intrinsically. Live your life intuitively. Live a guided life. Live an inspired life. Live a joyful life that comes from inner listening and inner guidance. We don't have to react and respond to the images as if they're real. We can actually live a guided life instead. And the reason we don't want to react and respond to the images is because these images are the past and let's admit that our investment in the past has not brought us joy. And we want joy. We want to experience that joy. So, wow, 2024 we live in a modern era of technology and we have everything working for us. God is working in us through us, by us, near us, under us, over us, to the left, to the right, behind, forward. God is just pouring through sublimely to help us. And here we are in this age of technology where we have an iWatch and we have an iPhone. And if you look down here at these little apps, here's our little app. Here's our ACM Now app. And then where we go, we go. Oh, looks like we needed to turn it this way. Now, now, let's see. That's it. So, we start off with a daily lesson. And then you can see as you go down, you can save your highlights down there. You know, you've got your tool. And then we have the tribe of Christ. If you want to take some online courses, if you want to interact with other people that are doing these deep teachings of Jesus in a practical way, we have the tribe of Christ. You know, once you sign into your little hub, you know, you can, you have my courses and you can go through the free Jesus the Gospel of Love course here online. And there's a Jesus the Gospel of Love free simpler course. You can see the overview. You can replay it. You know, you've got options. But that's so simple as just putting it on your desktop and then clicking on your tribe of Christ here, your hub or your ACIM now about that. And then there you go. And you're in. And then you go through it. And I assure you all the support that you need, all the support, all the resources that you need, everything that you will seem to need in this glorious awakening is, is there. It's back to us now. It's at your fingertip. You know, want to read a lesson, want to listen to a lesson? Okay. You know, have some questions about it? Okay. Oh, like some parts of it. You want to highlight it and save the highlights there. It's right there on your phone. You can just check back. Maybe you find a particular quote or teaching from Jesus that's very inspiring. You want to just remember that all through the day. You just save it. Oh, go into your app. Oh, yeah, that's right. What was that again? That was a good one. So you go through it. You go through it. And then if you feel like, you know, in this year of 2024, you want some community, you would like some connection. There's lots and lots and lots of online ways to connect. And the platform we're using is Thinkific. And we're, we have the tribe of Christ. And we have, we have a Spanish tribe of Christ, Tribo de Cristo. We have a Portuguese tribe of Christ. There's a lot of people that are, that are interacting with each other and working through the lessons from the Course in Miracles, their insights. They are joining forces to be like, might say, mind training partners in this spiritual awakening. That's good. That's a sense of community. That's a sense of connectedness. That's a sense of collaboration. That's an answer to prayer. If you feel like this is a lonely, solitary journey, we, we all share the same mind. But if it feels very, very lonely, if you, if you feel like your individual journey is extremely lonely, then the Spirit has ways to connect, connect the dots and bring, bring the people together in an interactive way, a collaborative way that really works out beautifully. So it's just beautiful that we have this opportunity. And I just feel like the first day of the year for many people, they do either consciously or unconsciously. They have the New Year's resolutions. They start off thinking, okay, I want my life to be improved. I want my, my state of mind to be improved. I want, I want to feel more joy in my life. I want to feel joy more consistently. And, and this is a beautiful way of doing it. And be playful with it. Be spontaneous with it. You know, the Course in Miracles workbook lessons, Jesus only gives two instructions, you know, don't do more than one workbook lesson a day. And as best you can, try not to make any exceptions as you're practicing the workbook lesson a day. That's pretty simple. Two instructions and one simple lesson a day. You know, it's like, there's got to be a part of you in your heart that's like saying, I can do this. I can handle that in the seemingly complex world where you have to keep meeting needs over and over every day, a whole list of needs. It's nice to have a simple way out. It's nice to have a simple escape hatch where you can go inside to God and you can begin to identify and focus your mind like a laser beam on the kingdom of heaven within instead of all the shifting, changing images because there's not really a constancy in the, in the world of separation, but, but the constancy of purpose, only a constant purpose, Jesus tells us can endow events with stable meaning. So we want a stable perception because we want to be stably peace of minded. We want, we want stability in our heart, in our heart of hearts. That's what we want. And we're here to join together. So thank you. God bless you. Enjoy the day. Enjoy your mind training practice. Join with me in getting your phone out and opening up your app and, and jumping in. That's the way to do it. Okay. Lots of love.