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Love and Happiness

Robert:
Love always brings happiness. They are attached at the hip. When I extend Love, when I see through the eyes of Love, I’m a happy camper. Fear is gone. Judgment is out of the picture, for Love does not condemn. There is no happier place to be than Love. Love created me like Itself. So of course I’m happy when I am in Love because I am being my Self.

Today I ask the Holy Spirit to help me see all things through the eyes of Love. …And my joy will be complete.

Mary:
Today my job is to let go and let God. This means let go of control. This means not deciding anything on my own. This means melting into God’s peace… And from this place of peace I will be led to see past the images of separation to the pure Light of Oneness That is always everywhere.

This naturally happens as I am consistently willing to soften and follow how Love leads me. As I consistently practice this, my day is gentle and happy.

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A Declaration of Freedom

Robert:
My heart is filled with gratitude for God’s gifts. It is His Will that they be ours, and being changeless, He does not change His Will — His gifts remain ours eternally. As I look upon a brother, I can remind him in my mind, “God’s gifts of peace and Love and joy are yours.” In that reminding, I am also reminding myself. This is a simple response to any sense of disturbance: God’s gifts of peace and Love and joy are mine.

I will remind myself of this frequently today, for it is a declaration of freedom. It is the thought that sets me free from all sense of limitation. It is the central lesson God would have me learn. God’s peace and Love and joy are ours.

Mary:
This is my prayer today: Holy Spirit, I would remember You. I am willing to join with You and be of one Mind. I am willing to rest in Your pure Love… Your pure peace… Your pure joy…. I am willing to follow your lead today.

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What Is a Happy Camper?

Robert:
What is a happy camper? A happy camper feels safe and loved and knows all his needs are met. Since I was created in the safety of God’s eternal Love and given all of God, how could I be anything but a happy camper?

Unhappiness comes only from the denial of what I have. This could also be called a grievance against God. I can return to being a perfectly happy camper simply by being willing to turn over all my grievances, no matter what they appear to be, or who or what they appear to be against, to the Holy Spirit. He will lovingly show me the truth beyond all grievances.

Today I would turn over all my disturbing thoughts, my grievances, to the Holy Spirit and willingly receive His correction. And I will be a happy camper indeed.

Mary:
The last three days we have been visiting with Mary Lenihan and John Hutkin in Sarasota, Florida. We had no specific plan in mind but to follow Holy Spirit’s plan for us. One evening, after dinner, we were walking along looking in the shops windows when I saw what looked like a bronze laughing Buddha. I look at that Buddha and it reminded me of the innate happiness that is inside of everyone.

As I looked at it, I had to laugh. I said to Mary, “That Buddha is just wonderful. I wonder how much it costs?” The store was closed so Robert looked up close and saw a price tag on a larger Buddha next to it. It was $599. That was way over our means. So we just enjoyed it and walked on.

The next morning I kept thinking about that laughing Buddha. I was drawn to go back and check the price to see if it was within our means. It was a very helpful symbol to remind me to laugh at the silliness of the dream of separation from God. I couldn’t help but smile, even when I just thought of that laughing Buddha.

We went back after dinner, and to our surprise, the Buddha was made of cement with a bronze finish, and was very well within our means. So we bought it, wrapped it up and will put it in a prominent place in our new location here in Florida. When you come to visit us in Florida, you will be greeted by the laughing Buddha, reminding you not to take this world too seriously.

Our visit with Mary and John was just incredible. We walked and talked on the beach, read A Course in Miracles, and laughed together. We talked about how important it is not to try to control anything, but to follow Holy Spirit’s lead in the moment from a place of peace. This the focus of Mary Lenihan’s new program, WNYHOO-NOW! (World Needs Your Help One-to-One—Now!) which helps us all remember to be guided moment by moment in how to be truly helpful.

Inspiration from the Holy Spirit flowed freely and abundantly through us all. And we thank John and Mary for our wonderful adventure with Holy Spirit together.

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Accept God’s Gifts Today

Mary:
Today my practice is to remember that my will is only what God Wills. We have one Will. My practice is to let go of the idea that I have a different “will” or that I could control anything on my own. God’s gifts of peace, joy and Love are mine. Let me accept God’s gifts today.

