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Peace Welcomes Holy Spirit’s Help

The memory of God comes to the quiet mind. ²It cannot come where there is conflict, for a mind at war against itself remembers not eternal gentleness. ³The means of war are not the means of peace, and what the warlike would remember is not love. ⁴War is impossible unless belief in victory is cherished. ⁵Conflict within you must imply that you believe the ego has the power to be victorious.

Conflict must be between two forces. ²It cannot exist between one power and nothingness. ³There is nothing you could attack that is not part of you. ⁴And by attacking it you make two illusions of yourself, in conflict with each other. ⁵And this occurs whenever you look on anything that God created with anything but love. …⁹Let all this madness be undone for you, and turn in peace to the remembrance of God, still shining in your quiet mind.

Illusion meets illusion; truth, itself. ²The meeting of illusions leads to war. ³Peace, looking on itself, extends itself. ⁴War is the condition in which fear is born, and grows and seeks to dominate. ⁵Peace is the state where love abides, and seeks to share itself. ⁶Conflict and peace are opposites. ⁷Where one abides the other cannot be; where either goes the other disappears. ⁸So is the memory of God obscured in minds that have become illusions’ battleground. ⁹Yet far beyond this senseless war it shines, ready to be remembered when you side with peace. (A Course in Miracles, T-23.I.1:1-5;8:1-5,9;12. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

We let our insanity be undone for us by turning all our perceptions over to the Holy Spirit for His interpretation. He will help us see past the illusions of differences to the Love of God that unites us with our creator.

We welcome the Holy Spirit’s help by stepping back from our perceptions and pausing to let peace into our conflicted mind. In peace we remember the Love that created us. We remember God. In this state of mind, the images of the world fade. The Light of Love shows us that we dwell in Love with all our brothers whom we happily join to extend universal Love.

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Letting Love Light Our Mind

⁵Judgment will always give you false directions, but vision shows you where to go. ⁶Why should you guess?

There is no need to learn through pain. ²And gentle lessons are acquired joyously, and are remembered gladly. ³What gives you happiness you want to learn and not forget. ⁴It is not this you would deny. ⁵Your question is whether the means by which this course is learned will bring to you the joy it promises. ⁶If you believed it would, the learning of it would be no problem. ⁷You are not a happy learner yet because you still remain uncertain that vision gives you more than judgment does, and you have learned that both you cannot have.

⁵Listen, and see if you remember an ancient song you knew so long ago and held more dear than any melody you taught yourself to cherish since.

Beyond the body, beyond the sun and stars, past everything you see and yet somehow familiar, is an arc of golden light that stretches as you look into a great and shining circle. …⁵Within it everything is joined in perfect continuity. ⁶Nor is it possible to imagine that anything could be outside, for there is nowhere that this light is not.

This is the vision of the Son of God, whom you know well. ²Here is the sight of him who knows his Father. ³Here is the memory of what you are; a part of this, with all of it within, and joined to all as surely as all is joined in you. ⁴Accept the vision that can show you this, and not the body. ⁵You know the ancient song, and know it well. ⁶Nothing will ever be as dear to you as is this ancient hymn of love the Son of God sings to his Father still.

⁶The light in one awakens it in all. ⁷And when you see it in your brother, you _are_ remembering for everyone. (A Course in Miracles, T-21.I.2:5–3:7;7:5–8:1,5-6;9;10:6-7. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

What we ‘see’ with the body’s eyes is self-deception. The body itself is an illusion and can only show us illusions. We are not a body. The Vision of our true Self shows us only the Light of Love, which is all that is real. This Light shines on all, equally.

Our practice, today, is to let Love light our mind. We want to see the Love that is our brother, and remember we are united as the one Self that is God’s Son. In this remembrance we find the peace of God and our hearts sing with joy.

