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We Give Up All Self Deceptions

The power of decision is our own. And we accept of Him that which we are, and humbly recognize the Son of God. To recognize God’s Son implies as well that all self-concepts have been laid aside, and recognized as false. Their arrogance has been perceived. And in humility the radiance of God’s Son, his gentleness, his perfect sinlessness, his Father’s Love, his right to Heaven and release from hell, are joyously accepted as our own.

The power of decision is my own. This day I will accept myself as what my Father’s Will created me to be.

Then will we wait in silence, giving up all self-deceptions, as we humbly ask our Self that He reveal Himself to us. And He Who never left will come again to our awareness, grateful to restore His home to God, as it was meant to be. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 152, W-pI.152.11;12:3-6. See also ACIM Lesson 152 Insights.)

As we are willing to give up our self-deceptions and invite the Holy Spirit to return us to the awareness of the truth, we receive the peace of God. God’s peace dissolves all our fearful thoughts, our projections of guilt and belief in limitation and lack.

Today we practice giving up our self-deceptions and let the Holy Spirit lead us to the truth that only God’s perfect Love is in us and in everyone.

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Accepting the Holy Spirit’s Purpose for the Body

There is nothing outside you. That is what you must ultimately learn, for it is the realization that the Kingdom of Heaven is restored to you. For God created only this, and He did not depart from it nor leave it separate from Himself. The Kingdom of Heaven is the dwelling place of the Son of God, who left not his Father and dwells not apart from Him. Heaven is not a place nor a condition. It is merely an awareness of perfect Oneness, and the knowledge that there is nothing else; nothing outside this Oneness, and nothing else within.

What could God give but knowledge of Himself? What else is there to give? The belief that you could give and get something else, something outside yourself, has cost you the awareness of Heaven and of your Identity. (A Course in Miracles, T-18.VI.1;2:1-3. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)

When we identify with the body as what we are, we lose awareness of the truth of what Love created us to be. Love is one and cannot be limited or separated in any way and still remain Itself. The body was made by the ego to give the appearance that we are separate identities, and thus different from each other and from the oneness of Love.

But the Holy Spirit can use the body for a different purpose — to teach us that the world of forms is a fantasy which could never be true. The Holy Spirit is ever present in our mind to remind us that we remain Love as Love created us, one with all that is real.

Because we remain Love, we can never be guilty of causing any true harm, because Love cannot harm. Belief that we can harm and be guilty for the harm we have done is an idea the Holy Spirit will teach us is false. We learn this by bringing all our thoughts of fear and guilt to the Holy Spirit with an open mind willing to be shown the Holy Spirit’s vision of truth. This is the practice of forgiveness. It is how we remember that we remain in Heaven, where we were created to be.

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We Welcome the Love That Is Our Inheritance

Everyone here has entered darkness, yet no one has entered it alone. Nor need he stay more than an instant. For he has come with Heaven’s Help within him, ready to lead him out of darkness into light at any time. The time he chooses can be any time, for help is there, awaiting but his choice. And when he chooses to avail himself of what is given him, then will he see each situation that he thought before was means to justify his anger turned to an event which justifies his love. He will hear plainly that the calls to war he heard before are really calls to peace. He will perceive that where he gave attack is but another altar where he can, with equal ease and far more happiness, bestow forgiveness. And he will reinterpret all temptation as just another chance to bring him joy.

Let all your brother’s errors be to you nothing except a chance for you to see the workings of the Helper given you to see the world He made instead of yours.… This world has much to offer to your peace, and many chances to extend your own forgiveness. Such its purpose is, to those who want to see peace and forgiveness descend on them, and offer them the light. (A Course in Miracles, T-25.III.6;7:2,8-9. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)

Every moment of every day is an opportunity to forgive the world and let the Light of Love shine through. The ego made the world to maintain the denial of Love. The Holy Spirit sees the world as a teaching aid to help us recognize we do not really want the images of the world, and so we let them go. Thus the Holy Spirit teaches us to forgive the world, to let go of the denial of Love and welcome the Love that is our inheritance.

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Accepting Holy Spirit’s Vision

Realize that your forgiveness entitles you to vision. Understand that the Holy Spirit never fails to give the gift of sight to the forgiving. Believe He will not fail you now. You have forgiven the world. He will be with you as you watch and wait. He will show you what true vision sees. It is His Will, and you have joined with Him. Wait patiently for Him. He will be there. The light has come. You have forgiven the world.

Tell Him you know you cannot fail because you trust in Him. And tell yourself you wait in certainty to look upon the world He promised you. From this time forth you will see differently.

