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Let Me Be Still and Listen to the Truth

Mary:  This morning I was guided to read ACIM Lesson 106: Let me be still and listen to the truth. I was reminded that the answer to every concern lies within, not without. The Holy Spirit is always in my mind, guiding me to the truth, when I am willing to welcome the Holy Spirit’s healing perspective.

I know that I am opening to the Holy Spirit when I receive Its gentle gift of peace. I let peace wash through my mind, cleansing it of all meaningless thoughts. I rest a while with the Holy Spirit. With the Holy Spirit, there are no problems. There is only eternal peace. Joined with Holy Spirit, I know that all is well and that nothing can really happen to change God’s one Son. Joined with Holy Spirit, there is only oneness.

I receive the quiet gentle message that it would be helpful to step back and rest a while with Holy Spirit often today. I see that it would be very beneficial to rest a while and to allow myself to become aware of the truth of Love’s presence everywhere as I rest and am willing to receive the truth today. I am filled with a sense of gratitude that God goes with me wherever I go. Today I am willing to practice letting go and letting the awareness of What Is return to my mind.

Robert:  Lesson 106 talks about listening for and receiving the Word of God. Today I have a new understanding of what this means. Remembering that the Course says words are but symbols of symbols, it helped me to understand that the Word of God is not necessarily an English word or words that come into my mind or that I hear. It’s a symbol, and symbols can come in many forms in the dream. When I am willing and receptive, the symbols will come in a form that’s helpful for me. God’s Voice (another symbol) will communicate to me in a way that I can receive it according to my willingness.

So the Word of God may come as a feeling. It may be as simple as a deepening sense of peace or a growing sense of joy. It may come as an image in my mind, a picture that helps me open more fully to God’s Love and peace. It may be an inner sense of knowing without words or images. Now when I listen for the Word of God, I will lay aside expectations for how It may come. I need only rest with an open mind and heart and I will receive God’s Word in every now moment. And I will know I am blessed as a Son of God.

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I Love the Truth Beyond the Images of the World

Robert:  I love the world. This is the only thought that can be in my mind when I am Identified with the one Self we all share. It does not mean that I love the forms and images of the world. It means that I love the truth beyond the images because it is the truth that is shared with all. Today I would see this truth in every moment and love the world and thus know my Self.

Mary:  Today is a day of practice in remembering that I rest in God. Today I will practice remembering that I am still as God created me and that nothing has really happened to change God’s one Son.

In order to remember this, I must allow an opening in my mind to receive God’s gift of peace and everlasting happiness. This peace and happiness does not change like the stories of the world.

I am in Holy Spirit’s school and the lesson for today is to practice opening my mind to receive the Holy Spirit’s gift of peace and Love and joy. It is my willingness that allows these gifts to be received. Today is a day of practice in receiving the truth.

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With Forgiveness, Love Dawns Upon My Mind of Itself

Robert:  It’s helpful to observe the words I use. They can be clues to my beliefs and attitudes. I just observed myself saying that I have to get something. I immediately laughed at myself because I recognized that I believed my happiness depended upon having some form.

This is what the ego always teaches. Since it is the idea of separation and lack, it always teaches that happiness comes from somehow filling that perceived lack. It doesn’t tell us that the lack is an illusion, that we already have everything of value, given us by God. Instead the ego teaches that its illusionary substitutes for what God gave us are what we should seek. Yet when we seek these substitutes, we do not realize that we are seeking for what we have denied by choosing illusions instead of the reality of Love.

There is no substitute for Love. There is nothing but Love. Believing in separation and searching for illusions to fill the emptiness that comes with believing in separation can never succeed. Success comes only when what is searched for is looked for where it can be found. Thus if I really want to be happy, I need to let illusions go. In other words I need to forgive the false images I have put in place as a barrier against Love. With forgiveness, Love dawns upon my mind of Itself. There is really nothing else I really want.

Words that give me a clue that I am looking to the world to fill my need for Love include: if only; I wish I had; I have to; I need to; I can’t. These are a few clues that I can use to alert me that I am looking to find Love where it cannot be found. I need to take that thought to the Holy Spirit and ask His help to see the Love that is already mine because it is God’s Will. This practice will help me see past the form to the forgiven world, the real world. And I will return to the full awareness of the Love I have always been.

Holy Spirit through Mary:  Let go of efforting. Let go of deciding anything on your own. Let go of thinking you are on your own. Remember you have a constant Companion Who will decide for you if you allow It. Hand the reigns over. Let yourself be carried. You need not try to figure it out on your own. You need not try to figure out on your own what will make you safe or what will help you have enough of what you think you need.

Let your mind quiet of all the ego chatter. Rest a while with Me. Receive My gift of peace. Really let yourself receive it. Receive its calmness and gentleness and sense of having everything you need in the moment. Receive the happiness that comes with it and the knowing that everything is in perfect order. Bring all your worries and concerns to this place of inner peace and let them disappear in its soft embrace.

Let this feeling of peace stay with you all through the day. Let the gentle inner knowing that comes with receiving peace guide your ways. Let receiving peace and extending peace be your only goal today.

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