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Looking Past the Body to the Light

You are the means for God; not separate, nor with a life apart from His. His life is manifest in you who are His Son. Each aspect of Himself is framed in holiness and perfect purity, in love celestial and so complete it wishes only that it may release all that it looks upon unto itself. Its radiance shines through each body that it looks upon, and brushes all its darkness into light merely by looking past it to the light. The veil is lifted through its gentleness, and nothing hides the face of Christ from its beholders. You and your brother stand before Him now, to let Him draw aside the veil that seems to keep you separate and apart. (A Course in Miracles T-25.I.4)

Our practice today is to look past the body to the Light of Christ in everyone. We want to see the truth about every brother. The Holy Spirit is in our minds and will show us the truth as we are willing. Our willingness to let the Holy Spirit be in charge of what we see is our primary focus today. As we accept His vision, we learn of the Christ in us. The Christ is all we want to see and it is there to be seen. It takes only our willingness.

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Opening to the Light of Love

There is no death because the Son of God is like his Father. Nothing you can do can change Eternal Love. Forget your dreams of sin and guilt, and come with me instead to share the resurrection of God’s Son. And bring with you all those whom He has sent to you to care for as I care for you. (A Course in Miracles C-5.6:9-12)

We do not go Home alone because we go Home by recognizing that we are not alone. It is only the mistaken belief that we are separate that makes us feel that we are not alone. Yet we were created by Love as Eternal Love. That will never change. To return Home we must let the Light of Love, the Holy Spirit, shine away our misperceptions so that the Eternal Love that is everywhere and in everything is recognized.

Today we will practice opening our minds to the Holy Spirit’s Light to let It shine on all our perceptions. His Light will show us the truth of our unity with every brother and of the Love that we share. In gratitude we join with our brothers and walk with them into the Light of our Home.

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Accepting Holy Spirit’s Lessons

This is the lesson God would have you learn: There is a way to look on everything that lets it be to you another step to Him, and to salvation of the world. To all that speaks of terror, answer thus:

I will forgive, and this will disappear.

To every apprehension, every care and every form of suffering, repeat these selfsame words. And then you hold the key that opens Heaven’s gate, and brings the Love of God the Father down to earth at last, to raise it up to Heaven. God will take this final step Himself. Do not deny the little steps He asks you take to Him.” (A Course in Miracles W-pI.193.13)

This is our prayer for today: Holy Spirit, we take every doubt and uncertainty to You as we go through this day. We make no decisions on our own. But, rather, we open our minds to Your inspiration. We know You are there waiting for our openness and willingness to join with You. Today our consistent practice is to join with You in everything, holding back nothing to settle by ourselves. We are here to serve Your purpose, letting You lead the way. And we give thanks for your constant guidance and lessons in forgiveness.

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Welcoming Holy Spirit’s Interpretation

Accept His Word for what you are, for He bears witness to your beautiful creation, and the Mind Whose Thought created your reality. …Let Him be Judge as well of everything that seems to happen to you in this world. His lessons will enable you to bridge the gap between illusions and the truth.

…He will reinterpret all you see, and all occurrences, each circumstance, and every happening that seems to touch on you in any way from His one frame of reference, wholly unified and sure. And you will see the love beyond the hate, the constancy in change, the pure in sin, and only Heaven’s blessing on the world. (A Course in Miracles W-pI.151.9:2,6-7;11:2-3)

The Course is teaching us to not to believe or give any meaning to anything the body’s senses show us. We are asked to resign as our own interpreter and let the Holy Spirit interpret all things on our behalf. This seems difficult to do in our daily life experience. We have conditioned ourselves well to instantly interpret everything in the world.

Yet this is only a habit which can be changed. What makes it seem difficult is simply unwillingness. It seems like loss of control to give up being the interpreter. But it is the ego that is seeking this control, not the truth of what we are.

We are being taught that withdrawing from our identification with the ego makes way for our true Will that we share with God to be in charge. It is making way for perfect happiness and Heaven’s blessing on the world.

Today our practice is to frequently remind ourselves that we want to see with Christ’s vision. We want to see past the images of the world and accept Holy Spirit’s interpretation. We want to remember our Self. We want to remember Love.

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Accepting Christ’s Vision Today

My Father, Christ has asked a gift of me, and one I give that it be given me. Help me to use the eyes of Christ today, and thus allow the Holy Spirit’s Love to bless all things which I may look upon, that His forgiving Love may rest on me. (A Course in Miracles W-pII.295.2)

Complexity is one of the ego’s principal mechanisms for making the world seem real. It makes problems appear to be impossible to resolve. On the other hand, Christ’s vision sees just one thing — changeless Love and nothing else. Nothing could be simpler, yet in this world it seems beyond reach.

But Christ vision will show us this simplicity, the oneness of Love that never changes, cannot be disturbed and extends eternally. Love is always there to see. As we give the gift of willingness to Christ in our minds, we are shown the Light of Love that dissolves the false images of the world. In this Light we see a forgiven world and we learn that we have been forgiven.

Today we offer Christ our willingness to see with His vision and accept His happy gift of forgiveness.

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Choosing the Guide to Love

We have seen that there are only two parts of your mind. One is ruled by the ego, and is made up of illusions. The other is the home of the Holy Spirit, where truth abides. There are no other guides but these to choose between, and no other outcomes possible as a result of your choice but the fear that the ego always engenders, and the love that the Holy Spirit always offers to replace it.” (A Course in Miracles W-pI.66.7:2-5)

If we want to find Love, we need to choose the Guide Who offers It. It is very helpful to pay attention through the day which guide we are choosing. Our mood will clearly show us. Love always brings happiness and peace, which is the result of choosing the Holy Spirit as our Guide. Fear or any lack of peace is always the result of choosing the ego as our guide.

Today our practice is to pay attention to whether our thoughts are bringing happiness and peace or fear or lack of peace. We will offer to the Holy Spirit in our minds those thoughts that do not bring happiness for help to see the truth beyond the disturbing false images. This is how we follow the Guide to Love. This is our purpose for today.

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We Have All the Help We Need

How light and easy is the step across the narrow boundaries of the world of fear when you have recognized Whose hand you hold! Within your hand is everything you need to walk with perfect confidence away from fear forever, and to go straight on, and quickly reach the gate of Heaven itself. For He Whose hand you hold was waiting but for you to join Him. Now that you have come, would He delay in showing you the way that He must walk with you? His blessing lies on you as surely as His Father’s Love rests upon Him. His gratitude to you is past your understanding, for you have enabled Him to rise from chains and go with you, together, to His Father’s house.” (A Course in Miracles T-30.V.8)

It is very helpful to remember that we hold Holy Spirit’s Hand all through the day. Giving time to receptive listening is a valuable practice indeed. As we practice receiving Holy Spirit’s Help, we realize that we have all the help we need. We realize that the Holy Spirit is right there in our mind, with every situation we encounter, helping us see truly. The Holy Spirit always brings us past fear thoughts to the pure Thought of joy.

The ego’s thoughts always bring fear and limitation. As we consistently take these thoughts to the Holy Spirit, what is not true disappears and the fulness of God’s Love remains for us to receive and extend. It is powerful to remember we always have all the Help we need.

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