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Follow the Way of Love

Holy Spirit to Mary:
Today go with the flow that forgiveness offers you. Choose to follow Holy Spirit each moment. Then go with the flow. Just follow where the Light leads you. The Light leads you to your innate happiness. Relax and let yourself be carried by the Light of Love today.

Holy Spirit to Robert:
Joy and Love are inseparable. When you follow the Light of Love, you follow the way of joy. In truth there is no other way. The appearance of alternatives is simply a false image to be let go. That is why forgiveness leads you to the way of joy. Face this day with an open heart, free of the past and it will be a happy day indeed.

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Honor and acknowledge your Self

Mary:
During our quiet time this morning, we were guided to read A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 110. The following stood out to me:

You are as God created you. Today honor your Self. Let graven images you made to be the Son of God instead of what he is be worshipped not today. Deep in your mind the holy Christ is waiting your acknowledgement as you. And you are lost and do not know yourself while He is unacknowledged and unknown. (W-pI.110.9)

I realize that it is so arrogant of me not to honor and acknowledge my Self. It is obvious if I see a world of separation that I have chosen to believe in a thought system of separation that is the opposite of my Self. I have true humility when I let the truth be true and not try to change it. I am as God created me. And this I includes everyone. No one is left out of God’s Oneness.

I need to be humble today and remember that the whole thought system I have bought into is not true. I honor my Self by letting go of these false ideas of separation. I let go, or forgive, by offering them up to the Holy Spirit to be undone. As the Holy Spirit shines a light on all the separate images I am making real through my belief, it becomes clear that this is how I wake up from the dream. This is how I move from caterpillar to butterfly.

As I practice honoring my Self by being willing to acknowledge the truth, peace returns. Inspiration for how to be truly helpful returns. I remember that forgiveness is my only function while I still think I am here.

Robert:
Whenever I judge I am embattled. I have perceived myself as separate and I am defending against what I judge. Every battle starts with a judgment. Consequently every battle proclaims guilt real and defines the Son of God as a sinner. While this could never be true, it can be believed and thus experienced as true.

To maintain the ego thought system there must be constant battle. For in the instant a brother is recognized as my one Self, the battle disappears. Guilt disappears. And Love flows in to fill the seeming gap left clean by the mind that has ceased to defend against the truth.

Today I choose to be vigilant for peace. Today I choose to be mindful of embattled thoughts and offer them to the Holy Spirit to be purified by His Light of Love. I am willing to do this a hundred or a thousand times an hour because I know that in this release I open the door to the peace of God. This is all I really want.

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Another Day of Opportunity

Robert:
We have been reading in the book, Zero Limits, about the fact that we are 100 percent responsible for everything we experience. This same idea is a central principle in A Course in Mircles. In the past I have thought there must be some exceptions to this principle. And I still try to make exceptions. But I now recognize that this is simply resistance to healing. It comes out of a fear of losing the separate identity I’ve worked so hard to develop.

Yet if I am really honest, this identity is an empty image made up to substitute for my Identity as Love in the heart of Love. Do I really want an empty image in place of a limitless, timeless Love? I don’t think so. Yet part of me must want this empty image. Otherwise there would be no thought to hold on to a world of images. Today I feel like I’m ready to kick up my acceptance a notch, to paraphrase Emeril. “Bam!” I could experience the fullness of God’s Love now! It’s just a matter of willingness.

In the dream I have carefully hidden “eons” of beliefs in unconsciousness. I am grateful that in every moment, with every thought, perception or experience, I am offered an opportunity to choose Love instead of fear, to choose unity instead of separation. In every moment I can say to my Self, “I am sorry I made this image. Help me to let it go. I love you. Thank you.”

I no longer want the substitute images. I want the peace of God. Nothing else has value. I am grateful for another day to practice.

Mary:
A Course in Miracles often tell us to ask of everything, “What is this for?” As I am reading Zero Limits, I am reminded that everything is for ‘cleaning.’ The Course uses the term forgiveness, or turning over every perception to the Holy Spirit to be cleansed and purified of what is not true. As my thoughts are purified of what is not true, there is no more “juice” there. And into this clean and empty space, Holy Spirit shines the Light of Love.

As I put the “welcome mat” out to the Holy Spirit in more and more situations, I am using each day as a new opportunity to “clean” or remember that I do not know what anything is for and I am open to a thought reversal. I am open to be reminded by the Holy Spirit that, “Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists.” As I let myself receive this truth, peace comes with it.

Applying this process to every experience of my “life” is what today and every day is for. Today is another opportunity to forgive or, in other words, to allow my true Self heal my mind by removing what is not true. The ho’ oponopono process of saying, “I am sorry, I love you. Forgive me. Thank you,” is another way of opening my mind to accept the truth instead of continuing to carry on with the ego thought system. The false mind I have been identifying with knows nothing.

As I practice true humility and remember to step back and observe what is really going on, my willingness increases to forgive, or hand it over for correction. As my mind gets cleaned of false perceptions, only Love is there. And I give thanks that only this is true. I am filled with gratitude for the opportunity of another day of “cleaning” or forgiving what never was.

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Cleansing

Holy Spirit to Mary:
Your job now is to allow the cleansing or removal of all false ideas. This cleansing takes place naturally as you continuously choose God’s peace instead of the values of the world. Thoughts that give value to the world may still pop up in your mind from the past. But you now turn these thoughts over the Holy Spirit to be cleansed away instead of keeping them.

