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We Are Not Bodies. We Are Still Love as God Created Us

Jesus tells us to ask of everything, “What is this for? What is its purpose?” The Course tells us that the body is a communication device. It is a tool to be used and then laid aside when its use is over. In this world we have identified with the body and mistaken the body as what we are. We have made the body our identity, which is weak, vulnerable and dies. Believing this is not a sin. It is just a mistaken idea to be undone. There is no need for guilt.

When we cease to believe that the body is what we are, all sense of vulnerability disappears. We no longer have anything to defend. Limitation falls away. We are no longer confined to a little space made up of a few cubic feet of flesh and bones. We no longer need to spend all of our time caring for this thing we think we are, trying to make it look pretty and appealing and sheltering it with status symbols in an attempt to give value to the body. Recognizing the body as wholly neutral means we are free to let the Holy Spirit use it for His purpose, which is to bring forgiveness to the dream. Used for His purpose, there is no fear nor guilt. It is used solely to offer the gift of forgiveness everywhere.

What is the body for? The ego and the Holy Spirit have totally different responses. As we grow in our desire to serve only Holy Spirit’s purposes, the body becomes a wholly neutral thing. It becomes a communication device to be used to help in remembering the truth that we are all still the same extension of Love that resides in the Mind of God. This we would practice remembering today and every day. (Excerpt from ACIM Workbook Lesson 294 Insights.)

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With Holy Spirit I See the World Differently

How can I know who I am when I see myself as under constant attack? Pain, illness, loss, age and death seem to threaten me. All my hopes and wishes and plans appear to be at the mercy of a world I cannot control. Yet perfect security and complete fulfillment are my inheritance. I have tried to give my inheritance away in exchange for the world I see. But God has kept my inheritance safe for me. My own real thoughts will teach me what it is.

The world I see holds my fearful self-image in place, and guarantees its continuance. While I see the world as I see it now, truth cannot enter my awareness. I would let the door behind this world be opened for me, that I may look past it to the world that reflects the Love of God.

God is still everywhere and in everything forever. And we who are part of Him will yet look past all appearances, and recognize the truth beyond them all. (A Course in Miracles, W-pI.56.1:2-8;3:2-4;4:5-6. See also ACIM Lesson 56 Insights.)

In our practice for today we consistently step back and let the Holy Spirit show us the truth behind illusions of separation. We let Holy Spirit show us the Love of God, which is eternally present. We let ourselves be shown the truth that we are still Perfect Love, as God created us.

We are Love. We are peace. We are joy forever. With Holy Spirit as our Guide, we see the world differently.

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Serving Spirit Brings Peace and Joy

Spirit makes use of mind as means to find its Self expression. And the mind which serves the spirit is at peace and filled with joy. Its power comes from spirit, and it is fulfilling happily its function here. (A Course in Miracles, W-pI.96.4:1-3. See also ACIM Lesson 96 Insights.)

When we identify with the ego, we inevitably feel powerless because the ego is the belief in being separate from the Source of all power. The ego is always defensive because of its sense of weakness. It is always seeking happiness but never finds lasting happiness because it believes it is separate from the Source of happiness.

There is another way. We can redirect our minds to the Spirit of Oneness, the Holy Spirit, Which remembers that we are already united with the Source of all strength and perfect happiness. As we are willing to let the Holy Spirit guide all our doing, our activities in the world will always lead us to remembering the strength and joy that come from our true Self, the Self united with all Creation. This is our practice for today.

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Accepting Holy Spirit’s Happy Dream

Today it will be given you to feel a touch of Heaven, though you will return to paths of learning. Yet you have come far enough along the way to alter time sufficiently to rise above its laws, and walk into eternity a while. This you will learn to do increasingly, as every lesson, faithfully rehearsed, brings you more swiftly to this holy place and leaves you, for a moment, to your Self.

Today we will embark upon a course you have not dreamed of. But the Holy One, the Giver of the happy dreams of life, Translator of perception into truth, the holy Guide to Heaven given you, has dreamed for you this journey which you make and start today, with the experience this day holds out to you to be your own.

Into Christ’s Presence will we enter now, serenely unaware of everything except His shining face [of innocence] and perfect Love. (A Course in Miracles, W-pI.157.3,8,9:1. See also ACIM Lesson 157 Insights.)

In Holy Spirit’s happy dream, He shows us the innocence that lies beyond perceptions of separation… He shows us our brothers’ holiness beyond the stories of the world… As we practice accepting the truth beyond the dreams of individuality, we see innocence everywhere… We see holiness everywhere… We feel the truth of Love’s Presence… We feel immersed in Love… We give this Love to everyone we meet and feel the joy of giving…

All this comes with the decision to accept Holy Spirit’s happy dream of Love’s oneness instead of the ego’s dream of separation. In this practice we find our freedom and share it with the world.

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Accepting Love’s Gentleness and Patience

My Prayer of Accepting Love’s Gentleness and Patience

Love, I surrender to Your gentle and patient care. I let go of my perceptions of a past. I let go of my perceptions of a future. I accept only Your eternal Loving Presence.

I have no need to plan for my safety. My needs are provided for continuously in Your gentle and patient care.

I let go of all I thought the world was. I let go of what I thought my brothers were. I give back to You all I thought was mine alone.

I accept Love’s gentleness and patience by giving Love’s gentleness and patience to the whole Sonship. (Poster from ACIM Practitioner course 914: The Power of Gentleness and Patience.)

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Peace Through Forgiveness

God’s peace can never come where anger is, for anger must deny that peace exists. Who sees anger as justified in any way or any circumstance proclaims that peace is meaningless, and must believe that it cannot exist. …Therefore, forgiveness is the necessary condition for finding the peace of God.

Is conflict what you want, or is God’s peace the better choice? …A tranquil mind is not a little gift.” A Course in Miracles, (M-20.3:3-4,6;4:6,8)

A touch of frustration, a hint of disappointment and intense rage are all the same. They all occur because we perceive conflict. We want something to be different than what we perceive in order to be happy. Conflict and peace cannot coexist. To return to the peace of God, we need to forgive or let go of the perception of conflict. This is how we remember the peace of God and claim the gift that is already ours.

Our practice today is to bring any perception of conflict in which our peace seems to be disturbed to the Holy Spirit. He will offer His true perception, which will show us the reality of Love’s oneness and the unreality of conflict. With His gentle guidance, we will easily let go of the belief that conflict is possible. As we let go of belief in conflict, we welcome the peace of God. Today we would welcome God’s peace.

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Accepting Our True Identity

The power of decision is my own. This day I will accept myself as what my Father’s Will created me to be.

Then will we wait in silence, giving up all self-deceptions, as we humbly ask our Self that He reveal Himself to us. And He Who never left will come again to our awareness, grateful to restore His home to God, as it was meant to be.

In patience wait for Him throughout the day, and hourly invite Him with the words with which the day began, concluding it with this same invitation to your Self. God’s Voice will answer, for He speaks for you and for your Father. He will substitute the peace of God for all your frantic thoughts, the truth of God for self-deceptions, and God’s Son for your illusions of yourself. (A Course in Miracles, W-pI.152.11:3-12:3. See also ACIM Lesson 152 Insights.)

Today we welcome the truth of our eternal Reality as one with all Love… We welcome the truth of every brother’s reality as eternal Love… We focus on letting the truth return to our minds… We receive the peace of God as this memory returns…

We know that we are safe… We know that everyone is safe… We accept our Father’s Will that we could never change the Love that He created us to be… And we are filled with gratitude that this is so.

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