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Our Safety Lies in Our Defenselessness

Today our theme is our defenselessness. We clothe ourselves in it, as we prepare to meet the day. We rise up strong in Christ, and let our weakness disappear, as we remember that His strength abides in us. We will remind ourselves that He remains beside us through the day, and never leaves our weakness unsupported by His strength. We call upon His strength each time we feel the threat of our defenses undermine our certainty of purpose. We will pause a moment, as He tells us, “I am here.” (A Course in MIracles W-pI.153.19)

My practice for today is to be willing to let peace take charge of my mind. I choose the strength of peace instead of the weakness of thoughts that come from fear and conflict. I practice following where peace leads me. I accept my inner Teacher’s help in every circumstance. I realize that my safety lies in my defenselessness. My practice is in each now moment, and I give thanks for the help I receive.

Whenever I feel vulnerable or uncertain, I can call upon the strength of God in me. As I pause to accept this strength, I will feel Its Presence which tells me, “I am here.” What could be more assuring and comforting than to know that the strength of God is in me? As I call upon this strength, the seeming need to defend fades away as I remember that I remain in the safety of God’s Love.

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The Way to True Happiness

Our prayer for today: Help us let go of what is not helpful. Help us recognize and accept what is truly helpful. This is the way to true happiness, which is Your Will for us. Thank You for Your gift of strength and peace.

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Following Spirit’s Lead Past Time to Eternity

Only in time does interference in God’s completion seem to be possible. The bridge that He would carry you across lifts you from time into eternity. Waken from time, and answer fearlessly the Call of Him Who gave eternity to you in your creation. On this side of the bridge to timelessness you understand nothing. But as you step lightly across it, upheld by timelessness, you are directed straight to the Heart of God. At its center, and only there, you are safe forever, because you are complete forever. There is no veil the Love of God in us together cannot lift. The way to truth is open. Follow it with me. (A Course in Miracles T-16.IV.13:3-11)

The stories in the world can appear so real. It is important for me to consistently remember that I have an inner Teacher That can lead me out of the stories of time, differences and conflict to the truth of Love’s oneness. I am learning that attempting to solve problems as they come up at the level of form is not the answer.

If I am willing, my inner Teacher lifts me past the stories in time to the eternal now. When I am lifted past the veil of time, I see that nothing has really happened to change God’s one Son. Love is. God is. Nothing else is real. Here is where I find peace. And I give thanks.

From the perspective of peace in the oneness of Spirit, I am open to be inspired with how to reflect Love’s oneness in the dream of time. It is a solution based on the reality of Oneness reflected in the dream of separation in a way that leads to forgiveness of the dream. Holy Spirit’s solutions always lead us away from fear and guilt and help us let go of the false images that support the thought of separation.

My focus today is to remain in peace with an open mind to let Holy Spirit express truth through me in my thoughts, words and actions.

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I Place the Future in God’s Hands

If you can see the lesson for today as the deliverance it really is, you will not hesitate to give as much consistent effort as you can, to make it be a part of you. As it becomes a thought that rules your mind, a habit in your problem-solving repertoire, a way of quick reaction to temptation, you extend your learning to the world. And as you learn to see salvation in all things, so will the world perceive that it is saved. (A Course in Miracles W-pI.194.6)

Disappointment and impatience are sure signs that I have attempted to take the future into my own hands. If I’m disappointed, I had an expectation, which is another word for plan. If I am impatient, I must have some idea that something other than what is should be happening — I have my own plan.

When I am willing to let go of my plans, which are always built upon the past, my mind is open to Holy Spirit’s lead. The Holy Spirit always sees the present moment as an opportunity to help me accept changeless Love as my one Reality. In the changeless Love of now, I am at peace, for change is impossible. This is the gift that is offered me when I am willing to place the future in God’s Hands.

Today I will be vigilant for signs that I am planning on my own and let them remind me to let them go and place the future in God’s Hands.

This important message reminds me to open to the eternal present in the Mind of God. Peace is now. Love is now. There is no future and no past. There is only the eternal present in God. And for this I give thanks.

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We Are One Self

You are one Self, in perfect harmony with all there is, and all that there will be. You are one Self, the holy Son of God, united with your brothers in that Self; united with your Father in His Will. Feel this one Self in you, and let It shine away all your illusions and your doubts. This is your Self, the Son of God Himself, sinless as Its Creator, with His strength within you and His Love forever yours. You are one Self, and it is given you to feel this Self within you, and to cast all your illusions out of the one Mind that is this Self, the holy truth in you. (A Course in Miracles W-pI.95.13)

My opportunity today is to go to the sacred place in my mind where I can feel this one Self That I am and everyone is. The feeling of this one Self is infinite peace, Love and happiness. It is my opportunity today to allow myself to connect with the eternal truth and extend It to the world.

The eternal truth is very simple: Only Love is real. The nature of Love is to extend Itself eternally. To be my Self, I only need to extend Love without limit or exception. In this world, this unlimited extension seems difficult and even unjustified. But it only seems that way if I identify with a false image of myself that is separate from the whole.

So any time I do not experience the natural flow of Love through me, there is a need for me to forgive, to let go of a false image. I need to turn this over to the Voice for Truth in my mind to receive the help I need to recognize the false image for what it is. When falsity is recognized, it is freely let go.

Today I ask the Holy Spirit’s help to recognize what is false for what it is so that I may make room for the joy of Love. This is how I will have a happy day.

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Seeing the Face of Christ Beyond the Masks

The teachers of God appear to share the illusion of separation, but because of what they use the body for, they do not believe in the illusion despite appearances.… Awareness of dreaming is the real function of God’s teachers. They watch the dream figures come and go, shift and change, suffer and die. Yet they are not deceived by what they see. They recognize that to behold a dream figure as sick and separate is no more real than to regard it as healthy and beautiful. Unity alone is not a thing of dreams. And it is this God’s teachers acknowledge as behind the dream, beyond all seeming and yet surely theirs. (A Course in Miracles M-12.4:6,6:6-11)

The images the body’s eyes show us seem very real. Yet they are all simply masks that hide the unity of the face of Christ. These masks seem to interact and have effects on each other. Yet the changelessness of Christ behind the mask remains unaffected. It is when we believe that these masks (images) have real effects that we feel vulnerable and guilty. It is this belief that must be undone.

Our job now is to learn that the masks are really nothing and can have no effect. To learn this freeing lesson, we need to be willing to be taught by the Teacher That does not believe in these masks. Our practice today is to hold our minds and hearts open to our inner Teacher’s lessons that will help us see the face of Christ beyond the meaningless masks.

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Relax into Happiness

As I learn to relax and let go of the past with all its judgments, I return to the joy that is my natural state as Love’s creation. Whenever I am judging, am not relaxed. This is because I am trying to hang onto a false image of what I am and force it to take the place of Truth. This effort does not change Truth but it does make me unaware of It.

The practice of stepping back and relaxing helps me soften my grip on the past so that I can open my mind and heart to the joy of now. This is my practice today.

When I am willing to relax into happiness, I am letting go of the reins. I am letting go of control. I am letting myself be carried by the peace and Love of God. My mantra today is relax and follow… Relax and follow… This is how I allow myself to have a happy day.

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