Robert:
I rest in God’s Love. This is eternally true because it is God’s Will that I remain one with Him. I rest in God’s peace because I am one with Him. I share God’s joy because what is one with God shares all His attributes.

Any perception that I am experiencing anything but God’s Love, peace and joy is an instant signal that I am believing in what could never be true. The antidote to that perception is simple: Turn it over to the Holy Spirit and be willing to perceive His vision. Thus will I learn to disregard meaningless illusions and accept God’s Meaning Which is all there is.

Thank you God that you have given me Your Meaning. It is all that I really want and all that I am.

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Simplicity and Ease

Holy Spirit to Mary:
Let today be a day of simplicity and ease… Let your mind quiet and be in a place of rest… Let the feeling of simple, uncomplicated Love fill your mind today… Keep it simple and rest… Let yourself be carried in Love’s splendor…

Robert:
All that is really meaningful for me in this world is learning the lessons God would have me learn. Because I am one with the Sonship, the blessing I receive by learning God’s lessons bless the Sonship.

Every day there are myriad temptations to perceive the world is real. I do get caught up in these perceptions, but I am learning to more quickly recognize that my peace has been disturbed and what I really want is the peace of God.

So I offer each of these perceptions to the Holy Spirit with the willingness to receive His loving correction. That is my only meaningful function. The more I follow through on this purpose, the greater my peace and happiness. I will practice again today and have a happy day. And thus will the world be blessed along with me.

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Let the Holy Spirit be the judge of all things today.

Mary:
Today presents another opportunity to practice seeing past individuality and differences to the oneness that is really there. Today is another opportunity to practice stepping back and letting the Holy Spirit show me the truth of oneness behind the false stories of separate bodies. This is the forgiveness work that is before me today: To see past separate forms to the one Christ Light.

What I desire to see I will see. Today my intent is to let my mind be healed by the Holy Spirit. Judgment is not my job. I will let the Holy Spirit be the judge of all things today.

Robert:
The ego is heavily invested in the “reality” of the world. Its seeming existence depends upon our belief that the world of forms and images is real. A Course in Miracles tells us point blank: There is no world and the body is nothing. This shakes the ego to its core, understandably so. For when we fully accept these facts, the ego will no longer seem to exist. We will see our brother as he is: The loving extension of God’s Love. We will experience the peace and the joy that come with knowing there is no “other” that can threaten us, there is only the joy of God.

Each moment I choose what I want. I have taught myself that there is value in the world and its myriad forms. But by the grace of God, I have a Teacher in my mind ready to teach me to recognize what is truly valuable, to undo the false lessons I have taught myself. My increasing experience of peace and happiness motivates me to continue to be vigilant to offer my false ideas to the Holy Spirit for His kind and gentle correction. I want what this correction brings. I want the peace and joy of God. Thank you God for giving me the means to accept your gifts.

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Deciding for Peace

Holy Spirit to Mary:
Today practice allowing God’s peace to replace all that you think you think. You think you see a world where all is separate, distinct and alone. When you choose peace, the way is made for the Holy Spirit to bring you a new perception. Here you will see the Light that lies beyond the veil of individual identities. Here you will see that we are all one Light and there is no distance between us. Choosing to accept God’s peace means that you are willing to allow God’s World to return to your mind. You are willing for oneness to replace the perception of differences.

As you go through your day, your practice is to allow the awareness of God’s peace to return to your mind. Have a peace-filled day. It is worth the vigilance. Practice deciding for peace and have a happy day.

Robert:
What do I really want? I want the peace of God, because I want to be my Self. The world I see is not my Home. Yet I remain at Home in Heaven. While I identify with an image of being within the world I see, I am unaware of my true Home, yet I am still There. Beneath all the attempts to make images in the world content me, all I really want is to remember Who I am.

I am grateful that I have a Friend within my mind, ready in any instant to help me see past the mistaken perceptions to the truth that I am already Home in Love. By choosing peace I open my mind to my Friend’s gentle and loving correction. We walk together Homeward bound. It is a journey of joy.

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