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Letting the Holy Spirit Heal Our Misperceptions

The world is false perception. ²It is born of error, and it has not left its source. ³It will remain no longer than the thought that gave it birth is cherished. ⁴When the thought of separation has been changed to one of true forgiveness, will the world be seen in quite another light; and one which leads to truth, where all the world must disappear and all its errors vanish. ⁵Now its source has gone, and its effects are gone as well.

The world was made as an attack on God. ²It symbolizes fear. ³And what is fear except love’s absence? ⁴Thus the world was meant to be a place where God could enter not, and where His Son could be apart from Him.

As sight was made to lead away from truth, it can be redirected. ²Sounds become the call for God, and all perception can be given a new purpose by the One Whom God appointed Savior to the world. ³Follow His light, and see the world as He beholds it. ⁴Hear His Voice alone in all that speaks to you. ⁵And let Him give you peace and certainty,… (A Course in Miracles, W-pII.3.1:1–2:4;4:1-5)

The thought of separation makes a world where every perception brings with it an underlying fear. Even our happiest perceptions seem unstable, temporary at best. There seems to be a constant need to protect against loss and harm. But there is another way of seeing the world.

If we are willing to accept the Holy Spirit’s help, our perceptions can be given a new purpose. His Light in our minds will reveal the certain foundation of peace that was hidden behind our false perceptions. As these perceptions are forgiven, we remember our Father’s gifts of perfect peace and universal Love without limit.

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We All Are God’s Son Eternally

Whatever suffers is not part of me.

I have disowned the truth. ²Now let me be as faithful in disowning falsity. ³Whatever suffers is not part of me. ⁴What grieves is not myself. ⁵What is in pain is but illusion in my mind. ⁶What dies was never living in reality, and did but mock the truth about myself. ⁷Now I disown self-concepts and deceits and lies about the holy Son of God. ⁸Now am I ready to accept him back as God created him, and as he is.

Father, my ancient love for You returns, and lets me love Your Son again as well. ²Father, I am as You created me. ³Now is Your Love remembered, and my own. ⁴Now do I understand that they are one. (A Course in Miracles, W-248. See also ACIM Lesson 248 Insights.)

When we believe anyone is a body, we are disowning our true Identity as God’s Son. Only Love is real, and Love is our Identity, eternally one with our Creator.

The Love of God calls to us to remember we are Love. The Love we are sees only the Love that is the truth in everyone. Forgiveness clears away the self-deception that causes us to suffer, grieve and experience pain of any kind.

Today we choose to hear our Father’s call and accept His gift of Love. With His Love in our hearts, we claim our unity with the Love in everyone. We rest in His peace, confident that we remain God’s Son eternally.

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Accepting Our Unity in the Love of God

My sinlessness protects me from all harm.

My sinlessness ensures me perfect peace, eternal safety, everlasting love, freedom forever from all thought of loss; complete deliverance from suffering. ²And only happiness can be my state, for only happiness is given me. ³What must I do to know all this is mine? ⁴I must accept Atonement for myself, and nothing more. ⁵God has already done all things that need be done. ⁶And I must learn I need do nothing of myself, for I need but accept my Self, my sinlessness, created for me, now already mine, to feel God’s Love protecting me from harm, to understand my Father loves His Son; to know I am the Son my Father loves.

You Who created me in sinlessness are not mistaken about what I am. ²I was mistaken when I thought I sinned [separated], but I accept Atonement for myself. ³Father, my dream is ended now. ⁴Amen. (A Course in Miracles, W-337. See also ACIM Lesson 337 Insights.)

The ego is an attempt to usurp God’s creation by making up a separate identity we can each call our own. But no distinctions can exist within God’s Love, which is one and universally the same everywhere and always.

We do not need to do anything to claim our true Identity as God’s Son, forever one with His Love. We accept Atonement for our true Self by stopping giving any credence to a separate identity. In truth, we are God’s Son, forever united with all in His Love.

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Joining in the Limitless Giving of God’s Love

Forgiveness ends all suffering and loss.

Forgiveness paints a picture of a world where suffering is over, loss becomes impossible and anger makes no sense. ²Attack is gone, and madness has an end. ³What suffering is now conceivable? ⁴What loss can be sustained? ⁵The world becomes a place of joy, abundance, charity and endless giving. ⁶It is now so like to Heaven that it quickly is transformed into the light that it reflects. ⁷And so the journey which the Son of God began has ended in the light from which he came.

Father, we would return our minds to You. ²We have betrayed them, held them in a vise of bitterness, and frightened them with thoughts of violence and death. ³Now would we rest again in You, as You created us. (A Course in Miracles, W-249. See also ACIM Lesson 249 Insights.)

Do we want to live in a world of peace, abundance and happiness? Forgiveness offers this. This is what God promised His Son as He created him. Forgiveness releases us from the dream that denies our Father’s gift.