We dedicate this day to the serenity in which God would have you be. Keep it in your awareness of yourself and see it everywhere today, as we celebrate the beginning of your vision and the sight of the real world, which has come to replace the unforgiven world you thought was real. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 75, W-pI.75.7;8:1-3;11. See also ACIM Lesson 75 Insights.)

We will step back today and let Holy Spirit’s vision enter our minds. We let the Light of Truth heal our thoughts. We forgive the world for all we ever thought it was. We let Holy Spirit’s peace cover everything we see. We let peace fill our hearts and minds. The Light has come. Our true Self already sees a forgiven world.

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Rest in the Holy Spirit

You are the dreamer of the world of dreams. No other cause it has, nor ever will. Nothing more fearful than an idle dream has terrified God’s Son, and made him think that he has lost his innocence, denied his Father, and made war upon himself. So fearful is the dream, so seeming real, he could not waken to reality without the sweat of terror and a scream of mortal fear, unless a gentler dream preceded his awaking, and allowed his calmer mind to welcome, not to fear, the Voice that calls with love to waken him; a gentler dream, in which his suffering was healed and where his brother was his friend. God willed he waken gently and with joy, and gave him means to waken without fear.

Accept the dream He gave instead of yours. It is not difficult to change a dream when once the dreamer has been recognized. Rest in the Holy Spirit, and allow His gentle dreams to take the place of those you dreamed in terror and in fear of death. He brings forgiving dreams, in which the choice is not who is the murderer and who shall be the victim. (A Course in Miracles, T-27.VII.13,14:1-4. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)

When we allow ourselves to rest in the Holy Spirit, to welcome His peace and His vision, we easily see past the false images of the world that seem to justify fear and guilt. When we identify with a separate self image, fear and guilt are inevitable. It appears that we are a victim of outside forces beyond our control. But this appearance only seems real because of our belief that we have made ourselves into something that could never be true. Only the oneness of Love is true. A separate self image cannot exist in the oneness of Love. This separate self image is actually a denial of Love.

But we are not stuck with a false self image. As we allow ourselves to welcome the Holy Spirit’s vision, the belief in being a separate self softens as we have glimpses of our unity with the Love in our brothers. This is what forgiveness brings.

One way to welcome Holy Spirit’s vision can be to simply ask “Holy Spirit, help me to see this situation as you see it.” Every time we allow ourselves to receive Holy Spirit’s vision, we take another step toward forgiving the dream world of separation. This is what comes as we let ourselves rest in the Holy Spirit.

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God’s Will Be Done

My forgiveness is the means by which the light of the world finds expression through me. My forgiveness is the means by which I become aware of the light of the world in me. My forgiveness is the means by which the world is healed, together with myself. Let me, then, forgive the world, that it may be healed along with me. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 82, W-pI.82.2-5. See also ACIM Lesson 82 Insights.)

Do not allow your intent to waver in the face of distracting thoughts. Realize that, whatever form such thoughts may take, they have no meaning and no power. Replace them with your determination to succeed. Do not forget that your will has power over all fantasies and dreams. Trust it to see you through, and carry you beyond them all. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Review II, W-pI.RevII.Int.4)

God’s Will is only oneness. God’s Will is universal Love, universal joy and universal peace. If I am experiencing something other than this, I have forgotten that I share God’s Will for me. As I let go of, or forgive, false ideas that bring the experience of worry, conflict or lack, these false ideas disappear. As I forgive, I let myself be carried, instead of deciding anything on my own. All this comes as I let God’s Will be done.

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The Strength of Christ Is in Us

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.”

The ministers of God can never fail, because the love and strength and peace that shine from them to all their brothers come from Him. These are His gifts to you. Defenselessness is all you need to give Him in return. You lay aside but what was never real, to look on Christ and see His sinlessness. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 153, W-pI.153.19;20:4-7. See also ACIM Lesson 153 Insights.)

Whenever we seem to be facing problems, it is helpful to remember that we are not alone. The strength of Christ is ever present, supporting us in our remembrance that God’s strength is ours and we share His Will, which is to extend Love without limit. The appearance of a problem comes only because we have forgotten the strength of Love in us. We have forgotten it because we have identified with the ego thought system of separation, which is the denial of Love. But Love has not left us. We have only become unaware of it by our denial.

When we seem to be faced with a problem, it is helpful to step back and open to the strength of Christ within. As we quiet our mind and turn our thoughts to the Love within, we are assured by the Voice for God Which reminds us, “I am here.” As we let that thought fill our minds, we feel the strength of Christ grow stronger. Our vision becomes clearer and we are inspired with a new way of seeing. In quietness are all our problems quietly resolved.

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