Mary: Right now I am working on the next issue of Miracles News. I am warmed and inspired as I enter the beautiful articles that come from students of the Course around the world. It reminds me that awakening is happening everywhere. The undoing of the dream is happening in all our minds simultaneously. We truly are connected. What appears to be many is really joined in one mind. In a beautiful article, Brenda Eden, the wife of Rev. Robert Mills, shares with us her process of letting go of a form that she held very dear. When you receive your issue of Miracles News, be sure to read this heartfelt and inspiring article. It will make a difference in your life.
Realizing that the appearance of death means nothing and only the life we live in God is real helps us all awaken from our belief in death. As I work with these articles, I am filled with a sense of our unity and how we are working through this together. We have believed in illusions and we are letting them go. I see that our willingness is getting stronger and stronger each day. We all have a part to play in the Atonement—the undoing of our belief in separation, the dream stories. We all go Home together, for the Son is One.
The same Holy Spirit is in all our minds orchestrating the undoing of our belief in the dream as we are willing to listen. It is the Holy Spirit that helps us walk through all the ups and downs, the right turns and the left turns, and always brings us back to peace. The beingness of peace is our manna, our spiritual nourishment that feeds us, the nourishment that heals us truly. The healing tonic of peace washes away the fearful thoughts that we believed were true. The Holy Spirit at this stage of our awakening is our best friend. It is in our minds right now, waiting patiently to return us to God, waiting patiently for our willingness to listen.
Today it is my job to be willing to step back, remember I know nothing, and open my mind to the healing perspective of the Holy Spirit. This is what brings me peace. And with peace comes true understanding. Through the healing gift of peace, the Holy Spirit leads me out of believing in dreams of separation. I am willing to receive peace today. Thank you Holy Spirit for your gift of peace.
Robert: One of the reminders that I got out of the weekend with Regina and Laurent was how important it is for me to be mindful of my thoughts. Along with this is the recognition that I am not the thoughts that come into my mind. I do not have to believe them. As long as I seem to be in this world, there will be thoughts that reflect belief in separation. As I learn to recognize thoughts that reflect this belief, I can then take the next step which is to dis-identify with these thoughts. They are not me. They do not reflect my true desire. My true desire is to join with Love, which is One. Any thought that does not reflect this desire comes from the mistaken belief in separation. It is not true and I do not truly want it.
So if a fearful thought comes into my mind, I have a choice. I can believe it is true and get wrapped up in the feeling of fear and follow that rocky road deeper into defensiveness, guilt and anger. This leads me spiraling into darkness and depression because I am believing that separation is real. On this rocky road I have lost sight of my Self. It is lonely because it comes from the belief in being alone.
My other choice is to recognize the fearful thought for what it is. It is not true and it does not come from my Self. The thought came from a mistaken belief about what I am and I thought I wanted it. But I do not have to accept it now. I can choose instead to accept the thought offered me by Love, my true Self. I can be grateful for that fearful thought because it shows me a mistaken wish I do not truly want.
I choose instead to let the Holy Spirit help me see past the mistaken idea to the oneness of Love that is ever present, unchanging and unchangeable. In my willingness to receive the Holy Spirit’s perspective, I disengage from the old, no longer wanted belief in separation and I accept the oneness that Holy Spirit sees. It is the oneness of my true Self. It is the oneness of Love. In every moment I have this choice. I am grateful that I have a Guide in my mind to help me make this choice and I am willing to accept Its help. In this willingness I return to peace. I return to Love. I return to Heaven.
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