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The Basis for True Forgiveness

Love created me like itself. I am in the likeness of my Creator. I cannot suffer, I cannot experience loss and I cannot die. I am not a body. I would recognize my reality today. I will worship no idols, nor raise my own self-concept to replace my Self. I am in the likeness of my Creator. Love created me like itself.” (A Course in Miracles, W-pI.84.1. See also ACIM Lesson 84 Insights.)

The key to release from fear and guilt is to remember we are not a body. Only the body can seem to suffer, experience loss and die. As we accept that we remain as Love created us and are not a body, we free ourselves to receive Love’s gift of perfect happiness. The basis for true forgiveness is remembering we are not a body and that Love created us like Itself.

Holy Spirit, help me to see beyond the appearances of the world today. Help me to see the Love that is everywhere to be seen. With Your help I will join with the Love that is everywhere and extend that Love without reservation, for I would learn that Love created me like Itself.

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Letting Our Light Shine

I am the light of the world.

Who is the light of the world except God’s Son? This, then, is merely a statement of the truth about yourself.

You will want to think about this idea as often as possible today. It is the perfect answer to all illusions, and therefore to all temptation. It brings all the images you have made about yourself to the truth, and helps you depart in peace, unburdened and certain of your purpose.

[Tell yourself:] I am the light of the world. That is my only function. That is why I am here. (A Course in Miracles, W-pI.61.1:1-2;4:1-3;5:3-5. See also ACIM Lesson 61 Insights.)

Fear comes with believing that we are separate and alone. When we believe we are separate, we are unaware that we remain one with our Source and therefore believe we do not share the Light of our Source. Thus believing we are separate results in believing we are in darkness. But this is a lie, a self-deception.

Reminding ourselves that we are the Light of the world is a way to neutralize the self-deception. It is an answer to the temptation to believe the illusion that we are on our own, disconnected from the Source of Light. The ego cannot believe that we are the Light of the world because the ego is the belief in darkness, in being disconnected from Light. So as we affirm that we are the Light of the world, we are reminding ourselves that God’s Light and Love and strength are ours.

Today we choose to remember that we are the Light of the world. We carry this Light with us wherever we go and in all our thoughts. Because this Light is always with us, we can never be in the dark. The Light we are lights our way and dispels all illusions. Remembering that we are the Light of the world brings us back to accepting that we remain in Heaven, where we were created to be.

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We Walk to God Today

I will step back and let Him lead the way, For I would walk along the road to Him.

We walk to God. Pause and reflect on this. Could any way be holier, or more deserving of your effort, of your love and of your full intent? What way could give you more than everything, or offer less and still content the holy Son of God? We walk to God.

Your feet are safely set upon the road that leads the world to God. Look not to ways that seem to lead you elsewhere. Dreams are not a worthy guide for you who are God’s Son. Forget not He has placed His Hand in yours, and given you your brothers in His trust that you are worthy of His trust in you. (A Course in Miracles, W-pI.155.14:3;12:1-5:1-4. See also ACIM Lesson 155 Insights.)

We open our minds to Holy Spirit’s inspiration today… We still our minds and listen… We give Holy Spirit the time to help us see past illusions to the truth… With Holy Spirit’s help, we see all forms of lack of Love without judgment and recognize them as calls for Love instead of condemnation. We walk to God today.

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We Remain at Home in the Heart of Love

We dedicate today to paying attention to the vision of our true Self. Our true Self will show us the truth beyond the images of the world. Being Love, our true Self will show us the Love that is everywhere and It will recognize calls for Love for what they are.

This practice will shift our allegiance from the false ego image of a limited self to our true Self, which shares all the attributes of God. By paying attention to the vision of our true Self, we learn the truth about What we are. The false images of separation gently fade away.

What we see with our true Self’s vision is peaceful and joyous. We see a forgiven world for we have let go of the mistaken ideas of what we are. We remember that we are safe, we are Love and we remain at Home in the Heart of Love, Which created us.

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We Let God’s Gifts Be Extended Through Us

God’s peace and joy are yours. Today we will accept them, knowing they belong to us. And we will try to understand these gifts increase as we receive them.

Accept God’s peace and joy, and you will learn a different way of looking at a gift. God’s gifts will never lessen when they are given away. They but increase thereby.

True giving is creation. It extends the limitless to the unlimited, eternity to timelessness, and love unto itself. …It adds by letting what cannot contain itself fulfill its aim of giving everything it has away, securing it forever for itself. (A Course in Miracles, W-pI.105.1:1-3;3:3-5;4:2-3,5. See also ACIM Lesson 105 Insights.)

Today we are vigilant to accept God’s peace and joy… We open our minds to receive the healing perceptions that come with these gifts… We notice that ego thoughts and fears disappear and are replaced with God’s Thoughts of Love, gentleness and kindness… We are vigilant to let God’s Thoughts be extended through us… As we extend God’s gifts, they are returned to us… Our mind is healed as we extend God’s healing Thoughts to the world… We re filled with gratitude.

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Our Prayer of Awakening to Truth

Father, our eyes are opening at last. Your holy world awaits us, as our sight is finally restored and we can see. We thought we suffered. But we had forgot the Son whom You created. Now we see that darkness is our own imagining, and light is there for us to look upon. Christ’s vision changes darkness into light, for fear must disappear when love has come. Let me forgive Your holy world today, that I may look upon its holiness and understand it but reflects my own. (A Course in Miracles, W-pII.302.1. See also ACIM Lesson 302 Insights.)

We want to awaken to the truth. We want to be happy. We want to forgive all our false ideas that bring us pain, guilt and fear. To do this, we practice opening our minds to God’s healing Light.

Today we let Inspiration lead the way… In quietness we let It come… In peace and gentleness we extend It to the world… Today we realize we are so blessed… And we extend the blessing to everyone we meet or think of. All this comes our way as we awaken to the truth.

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Being Open to Christ’s Vision

I ask Your blessing on my sight today. It is the means which You have chosen to become the way to show me my mistakes, and look beyond them. It is given me to find a new perception through the Guide You gave to me, and through His lessons to surpass perception and return to truth. I ask for the illusion [of forgiveness] which transcends all those I made. Today I choose to see a world forgiven, in which everyone shows me the face of Christ, and teaches me that what I look upon belongs to me; that nothing is, except Your holy Son. (A Course in Miracles, W-pII.269.1. See also ACIM Lesson 269 Insights.)

The Course tells us that the body’s eyes can only see illusion because the body itself is only illusion. If we want to be aware of the truth of what we are, we need to shift our attention to a different kind of vision. The Course calls this Christ’s vision.

This is an inner vision that comes from the part of our mind that is eternally at one with our Creator. This part of our mind is wholly Love and wholly innocent. This part of our mind is our true Self. Because of What It is, It sees only Love and innocence.

As our Guide to true Vision, the Holy Spirit leads us to let go of the false idea of being separate and transforms our mistaken thoughts so that we can see the Love and innocence that Christ’s vision shows us. With this vision, we are at peace because there is no conflict in the oneness of Love.

Today we can take great strides toward the peace of God as we focus on being open to Christ’s vision. The ultimate reward of this practice is complete release from the hell of believing we are separate and alone.

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