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Opening to Truth

Robert:
In today’s reading in A Course in Miracles, four sentences stood out to me: “Turn with me firmly away from all illusions now, and let nothing stand in the way of truth. …There is no veil the Love of God in us together cannot lift. The way to truth is open. Follow it with Me.” (T-16.IV.12:5,13:9-11)

This is very comforting to me. It is assuring to know that I have a mighty companion Who joins with me to turn away from illusions and open to the truth. In joining with Him there is no barrier, no veil, that cannot be lifted to reveal the truth.

Wow! Everything I need is available to me to help me wake up and return Home to the loving Heart of God. Today and every day I walk with a mighty Companion, a Friend indeed, always with me, always strengthening me, always ready to help me see the truth.

Mary:
The section that we read this morning is Chapter 16, Section IV, “The Illusion and the Reality of Love.” As I focused on reinforcing the important message held here, it struck me that my willingness is what allows me to experience the Love of God and my unwillingness is what holds me to illusions. The sentence that stood out to me today is, “To lift the veil that seems so dark and heavy, it is only needful to value truth beyond all fantasy, and to be entirely unwilling to settle for illusion in place of truth.” (10:4)

Today my focus will be to look at my level of willingness to value truth beyond all fantasy. Through mindfulness I will watch my state of mind and look at where I am still settling for illusion in place of truth. Once I see these areas as I go through the day, I can recognize them as the barriers to Love that they are. In an earlier part of this section I am told, “Your task is not to seek for Love, but merely to seek and find all of the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” (6:1)

This is my most important task today. I must be willing to look at where I am settling for illusion in place of truth and hand it over to my constant Companion, Who will show me where true value lies. It may look like I have other jobs to do today, but my most important job is this.

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Forgive the World

Robert:
Judgment hides Christ’s vision from my awareness. It is impossible to hold judgment in my heart and see the innocence of Christ in my brother. The flip side of that is that if I see guilt in my brother, it is only a reflection of a guilt I see within myself. The bottom line is if I want to see and experience Love, I must let go of judgment, I must forgive.

Within the ego thought system there is no justification for forgiveness. The ego cannot forgive because true forgiveness would be the end of the ego. That is why we need help from outside the ego thought system if we want to forgive. That is why the Course tells us to bring all our thoughts of guilt and fear to the Holy Spirit for His gentle correction.

If I perceive someone as threatening or in some way capable of harming me, it is a sure sign that I have identified with the ego thought system. This is my opportunity to bring this perception to the Holy Spirit and welcome His beneficent Light. Holy Spirit’s Light always assures me that I am safe. If I am willing, I will be shown the error in my thinking that is the cause of the fear and I will be given a replacement for the false image that is fearful. I will remember that it is God’s strength and Love that sustains me. I am not sustained by the “good will” of the ego. I am sustained by the God Will of my Source.

Today is a day to practice remembering that I am sustained by the Love of God.

Mary:
Today is a day to remember What I am and Where I am in truth. The truth is that Love created me as an extension of Itself. Formless Love is What I am. I am not a body and a world of separation is not my home. My Home is in God’s oneness.

My practice today is to allow the memory of Where my true Home is to return to my mind. My practice today is to accept the peace and Love and joy of my true Home. If I allow the memory of my true Home to return, I will have a happy day. This is where my true happiness lies. Forgiving the world for all that I thought it was is the means through which I find true happiness. This is how I let go and let God.

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Present Memory

Mary:
This morning we read the first section of A Course in Miracles Text, Chapter 28: “The Present Memory.” Here we are reminded that the Holy Spirit remembers our true Cause for us when we forget. And because the Holy Spirit is always there in our mind, our memory of God is always present in our mind, waiting in stillness for us to return to Present Memory.

Jesus tells us, “What you remember never was. It came from causelessness which you confused with cause. It can deserve but laughter, when you learn you have remembered consequences that were causeless and can never be effects. The miracle reminds you of a Cause forever present, perfectly untouched by time and interference. Never changed from what It is and you are Its effect, as changeless and as perfect as Itself.” (T-28.I.9:1-6)

True Cause is God, our Father. Here we are seeing that, through the Holy Spirit, our Father never leaves us. We are still safe in our Father. We did not leave Home. We merely dreamed we had a separate life of our own for a while. We, the one Son, are coming to the time when we are willing to remember true Cause and return to our Source. We know the way is made through our willingness to join with the Holy Spirit Whose purpose is to return us to Present Memory. “The stillness speaks in gentle sounds of love the Son of God remembers from before his own remembering came in between the present and the past, to shut them [the gentle sounds of love] out.” (13:6)

How wonderful it is that we are coming to the time of being willing to let the Holy Spirit lift the veil. How wonderful it is that we are at the time of joining with the Holy Spirit in happy laughter. As we are willing, it is done for us, and the memory of God returns. We give thanks that this time is now.

Robert:
There is no time to worry. There is no time to hurry. There is no time. Time was made as a mechanism to make separation appear real. Without time, there is only now. And now there is only Love.

This makes it very simple. To remember Love, I need only forget time. Time is the veil that hides the present from my awareness. It is in time that I harbor guilt and fear. It is time to stop giving “safe harbor” to fear and guilt. Because fear and guilt can only be harbored in time, and in truth there is no time, fear and guilt have no foundation. They are causeless and therefore do not exist in truth.

