Daily Inspiration

Freeing Ourselves from the Ego’s Prison

Begin to practice the Holy Spirit’s use of time as a teaching aid to happiness and peace. Take this very instant, now, and think of it as all there is of time. Nothing can reach you here out of the past, and it is here that you are completely absolved, completely free and wholly without condemnation. From this holy instant wherein holiness was born again you will go forth in time without fear, and with no sense of change with time.

You will never give this holy instant to the Holy Spirit on behalf of your release while you are unwilling to give it to your brothers on behalf of theirs. For the instant of holiness is shared, and cannot be yours alone. Remember, then, when you are tempted to attack a brother, that his instant of release is yours. Miracles are the instants of release you offer, and will receive. They attest to your willingness to be released, and to offer time to the Holy Spirit for His use of it. (A Course in Miracles, T-15.I.9:1-7;12. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)

We offer time to the Holy Spirit by being willing to follow His guidance, making no decisions on our own. It seems like having to include the Holy Spirit in all our decisions is loss of our independence. That is what the ego tells us. But the ego’s thought system is imprisonment, for it is the belief in limitation. The Holy Spirit knows that we are as unlimited as God, for we are one with Him. So being willing to let Holy Spirit guide all our decisions, all our perceptions, is the key to unlock the ego’s prison cell.

Choosing the ego thought system is like choosing solitary confinement, for the ego is the idea of being alone. The Holy Spirit is the key to unlock the door. His gift to us is perfect freedom to be the Love we were created to be. That freedom is accepted as we offer it to every brother. We don’t know we are free unless we offer freedom to all.

Today we practice accepting the Holy Spirit’s lessons that show us the innocence in our brothers and ourselves. With His help, we offer freedom from guilt and receive it.

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