A Course In Miracles Lesson 170

I notice how often I treat defense as protection without noticing the cost.

Lesson 170

There is no cruelty in God and none in me.

🌿 When I feel threatened, my first instinct is often to defend.

Defend my position.

Defend my perspective.

Defend my sense of self.

It feels natural.

Even necessary.

The problem is that defense quietly assumes something dangerous is already present.

And once that assumption is accepted, fear gains credibility.

The lesson points to a difficult truth.

What I defend against becomes more real to me.

The energy I spend protecting myself reinforces the belief that protection is needed.

Fear begins feeding itself.

The Course takes this even deeper.

It suggests that every attack begins with the belief that hurt creates safety.

That cruelty protects.

That fear keeps me secure.

When stated directly, the idea sounds irrational.

Yet I can see traces of it everywhere.

In resentment.

In judgment.

In the need to be right.

Each one promises protection while quietly increasing separation.

The lesson asks me to question the entire system.

Not by becoming passive.

Not by ignoring wisdom or boundaries.

But by recognizing that love and fear cannot serve the same purpose.

If God is not cruel, then cruelty cannot be part of my true nature either.

What remains is a choice.

Continue defending fear.

Or begin trusting love.

Today I'm paying attention to where I automatically move into defense.

Where fear disguises itself as protection.

Not condemning myself for it.

But becoming more willing to lay down the weapons I no longer need.

There is no cruelty in God and none in me.

I am MovingStill.

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