When you are still an instant, when the world recedes from you, when valueless ideas cease to have value in your restless mind, then will you hear His Voice. So poignantly He calls to you that you will not resist Him longer. In that instant He will take you to His home, and you will stay with Him in perfect stillness, silent and at peace, beyond all words, untouched by fear and doubt, sublimely certain that you are at home.
Rest with Him frequently today. For He was willing to become a little Child that you might learn of Him how strong is he who comes without defenses, offering only love’s messages to those who think he is their enemy. He holds the might of Heaven in His hand and calls them friend, and gives His strength to them, that they may see He would be Friend to them.
Be still an instant and go home with Him, and be at peace a while. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 182, W-pI.182.8:1-9:3;12:9. See also ACIM Lesson 182 Insights.)
It is what we judge as valuable that binds us to the world of form. If we think a certain kind of relationship is important, we feel lack if we believe we don’t have it or fear that we may lose it. If we believe that status or certain things are important, we spend our time trying to acquire them or protect them. These values keep us unsettled, for they are never completely satisfied because we know that forms can change in an instant.
There is another way of being that is always at peace, always happy and always fulfilled. When we value the Truth of What we are — the Love of God — we are always at peace. We inherently know that this will never change. We can trust Its constancy and Its strength. And in the awareness of that Love, we see the same Love in everyone and know them as our Friend.
This state of being is always ours to claim as our own. We claim this state by forgiving the values we have given to the changeable and valueless. There is no loss when we let go of what we recognize as valueless. This recognition comes when we let our inner Teacher help us learn where our true Value lies and release our attachment to the valueless.
Today we dedicate to paying attention to the lessons offered us to learn where our true Value lies.
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