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Accepting God’s Gift of Universal Love

This is the only thing that you need do for vision, happiness, release from pain and the complete escape from sin, all to be given you. ²Say only this, but mean it with no reservations, for here the power of salvation lies:

³I am responsible for what I see.
⁴I choose the feelings I experience, and I decide upon the goal I would achieve.
⁵And everything that seems to happen to me I ask for, and receive as I have asked.

⁶Deceive yourself no longer that you are helpless in the face of what is done to you. ⁷Acknowledge but that you have been mistaken, and all effects of your mistakes will disappear.

It is impossible the Son of God be merely driven by events outside of him. ²It is impossible that happenings that come to him were not his choice. ³His power of decision is the determiner of every situation in which he seems to find himself by chance or accident. ⁴No accident nor chance is possible within the universe as God created it, outside of which is nothing. ⁵Suffer, and you decided sin was your goal. ⁶Be happy, and you gave the power of decision to Him Who must decide for God for you. (A Course in Miracles, T-21.II.2:1–3:6. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

The wish for specialness demands that some must lose for others to gain. In this plan, harm is inevitable, attack justified and defense a necessity. This is the price we pay for believing in a unique identity.

But our true Identity is Love, universally one for eternity. Love joyously gives Itself without limit and receives all that it gives. It dwells in peace, knowing it is eternally safe in Love’s changelessness. Today we choose to accept God’s gift of all His Love and joyously extend to all.

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The Holy Spirit Guides Us to See Our Oneness

You cannot forget the Father because I am with you, and I cannot forget Him. ²To forget me is to forget yourself and Him Who created you. ³Our brothers are forgetful. ⁴That is why they need your remembrance of me and of Him Who created me. ⁵Through this remembrance, you can change their minds about themselves, as I can change yours. ⁶Your mind is so powerful a light that you can look into theirs and enlighten them, as I can enlighten yours. …I do want to share my mind with you because we are of one Mind, and that Mind is ours. ¹⁰See only this Mind everywhere, because only this is everywhere and in everything. ¹¹It is everything because it encompasses all things within itself. ¹²Blessed are you who perceive only this, because you perceive only what is true.

Come therefore unto me, and learn of the truth in you. ²The mind we share is shared by all our brothers, and as we see them truly they will be healed. ³Let your mind shine with mine upon their minds, and by our gratitude to them make them aware of the light in them. ⁴This light will shine back upon you and on the whole Sonship, because this is your proper gift to God. ⁵He will accept it and give it to the Sonship, because it is acceptable to Him and therefore to His Sons. ⁶This is true communion with the Holy Spirit, Who sees the altar of God in everyone, and by bringing it to your appreciation, He calls upon you to love God and His creation. ⁷You can appreciate the Sonship only as one. ⁸This is part of the law of creation, and therefore governs all thought. (A Course in Miracles, T-7.V.10:1-6,9-12;11. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

The Holy Spirit accepts only the truth of Love, Which is universally one and changeless. Thus He sees only Love in everyone and everything. This Love unites us with our Creator and everyone, without exception. When we join with the Holy Spirit and let Him interpret our perceptions on our behalf, we are joined with the Sonship. We are accepting the Self that is God’s one Son.

Today we offer our perceptions to the Holy Spirit for His interpretation. He will show us the unity of Love beyond all appearances of differences and conflict. We will find peace in the Heart of Love.

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Following the Teacher of True Love

You do not know the meaning of love, and that is your handicap. ²Do not attempt to teach yourself what you do not understand, and do not try to set up curriculum goals where yours have clearly failed.

³Resign now as your own teacher. ⁴This resignation will not lead to depression. ⁵It is merely the result of an honest appraisal of what you have taught yourself, and of the learning outcomes that have resulted. ⁶Under the proper learning conditions, which you can neither provide nor understand, you will become an excellent learner and an excellent teacher. ⁷But it is not so yet, and will not be so until the whole learning situation as you have set it up is reversed.

