Workbook · Part I
Lesson 70
My salvation comes from me.
What this lesson is saying
Today’s idea is: “My salvation comes from me.” In ordinary English: No one else can do your changing of mind. Rescue is not coming from their apology.
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 greet someone you think you love, and still rank them — late, messy, not trying.
What to do
Say the words as written: “My salvation comes from me.” There will be no one left out, including the ones you like. Drop the ranking. Speak as you normally would. You do not have to pretend they are easy.
Toward yourself
A political enemy, a public figure, a ‘them’ you have never met and already hate.
What to do
Say the words as written: “My salvation comes from me.” No exceptions. You do not have to vote for them. You do have to drop the wish to hurt. The mind is the same mind.
At work, at home, or in a situation
Tomorrow is on trial — a meeting, a what-if, a verdict not yet in — and this hour is already lost.
What to do
Say the words as written: “My salvation comes from me.” Make the one plan that is actually due. Come back. This hour has a next step. Take it. Leave the later hour.
Two voices in the same mind
Hear which one is running. Then today’s idea, on a real person — or on you.
Unloving thought
Love has exceptions. I can hold them and the case. The ranking is how I keep them honest.
Jesus’s way
“My salvation comes from me.” Use it on the unloving thought that is actually running. He will send you back to the next person with it.
Spalding · 2019 · episode #268
Jesus’s commentary for Lesson 70
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.
- “My salvation comes from me.” Salvation is not a later rescue and not a rapture.
- It is the mind that stopped injuring itself with condemnation.
- Today’s idea is that, in working clothes.
How to sit today
Part I · Function
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
- Two longer sittings, times decided in advance if you can, plus short frequent ones
- How long
- Some ten to fifteen minutes each
- Through the day
- Remind yourself that salvation comes from you; only your thoughts can hamper progress.
How
- Repeat the idea, adding that salvation comes from nothing outside you.
- With eyes closed, review the external places you have looked for salvation — people, possessions, situations, self-concepts. Let each one go.
Longer sitting
Two sittings, times decided in advance if you can — ten to fifteen minutes each
- Today’s idea is: “My salvation comes from me.”
- Repeat the idea, adding that salvation comes from nothing outside you.
- Say, slowly: “My salvation comes from me.”
- With eyes closed, review the external places you have looked for salvation — people, possessions, situations, self-concepts. Let each one go.
Short / hourly
Short frequent ones
- Remind yourself that salvation comes from you; only your thoughts can hamper progress.
- Say, slowly: “My salvation comes from me.”
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
“My salvation comes from me.” Salvation is not a later rescue and not a rapture. It is the mind that stopped injuring itself with condemnation. Today’s idea is that, in working clothes.
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
Q'uo's usual counsel fits: tune, then serve the one in front of you. The Confederation does not need you to become impressive. It needs you to become kind without performance.
Open stream