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Seeing Past the Dream to Oneness

Robert:
This world is an outward picture of an inward belief that I have succeeded in separating myself from God’s infinite, eternal gift of everything that is Real, of Love. It is inevitable, then, that the world would reflect images of limitation and lack. If I believe these images, I will respond with defense because I see them as proof that I am limited and lacking.

Yet A Course in Miracles reminds us that “I am God’s Son, complete and healed and whole, shining in the reflection of His Love.” (W-pII.14.1:1) Since this is true, I can be lacking in nothing, being complete and whole. So the antidote to perceptions of lack and loss is to open my mind to God’s Voice, which reminds me of What I am in truth.

Nothing in the world can do anything to take away the sense of limitation and lack. But if I loose the world from all I thought it was, the recognition that I have everything, that all my needs are met, will dawn upon my mind. When I remember this, all my defenses are laid down.

Knowing I have all Love, I see with the vision of Christ, the Love that is everywhere around me and in me. I know that I am complete in God’s completion. And I give thanks.


Mary:
This is my prayer today to the Holy Spirit today:

Thank You for hanging in there with me when I forget. Thank You for the peace I receive when I remember to let go and accept Your gift of peace. Thank You for helping me let go of the meaningless and remember the Light of truth.

I remember that You are always with me as I am willing to step back and listen. Thank You, Holy Spirit, for helping me see past the dream of separate bodies to the truth of our oneness in the Mind of Love. Amen.

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Only Love Is There

Holy Spirit to Mary:
Today your practice is to remember that behind every image, only Love is there. Practice this today and apply it to every situation… Step back and allow the truth be be shown to you… Behind every dream of separate images, only Love is there.

You want to remember the truth. You want to be happy. Consistent practice in remembering only Love is there will bring you the consistent experience of inner joy. As you observe your practice today, you may find that you forget many times. Instead of blaming yourself, return once again to remember that only Love is there… Let Love fill you up completely… Let Love carry you through the day… Let Love inspire you in how to be truly helpful…

Let yourself remember all through the day that only Love is there, because only Love is in your mind.


Holy Spirit to Robert:
Let all your doing be inspired by Love. In Love you remember that your brothers’ and your interests are the same. Because you recognize this, there is no need to defend. Instead your wish is to join. Inspired by Love, you recognize the Love in your brother. It is clear that you share one Self. In oneness, there is no need to compare or compete. There is nothing to judge and no thought of loss.

Let Love inspire your doing today and you will learn to recognize your Self.

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Wanting Peace Above All Else

Robert:
All any of us really want is to be happy. What keeps us in the dream of separation and limitation is the mistaken belief that something here will make us happy. A Course in MIracles and our Inner Teacher are here to help us see that nothing in the world of images can bring us lasting happiness.

The dream is a dream of illusions, held in place by belief. But beliefs can change and therefore all illusions are temporary. By definition what is temporary does not last. And so no illusion can bring us lasting happiness.

Beneath all the striving to find something in the world that will comfort us and make us happy is the recognition that it will never succeed. Thus there is always an underlying depression that comes with seeking for happiness in the world, even when there are temporary moments of satisfaction because part of us knows that it cannot last.

The good news is that there is another way that does lead to lasting happiness. And the Guide to help us find that way is ever present in our minds. We need only be willing to step back from our striving in the world to let ourself be led to the peace of God.

The peace of God is all I want. Today I will step back and let my inner Teacher show me the way to peace. As I accept His guidance, I will recognize that peace is mine.


Mary:
As I daily strengthen my willingness to awaken, what comes with it is the willingness to accept God’s gift of peace. As I accept God’s peace, that which is not of peace falls away automatically.

The experience of peace leads to the awareness of what is eternally true… Oneness replaces thoughts of differences… Love’s unity replaces thoughts of conflict… Knowing that all is perfect Love replaces thoughts of separate bodies… Joy replaces fear… All this comes with wanting peace above all else. Letting this be my top priority is my opportunity for today. And I give thanks.

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Perfect Safety and Perfect Peace

Mary:
In truth, the Light of God is all there is to see. The peace of God is all there is to feel. Let me focus on the truth today and be happy.


