You Are Asleep in a Dream You Created | ACIM

What if the people and circumstances in your life aren't actually failing you—and what if they've never been responsible for making you happy in the first place? In this reading and discussion of A Course in Miracles*, we explore **Chapter 29, Section IV: “Dream Roles.”* The Course challenges the way we assign roles to the people, bodies, events, and circumstances in our lives. We decide what someone “should” be for us, what they “should” give us, and how they “should” behave—and when they don't fulfill that role, we experience anger, disappointment, betrayal, or sadness. But what if the problem isn't that the dream is going badly? What if the problem is that we've mistaken the dream for our source of happiness? The Holy Spirit offers another way of seeing: instead of asking what someone is supposed to do *for us*, we can ask what this encounter can be *for*. A perceived attack can become an opportunity for love. A difficult relationship can become an opportunity for forgiveness. A disappointing situation can become an opportunity to awaken. “Because He loves the dreamer, not the dream, each dream becomes an offering of love.” #ACIM #ACourseInMiracles #SpiritualAwakening