Your learning potential, properly understood, is limitless because it will lead you to God. ²You can teach the way to Him and learn it, if you follow the Teacher Who knows the way to Him and understands His curriculum for learning it. ³The curriculum is totally unambiguous, because the goal is not divided and the means and the end are in complete accord. ⁴You need offer only undivided attention. ⁵Everything else will be given you. ⁶For you really want to learn aright, and nothing can oppose the decision of God’s Son. ⁷His learning is as unlimited as he is. (A Course in Miracles, T-12.V.6:1-2;8:3–9:7. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

The key to becoming a teacher of God is to “follow the Teacher Who knows the way to Him.” Our inner Teacher knows that only the oneness of Love is real. The ego denies Love, and following any direction from the ego leads away from God’s Love.

Let us join together in a shared dedication to follow the Teacher who knows the way to Love. Under His leadership we will learn to recognize Love’s eternal Presence. We will learn to be Love’s expression in the world of perception. Differences will fade as we forgive our mistaken beliefs. And we will remember the safety of our Home in Love.

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Welcoming the Reality of Love

What is a miracle? ²A dream as well. ³But look at all the aspects of this dream and you will never question any more. ⁴Look at the kindly world you see extend before you as you walk in gentleness. ⁵Look at the helpers all along the way you travel, happy in the certainty of Heaven and the surety of peace. ⁶And look an instant, too, on what you left behind at last and finally passed by.

The miracle forgives; the ego damns. ²Neither need be defined except by this. ³Yet could a definition be more sure, or more in line with what salvation is? ⁴Problem and answer lie together here, and having met at last the choice is clear. ⁵Who chooses hell when it is recognized? ⁶And who would not go on a little while when it is given him to understand the way is short and Heaven is his goal? (A Course in Miracles, C-2.7;10)

Judgment is the mechanism of separation. It fosters conflict, anger, fear and guilt. Judgment sees differences where none exist in truth. It blinds us to the light of Love that is everywhere to be seen, hidden behind a veil of false perceptions.

When we forgive our judgments, the veil is dispelled. We see the Love that unites us with our Creator, drawing us into His kind and warm embrace. Where we saw adversaries, we see helpers supporting us on our journey to the Home we dreamt we had lost.

Today we bring all our judgments to the Holy Spirit to purify our mind and welcome our true Reality in God’s eternal Love.

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Forgiving the Wish for Specialness

The face of Christ has to be seen before the memory of God can return. ²The reason is obvious. ³Seeing the face of Christ involves perception. ⁴No one can look on knowledge. ⁵But the face of Christ is the great symbol of forgiveness. ⁶It is salvation. ⁷It is the symbol of the real world. ⁸Whoever looks on this no longer sees the world. ⁹He is as near to Heaven as is possible outside the gate. ¹⁰Yet from this gate it is no more than just a step inside. ¹¹It is the final step. ¹²And this we leave to God.

…the unity that [forgiveness] reflects becomes His Will. ³It is the only thing still in the world in part, and yet the bridge to Heaven.”

“How lovely does the world become in just that single instant when you see the truth about yourself reflected there. ²Now you are sinless and behold your sinlessness. ³Now you are holy and perceive it so. ⁴And now the mind returns to its Creator; the joining of the Father and the Son, the Unity of unities that stands behind all joining but beyond them all. ⁵God is not seen but only understood. ⁶His Son is not attacked but recognized.” A Course in Miracles, (C-3.4;5:2-3;8)

The world we seem to live in is a diversion. It is an outward picture of an inward wish for specialness. The body we perceive this through is the ego’s principle instrument to make our perceptions seem real. Yet we are learning nothing we perceive outside us can be true. Nothing exists outside the unity of God’s Love.

The practice of true forgiveness is the means to let go of our wish for specialness. When we let go of all the forms of differences we perceive, with the Holy Spirit’s help, we will perceive the oneness of Love in all things, including our true Self. This is the face of Christ. Today we take the Holy Spirit’s Hand and let Him guide us in all our doings.

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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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