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Choose to Rest in the Truth

Every day there seems to be a tug of war between which part of my mind I’m going to give attention to. Am I going to continue with the old habit of subscribing to the ego thought system? Or am I going to shift my attention to the Holy Spirit, the truth in my mind? The first option always brings uncertainty and at least an underlying, if not overt fear and guilt. The second option brings deep peace, confidence and the joy of knowing that I am Love and nothing else.

Looking at the consequences of these options, the obvious choice is to welcome the truth in my mind and disregard the ego thought system. With the strength of the Holy Spirit in me, I can reverse the old habit and choose to rest in the truth in my mind. This is my practice today.

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Welcoming God’s Judgment

Time pauses as eternity comes near, and silence lies across the world that everyone may hear this Judgment of the Son of God:

Holy are you, eternal, free and whole, at peace forever in the Heart of God. Where is the world, and where is sorrow now?

What is your judgment of the world, teacher of God? Have you yet learned to stand aside and hear the Voice of Judgment in yourself? Or do you still attempt to take His role from Him? Learn to be quiet, for His Voice is heard in stillness. And His Judgment comes to all who stand aside in quiet listening, and wait for Him.

You who are sometimes sad and sometimes angry; who sometimes feel your just due is not given you, and your best efforts meet with lack of appreciation and even contempt; give up these foolish thoughts! They are too small and meaningless to occupy your holy mind an instant longer. God’s Judgment waits for you to set you free. (A Course in Miracles M-15.1:10-12;2:9-13;3:1-3)

Recognizing what God’s Judgment really is makes my heart sing. It means I am accepting the truth of What I am. It is a complete reversal of the world’s thinking, which is always depressing because it is the denial of Love. Welcoming God’s Judgment means welcoming Love. There is nothing else I really want.

It is very helpful for me to remember that I am at peace forever in the Heart of God. It is particularly helpful to return to this when I think something in the world is not going to my liking. Remembering frequently that I am at peace forever in the Heart of God is my practice for today. Because we are one, this is true for the whole Sonship. This goes a long way toward undoing the dream stories of the world. God’s one Son is at peace forever in the Heart of God. And for this I give thanks.

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Accepting the Light of Our Source

Why wait for Heaven? Those who seek the light are merely covering their eyes. The light is in them now. Enlightenment is but a recognition, not a change at all. Light is not of the world, yet you who bear the light in you are alien here as well. The light came with you from your native home, and stayed with you because it is your own. It is the only thing you bring with you from Him Who is your Source. It shines in you because it lights your home, and leads you back to where it came from and you are at home. (A Course in Miracles W-pI.188.1)

Our practice for today is to accept the Light of peace that is already in our minds, waiting to return us to our eternal Home… To receive the Light of peace, we must be willing to go to that sacred place in our minds where peace resides… Our practice today is to step back and let peace lead the way… Our practice today is to let the memory of God return us to the awareness that we are at Home right now… As we practice receiving peace, we naturally extend it to the whole Sonship.

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Open-Mindedness Invites the Truth

Open-mindedness comes with lack of judgment. As judgment shuts the mind against God’s Teacher, so openmindedness invites Him to come in.…

How do the open-minded forgive? They have let go all things that would prevent forgiveness. They have in truth abandoned the world, and let it be restored to them in newness and in joy so glorious they could never have conceived of such a change. Nothing is now as it was formerly. Nothing but sparkles now which seemed so dull and lifeless before. And above all are all things welcoming, for threat is gone. No clouds remain to hide the face of Christ. (A Course in Miracles M-4.X.1:2-3;2:1-7)

Waking up comes down to simply breaking an old habit — the habit of judging what everything means. Fortunately, we don’t have to stick with the old habit. Even though our initial response in the moment might come from the old habit of judgment, we are always free to step back from judgment and open our minds to another way of seeing. This is the process of forgiveness.

As we let go of judgment, a world of happiness and peace, of loving union, replaces the constant need to protect and strive. With open-mindedness, we are shown that we have everything we need — we have all the Love of God. There is nothing else. Today our practice is to hold our minds open to the Holy Spirit’s way of seeing.

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Healing by Seeing as Holy Spirit Sees

Every situation, properly perceived, becomes an opportunity to heal the Son of God. And he is healed because you offered faith to him, giving him to the Holy Spirit and releasing him from every demand your ego would make of him. Thus do you see him free, and in this vision does the Holy Spirit share. And since He shares it He has given it, and so He heals through you. It is this joining Him in a united purpose that makes this purpose real, because you make it whole. And this is healing. (A Course in Miracles T-19.I.2:1-6)

As we read the Course, it is becoming more and more clear to us that our job is to consistently focus on receiving Holy Spirit’s vision. The Holy Spirit always sees the truth in everyone, looking past the body. Whenever we react to what a body does or says, we are denying the truth in our brother and ourselves. We need to practice, moment by moment, setting aside all interpretations of what the body’s eyes show us. Then we need to focus our attention on opening to Holy Spirit’s vision by returning to peace. This is our practice for today.

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Staying in Communion with Holy Spirit

This is our prayer for today:
Holy Spirit, we open our minds to Your healing Light. We open our minds to receive Your peace… and Love… and joy…. We accept Your help in fulling our only purpose. Staying in communion with You is our only prayer. As we receive, we give. As we give, we receive. And for this we are full of gratitude.

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Suspending Judgment

The holy instant is not an instant of creation, but of recognition. For recognition comes of vision and suspended judgment. Then only it is possible to look within and see what must be there, plainly in sight, and wholly independent of inference and judgment. Undoing is not your task, but it is up to you to welcome it or not. Faith and desire go hand in hand, for everyone believes in what he wants. (A Course in Miracles T-21.II.8:2-6)

Judgment is not my friend. It does not protect me. In fact, judgment reinforces belief in vulnerability and the idea that separation is real. If I want release from the dream of fear and guilt, I must turn over all my judgments to the Holy Spirit. As I do this, I make way for the Holy Spirit’s vision to show me the reality of Love’s oneness and innocence. The Holy Spirit always sees me and everyone as the extension of God’s Love we all are. The practice of turning over all judgment is the journey that takes me Home. This is my practice today.

I let go of judgment by being willing to let my mind be still. In quietness, the Holy Spirit’s Light of truth naturally shows up. Here there is peace. Here there is Love. Here there is truth. My practice today is to allow the quietness that opens the way for truth to fill my mind.

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