Robert:
All I really want is the peace of God. To have it I simply need to stop defending against it. Identifying with an image of a body as what I am is a defense against God’s peace. The body is a wall made to keep God out. But I do not have to accept this limitation. It is not what I am and is not real.

Today I ask the Holy Spirit’s help to look past the temptation to perceive myself as a body and see the loving one Self that I share with All That Is. In the oneness of Love I will find perfect safety and perfect peace. With the help of the one Self, I will see this safety all around me today. And I give thanks.

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The Power of Gratitude

Mary:
This morning we were guided to read A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 123. What stood out was,

We sing the song of thankfulness today, in honor of the Self That God has willed to be our true Identity in Him. Today we smile on everyone we see, and walk with lightened footsteps as we go to do what is appointed us to do.

We do not go alone. And we give thanks that in our solitude a Friend has come to speak the saving Word of God to us. And thanks to you for listening to Him. (W-pI.123.4:2-3,5:1-3)

This lesson brings to mind the power of gratitude to bring us the blessings that come from our inner Teacher, Who brings us to the truth. The gift of gratitude brings us “…to gentler pathways and smoother roads.” (1:2)

It is such a blessing to remember that we have never left God’s holy Mind, and that He showers us with gifts of peace and joy whenever we are willing to receive them. This is my opportunity today — to be thankful for the wonderful gifts we are always receiving from God.


Robert:
We welcome what we are grateful for. Our ingratitude for God’s gift of all His Love, all that is Real, led to the making of a dream that seemed to offer us what we wanted and welcomed. Ingratitude for God’s gifts led to the denial of our Home and our Self and the making of an image of our self that keeps God out.

But through all that denial and ingratitude, God’s Voice remains in our mind, always offering God’s gift of all of Himself, all of His Love. We need only be willing to listen to this Voice, to accept Its message, and we will once again remember that we are loved, that we are one in innocence, that we have never left our Home. We have taught ourselves to believe that we are alone, but the means to undo that mistaken lesson is ever present in our minds.

Today I am willing to listen to that lesson. I am grateful that my Source has never left me and unceasingly offers me the gift of all that is — of perfect peace, changeless joy and eternal Love. I welcome His gift today.

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A Day of Gratitude

Mary:
Today is a day of thanksgiving that the Christ is all there is to see. Today is a day of gratitude — a day to celebrate that the truth is true and nothing else is true. Today is a day to practice letting the Holy Spirit show me the truth in everyone I meet or even think of. My only wish for today is to let the Holy Spirit show me that nothing has happened to change God’s one Son. And for this I give thanks.


Robert:
I am grateful that I have been given an Aid in my mind to help me see with the vision of Christ. As I am willing to accept this Help, The importance of the body fades and the vision of innocence comes to the front, for the past has gone and no longer casts a shadow on the truth. Today I will practice letting this Aid be my Guide in every moment. The Light I see with this Aid inspires great gratitude, for it reminds me of What I am along with all my brothers. Every day that I accept this Help is a day of thanksgiving.

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Returning to Awareness of Home

Robert:
All I really want is the peace of God, the peace of my real Home. I have been believing that I am not at Home and have experienced the effects of believing I am separate from my Source, alone and separate from the Love that is my Home. I do not need to travel anywhere to return Home. I do not really need to do anything. I simply need to stop making barriers against awareness that I am still at Home, at one with my Creator.

Today I am willing to accept the Help of my true Friend to let go of the false belief that I am not at Home and welcome the experience of being complete in eternal Love. I am willing to see what my Friend sees, the Love that is my brother and shines without limit. As I open to this vision, I remember I am Home.


Mary:
This morning I woke up early with this thought in my mind: “I place the future in the Hands of God.” I think the Holy Spirit brought this thought to my mind because I needed it. Sometimes I still get lost and forget that in truth there is no past and there is no future. In truth there is only God’s Love, right now and this Love lasts forever.

Remembering this helps bring me back to remembering that everyone is safe and has never left. This little sandbox we are playing in really means nothing and is nowhere. The truth about our one Identity is so incredibly peaceful and powerful that as I am willing to remember It, It returns to my awareness. In this place of remembering I know that all is safe and all is well. The whole Sonship is at Home, right now. And I give thanks.

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