Today we pause to quiet our mind to let the Light of Love shine away our images of separation. Our hearts overflow with joy as we join in limitless giving of the Love we receive eternally from our Father.

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Let All Appearances Be Healed

The miracle attests salvation from appearances by showing they can change. ³Your brother has a changelessness in him beyond appearance and deception, both. ⁴It is obscured by changing views of him that you perceive as his reality.

⁵The Christ in him [every brother] is perfect. ⁶Is it this that you would look upon? ⁷Then let there be no dreams about him that you would prefer to seeing this. ⁸And you will see the Christ in him because you let Him come to you. ⁹And when He has appeared to you, you will be certain you are like Him, for He is the changeless in your brother and in you.

This will you look upon when you decide there is not one appearance you would hold in place of what your brother really is. ²Let no temptation to prefer a dream allow uncertainty to enter here. ³Be not made guilty and afraid when you are tempted by a dream of what he is. ⁴But do not give it power to replace the changeless in him in your sight of him. ⁵There is no false appearance but will fade, if you request a miracle instead. (A Course in Miracles, T-30.VIII.2:2-4;5:5–6:5. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

There is in everyone a changelessness beyond the shifting appearances that we perceive. It is the Christ, God’s holy Son. This is the true Identity we share with everyone.

Perception of shifting appearances can only occur in dreams of separation. Whenever there is uncertainty in our mind, we need to turn to the Holy Spirit for help to see past appearances. With His help, conflict will be replaced by peace of mind, fear transformed to Love, and guilt replaced by recognition of the sinlessness we share with every brother.

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The Joy of Giving and Receiving Love

Forgiveness lets me know that minds are joined.

Forgiveness is the means appointed for perception’s ending. ²Knowledge is restored after perception first is changed, and then gives way entirely to what remains forever past its highest reach. ³For sights and sounds, at best, can serve but to recall the memory that lies beyond them all. ⁴Forgiveness sweeps away distortions, and opens the hidden altar to the truth. ⁵Its lilies shine into the mind, and call it to return and look within, to find what it has vainly sought without. ⁶For here, and only here, is peace of mind restored, for this the dwelling place of God Himself.

In quiet may forgiveness wipe away my dreams of separation and of sin. ²Then let me, Father, look within, and find Your promise of my sinlessness is kept; Your Word remains unchanged within my mind, Your Love is still abiding in my heart. (A Course in Miracles, W-336. See also ACIM Lesson 336 Insights.)

Through forgiveness we let go of the need to perceive anything external; nothing exists outside the Love of God. His Love completes His Son, as His Son completes Himself. His Love is in us, and we are surrounded by His Love.

As we pause to let the ego’s chaotic thoughts pass by, our mind opens to the memory of Love’s oneness. Perception of differences fades, revealing our true Identity in the Love of our Father. In peace, our hearts are filled with the joy of giving and receiving unlimited Love.

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Accepting the Limitless Love of Our Creator

Today I claim the gifts forgiveness gives.

I will not wait another day to find the treasures that my Father offers me. ²Illusions are all vain, and dreams are gone even while they are woven out of thoughts that rest on false perceptions. ³Let me not accept such meager gifts again today. ⁴God’s Voice is offering the peace of God to all who hear and choose to follow Him. ⁵This is my choice today. ⁶And so I go to find the treasures God has given me.

I seek but the eternal. ²For Your Son can be content with nothing less than this. ³What, then, can be his solace but what You are offering to his bewildered mind and frightened heart, to give him certainty and bring him peace? ⁴Today I would behold my brother sinless. ⁵This Your Will for me, for so will I behold my sinlessness. (A Course in Miracles, W-334. See also ACIM Lesson 334 Insights.)

God has one law, the law of Love. It guarantees that only His Love is real, eternally and without exception. Love cannot change or contain any differences. As His Son, His Love is our natural habitat.

Any perception of differences or change can only be an attempt to circumvent God’s law. It is a false perception which could never be true. With the Holy Spirit’s help, we look past our misperceptions to see the sinlessness in our brothers and ourselves. Forgiveness opens our mind to receive our Father’s gift of all of His Love.

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How to Read References for
Quotes from A Course in Miracles

Below are example references to specific sentences using the notation of the Second & Third Editions of A Course in Miracles published by the Foundation for Inner Peace:

T-26.IV.4:7 = Text, Chapt. 26, Section IV, paragraph 4, sentence 7.

W-169.5:2 = Workbook, Lesson 169, paragraph 5, sentence 2.

W-pII.1.1:1 = Workbook, Part II, Question 1, paragraph 1, sentence 1.

M-13.3:2 = Manual for Teachers, Question 13, paragraph 3, sentence 2.

C-6.4:6 = Clarification of Terms, Term 6, paragraph 4, sentence 6
The above numbering system of the Second & Third Editions published by The Foundation for A Course in Miracles

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