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Taking Responsibility for Our Experience

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

Deceive yourself no longer that you are helpless in the face of what is done to you. Acknowledge 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. It is impossible that happenings that come to him were not his choice. His power of decision is the determiner of every situation in which he seems to find himself by chance or accident. No accident nor chance is possible within the universe as God created it, outside of which is nothing. Suffer, and you decided sin was your goal. Be happy, and you gave the power of decision to Him Who must decide for God for you. (A Course in Miracles, T-21.II.2:3-7;3:1-6. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)

We are given a very clear map with well defined sign posts that tell us which directions lead to pain and suffering and which lead to peace and joy. It is also made clear that we always are choosing between these two options. No one does it for us.

Because of our unconscious denial, it seems that things happen to us that we did not ask for. But that denial is simply an ego mechanism to maintain the illusion that we are separate and alone.

It is good news to learn that we are making the choice in every moment that brings us every experience. Learning this frees us from the prison of the ego thought system. We are now free to choose the direction that leads to joy and peace. That choice is made easier because all we need do is ask the Holy Spirit to choose for Love on our behalf. As we are able to ask without reservation, we experience a world of Love and freedom, safety and happiness. The shadows of fear fade away and the Light of Love enlightens our world.

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