You now have one value that you hold above all others: You want only the peace of God. You consistently open your mind to receive God’s peace, which is always there for you to accept and extend. As you receive God’s peace, you also receive a steady flow of inspiration in how to be truly helpful in the moment. As you choose peace, you remember that you are being carried. You remember that you are eternal Spirit and are not a body.

You willingly lay down the toys of the world because you see that they are meaningless. The ego thoughts are handed over, again and again and again, as they come up to be healed. Your inner Teacher shines a light on all these false ideas. You let your mind be purified. You allow the return of the truth that only Love is real. You allow yourself to rest in God’s deep peace.

No matter what stories come up in the dream of separation, you know that everyone is safe along with you. Everyone is eternal Spirit, along with you. Everyone is innocent, along with you. God’s Son is One. You willingly let go of separation, individuality and uniqueness. You let yourself return to the truth that God’s Kingdom is all that is real. Only Love’s Oneness is real. You are willing to let any other thought be cleansed from your mind. This is what today is for. This is your purpose now.

Holy Spirit to Robert:
The memory of the ego is toxic because its purpose is to maintain the illusion of separation and the “reality” of fear and guilt. Forgiveness is the means to clear away this toxic memory. As long as you are determined to hang on to the ego’s memory, you block the memory of God that the Holy Spirit offers you in every moment. But when you are willing to offer all your thoughts to the Holy Spirit for Him to judge on your behalf, He will gently teach you what is meaningless and show you the Love that is meaningful that lies beyond the meaningless. Your openness to the Holy Spirit’s teaching is your path to God’s peace.

Today walk with the Holy Spirit with a willingness to receive His interpretation of everything you see, feel or think about. He will bring you to the freedom of God’s Love. He will dissolve with God’s Light the toxic memories of the ego. This practice brings you to the presence of Love. It is worth the effort.

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You Are Being Carried

Holy Spirit to Robert:
“I am being carried.” Hold this thought in your mind throughout the day. When a thought of fear arises, repeat this thought to yourself. If you perceive a problem, remember this thought and add, “I open my mind to receive Spirit’s loving inspiration.” Then allow yourself to receive Spirit’s gift of peace. Peace prepares you to receive the inspiration that reflects the Love and joy of God in the world.

“I am being carried.” This thought cannot be over emphasized. It is central to your recognition of your unity with Love. Let this thought comfort you and reassure you of your unbreakable connection with your Source. As you hold your mind open to this thought you will find that perceived problems quickly diminish in their seeming magnitude. You will find inspiration flowing through you through which you learn to be truly helpful in every moment. This is Love’s reflection in the world.

This thought is held in the present moment. It brings with it no thought of the past and no concern for the future. Right now you are being carried. That is all you need to know to experience the peace of God.

Holy Spirit to Mary:
Let go and let God. This is how you know that you are being carried. When you let go of all you think you know, you are giving the Holy Spirit the opening to bring you true perception.

In truth you are in God’s safety net, because you cannot be anywhere else but in the mind of God. As you allow the awareness that you are still in the Mind of God where God created you, you are also recognize that you are still safe even though you may be dreaming of being on a distant shore.

Let go and let God and it will automatically come to you that you are being carried and that every circumstance that presents itself is leading you to an awareness of the Home you have never left. Let us give thanks that only the truth is true and nothing else is true. You can relax now. You are safe. You are innocent. You are loved. You are Home.

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Accept God’s Peace

Robert:
All I really want is to share the Love of God with all. Any other wish stems from a false idea of what I am. I am not a separate identity, peering out through a body’s eyes, looking upon a world of devastation and death. I am free to choose to be as I am, created by Love. I have the Means within my mind that will teach me how to recognize the false images for what they are. This kind and gentle Teacher will guide me, step by step to full release of the mistaken thought that I could be separate from my Source.

I am willing to step back and be led. I am willing to be shown the vision that Love sees. I am willing to experience the unity of Love. I am willing to dive into the ocean of Love and let It wash through me. It is in that purification that I will experience the holiness of God’s gift as my own.

Holy Spirit to Mary:
Right now, melt into God’s peace. It is there for you right now. Accept it. Right now this is your only purpose — accept God’s peace. All will follow in perfect order from this. Focus only on accepting God’s peace.

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Rest in God’s Strength

Mary:
This morning when I went to the Holy Spirit in quiet, the message was that today my job is to rest in God. That sounds like a pretty nice job! It also means that it is not my job to judge on my own or make decisions on my own. This is the part that takes vigilance. It is only when I am vigilant to become aware of ego thoughts and hand them over that I am brought to the freedom I really want.

The false mind may still think that it has a job, but it is being given the pink slip. I no longer need or want that kind of assistance. As I remember, “in my defenselessness my safety lies,” I no longer need a defender. I no longer need the pretender identity. I can choose to let that go and focus on resting in God. This false identity may bring up objections and try to keep its old job, but it’s no longer needed. I see that I no longer need that kind of “help.”

Today I have one focus and that is to rest in God. From that one focus, everything that I need to remember will be there as I need it.

Robert:
Father, Your strength is mine. Help me to remember Your gift of Love. Help me recognize that Your Love is everywhere; I cannot be without It. It is in Your Love I live. There is no other life. The Life I live in You, I share with all my brothers because there is no other Life. In Your strength we live together as one. In Your strength is peace beyond understanding.

Today I would see with the eyes of Love that there is no strength but Yours, which is my own. Thank You, Father, for Your gift.

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