To this the ego responds “but remember when you hurt that person.” The key words in this statement are “remember when.” This reveals that the ego is using memory to drag along the past, to hang on to time.

But the Holy Spirit will use memory to remember the present, if I am willing. Thus the Holy Spirit uses memory to restore me to the experience of Love. In every moment I have the choice between the ego’s use of memory, which holds separation as real, or the Holy Spirit’s use of memory, which shows us that only oneness is real.

The more I am willing to let the Holy Spirit be my interpreter in every moment, the more I will be reminded of the happy present in Love.

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Awakening with Happy Laughter

Robert:
God’s Will for us is perfect happiness. This happiness is not based on form because all form is temporary. Because God is eternal, the happiness He wills for us is eternal.

The forms we see in the world can never be the cause of true happiness. But our perception of the world can reflect the true happiness we see within. When we feel true happiness within, changing forms do not matter. This brings us the experience of safety because we recognize that forms cannot affect the truth within us.

Today my prayer is to see all things as Holy Spirit sees. Thus will I be anchored in Love’s happiness, calm and undisturbed, shining in the reflection of Love’s presence. This is how I will exchange the ego’s dream for the happy dream of the real world, free of the past and ready to remember my Home.

Mary:
This morning we read A Course in Miracles Chapter 22, Section IV: The Branching of the Road. It feels like the message in this section reflects the purpose of this next stage of our life in Florida. A theme kept flowing through both of our minds: Letting the veil be lifted with happy laughter.

This theme seems to be the cornerstone of our journey at this stage in our life. We feel that we are being guided to a location that provides the setting for easy letting the veil be lifted with happy laughter. We are now looking at properties in Ponce Inlet, which is quite near the beach. This quiet, rather isolated beach seems to stimulate quiet reflection. We are taking it a step at a time, remembering that our only job is to let ourselves be led, moment by moment.

The thought of letting the veil be lifted with happy laughter rings true in my heart and brings me to a place of inner joy. It is quite an interesting journey we are on. I feel an inner enthusiasm as we walk this journey together. The truth is we are one Light; there is no distance between us. In happy laughter, we awaken from the dream of separation.

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Sustained by the Love of God

Mary:
This morning we were guided to read A Course in Miracles Workbook, Lessons 49 and 50. What stood out to me was this: “Put not your faith in illusions. They will fail you. Put all your faith in the Love of God within you; eternal, changeless and forever unfailing. This is the answer to whatever confronts you today.” (W-pI.50.4:1-4)

This is a helpful reminder to me to open my mind to what is eternal, not to what is constantly changing. As I open to the eternal, I feel the peace that is always there. I feel the confidence that nothing changes in God; nothing changes in Love. I am gently reminded that this is Where I am always.

From this place of remembering, I can look at all the changes that seem to be happening in the outer world with an inner smile, knowing that what really sustains me always is the Love of God. In this state of mind, I can feel the constant calm and be truly helpful.

Robert:
When I remember I am sustained by the Love of God, I am at peace. I know all my needs are met so my peace cannot be disturbed. Today I will use “I am sustained by the Love of God” as a mantra to remind me of Where I am in truth.

From that state of mind I am open to the flow of Holy Spirit’s inspiration in all my doing. I know I am not alone. I know I don’t have to figure out anything on my own. All that needs doing will flow freely from God’s sustaining Love. With this practice I will have a day of joy.

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The Certainty of Our Safety

Holy Spirit to Robert:
Rest in the peace of God…. Rest… rest… rest…. Let yourself feel the safety of being in God…. Let yourself feel the joy of being in His Love…. Let yourself feel His peace embrace you and fill you…. Accept it as yours….

Feel His peace and Love and joy flow through you to all the world…. Into the certainty of this Presence invite all to join you in remembering your Home….

This is why you are here…. The only meaning in all the forms of the world is in their service to this remembering…. Let yourself be in Love… and let Love guide all your ways, all your thoughts, all your doing…. Thus will you learn that you are Love and nothing else.

Holy Spirit o Mary:
You can relax now… Breathe deeply… and let yourself become aware of the Love that you are… Let yourself feel how safe you are… Let deep peace fill your being… Let all your living flow from this awareness of peace.

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We Go Together, You and I

Mary:
This morning we had our weekly Saturday morning teleconference working with course 918: The Power of Prayer and Meditation. The points to practice that stood out the most to me were, “We go together, you and I” and the importance of giving time in quiet to God.

The world is so filled with busyness and turmoil that I need constant reminders to step back and listen. I go with the flow more easily when I remember that the only purpose that means anything is to let go of my belief in separation and allow myself to return to the awareness of the oneness of Love’s Presence.

Each moment I am being given another opportunity to relax and let myself be guided by my inner Teacher rather than following the constant flow of desire that comes from the ego mind. Right now I feel so grateful to participate in the symphonic flow of awakening as we all follow Holy Spirit’s plan.

Robert:
What stood out to me in today’s teleconference session is that to be open to the Will of God I must be willing to let go of the past. This is why forgiveness is the central message of the Course. Forgiveness is another word for letting go of the past. The ego uses the past as a barrier against God’s present Love. The more I am able to be free from images of the past, the more I am receptive to God’s beneficent and loving Will.

Since God’s Will for me and everyone is perfect happiness, I really do want God’s Will for me. Today is another day to practice being mindful of my judgments and to offer them to the Holy Spirit for release so that I can experience Love’s Presence.

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