Lesson 330: I Will Not Hurt Myself Again Today.

🌟 A Course in Miracles (ACIM) Daily Lessons & Insights with Hope Johnson

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What if the sharp edge of your day isn’t coming from the world at all, but from a quiet habit of self-attack? We explore a short, potent line—“I will not hurt myself again today”—and follow it to the root of pain: mistaken identity and the images we project onto our experience. When the mind judges, predicts decline, or clings to grievances, it trains itself to feel small and fragile. When it remembers a sinless identity—safe, whole, and joined with love—the charge drains out of fear and suffering loses its authority.
We unpack why straight-line thinking (“it only gets worse from here”) keeps us trapped, and how the illusion actually behaves more like a spiral with room to turn. You’ll hear how the mind can’t split what it projects from what it feels, why pushing away sensations hides the cause, and how true forgiveness collapses time by correcting cause and effect in the present. Instead of denying pain, we notice it, refuse to weaponize it, and choose again. No preaching, no fixing others. Just a clear decision to stop teaching the mind it is guilty or weak.
To make this real, we share a simple practice: a morning sit to notice and release attack thoughts, an hourly reset using “I will not hurt myself again today,” and an evening review done with kindness, not critique. Along the way, we ask a piercing question—who is really being hurt?—and keep returning to the self that cannot be harmed. If you’re ready to trade mental punishment for quiet power, hit play, try the practice, and watch the day change shape. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs relief, and leave a review to tell us what shifted for you.

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1. Text Reading & Core Idea (00:00:00)

2. “I Will Not Hurt Myself” Explained (00:01:49)

3. Straight Lines vs Spiral Illusion (00:03:02)

4. Painful Images and Self-Attack (00:04:32)

5. Restoring the Mind to Spirit (00:06:00)

6. Sinless Identity and Freedom (00:07:18)

7. True Forgiveness Collapses Time (00:08:52)

8. Daily Practice: Morning to Evening (00:10:10)

9. Gentle Refusal to Suffer & Closing (00:10:45)