Workbook · Part I
Lesson 38
There is nothing my holiness cannot do.
What this lesson is saying
Today’s idea is: “There is nothing my holiness cannot do.” In ordinary English: There is nothing that identity cannot meet. The small irritation counts.
The idea is a sentence to use, not a theory to admire. It works where a story is running: a judgment of someone, a judgment of yourself, a belief that you are separate, an attack thought, a situation you have already decided about. Point the words there.
You do not have to believe it first. You use the words on one real judgment — of someone, of yourself, of a situation — and then you take the next ordinary step.
This is not saying
This is not a slogan for the day and not a request that you believe it first. Use it. Then take the next ordinary step — work, rest, a clear no, a kindness.
Why this can change a day
A spiritual idea that never touches a real person is how the ego stays in charge. Used on one encounter, it can undo a whole afternoon of ranking, defense, and self-attack.
In your day
Same idea, three ordinary places — a relationship or encounter, the case against yourself, and a situation at work or at home. You do not need a special mood.
With someone
You look at something you called ugly, annoying, or empty of God — and skip it.
What to do
Say the words as written: “There is nothing my holiness cannot do.” Say the idea to the thing you did not want to include. If you cannot feel it, say it anyway. The exception is the lesson.
Toward yourself
You notice you do not actually want to see — you want to be right. The day already feels decided.
What to do
Say the words as written: “There is nothing my holiness cannot do.” Determination is a decision, not a mood. Make it. Badly is allowed. Then look at one actual face or one actual thing.
At work, at home, or in a situation
A symptom, a doctor’s waiting room, a score you took as a verdict.
What to do
Say the words as written: “There is nothing my holiness cannot do.” See a practitioner if you need one. Then apply the idea to the story that this is who you are. Do both. Neglect is not the lesson.
Two voices in the same mind
Hear which one is running. Then today’s idea, on a real person — or on you.
Unloving thought
God is in sunsets and spiritual states. Not in this. Ranking what is holy is my job.
Jesus’s way
“There is nothing my holiness cannot do.” Use it on the unloving thought that is actually running. He will send you back to the next person with it.
Spalding · 2019 · episode #236
Jesus’s commentary for Lesson 38
Tina reads the official workbook lesson first. Then she channels. The video is the source. The notes below are study notes of that sitting — not a transcript, and not A Year of Forgiveness.
After the reading
In the video · Jesus speaking
This is the channeled portion — after Tina has read the lesson. Study notes of that sitting. Not a transcript.
- There is nothing my holiness cannot do — not as a superpower hobby.
- Holiness is the mind at love’s frequency.
- At that frequency the ‘can’t’ was a belief, not a law.
How to sit today
Part I · Undoing
The idea is above. This is the one sitting this number asks — how often, how long, and the words. Not a second lesson.
- How often
- Four longer sittings, plus frequent shorter ones
- How long
- Preferably a full five minutes each
- Eyes
- Closed for the search
How
- Repeat the idea, close your eyes, and search for any sense of loss or unhappiness. Apply: there is nothing your holiness cannot do in this.
Longer sitting
Four sittings — preferably a full five minutes
- Today’s idea is: “There is nothing my holiness cannot do.”
- Repeat the idea. Close your eyes. Search for any sense of loss or unhappiness.
- Say, slowly: “There is nothing my holiness cannot do in this situation.”
Short / hourly
Frequent shorter ones
- Say, slowly: “There is nothing my holiness cannot do.”
These scripts follow the workbook’s own method for this number — duration, frequency, and the sentences it asks you to use. They are a study paraphrase, not a replacement. Read the official lesson at acim.org and follow any wording it gives that is more specific than this card.
Words you may not know
Full glossaryCourse words do not mean what church, psychology, or ordinary English usually mean. These notes are for this lesson — tap a word.
Other voices — Tina, Ra, Carla
Short notes from the four streams. The teaching above is the lesson. These are doors if you want them.
Spalding
There is nothing my holiness cannot do — not as a superpower pastime. Holiness is the mind at love’s frequency. At that frequency the ‘can’t’ was a belief, not a law.
Watch this lesson’s commentaryRa
This lesson is practice in polarizing with the person in front of you. Service to others is not a slogan. It is whether you treat them as the same being you are.
Open streamRueckert
Carla's Channeling Handbook begins before any voice arrives: purity of desire, care of the instrument, harmony in the group. Today's idea is that care, applied to ordinary life.
Open stream