# Lesson 153 Deep Dive | In My Defenseless My Safety Lies | June 2, 2026

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Published: 2026-06-14T05:00:00+00:00
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Send Hope a Text The fastest way to lose your peace might be the thing you call “self-protection.” We’re working with A Course in Miracles Lesson 153, “In My Defenselessness, My Safety Lies,” and we take it out of theory and into the messy moments where defensiveness shows up: criticism, money stress, reputation fears, conflict, anxiety, and the need to explain ourselves. We read the lesson and then slow it down to see the ego’s pattern clearly: perceived threat leads to anger, anger makes a...

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