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Giving Welcome to the Truth

Truth merely wants to give you happiness, for such its purpose is. Perhaps it sighs a little when you throw away its gifts, and yet it knows, with perfect certainty, that what God wills for you must be received.

Truth has a power far beyond defense, for no illusions can remain where truth has been allowed to enter. And it comes to any mind that would lay down its arms, and cease to play with folly. It is found at any time; today, if you will choose to practice giving welcome to the truth.

[Truth] merely waits for just this invitation which we give today. We introduce it with a healing prayer, to help us rise above defensiveness, and let truth be as it has always been:

Sickness is a defense against the truth.
I will accept the truth of what I am,
and let my mind be wholly healed today.

Healing will flash across your open mind, as peace and truth arise to take the place of war and vain imaginings. (W-pI.136.12:4-5;14:1-3;15:4-16:1)

We are what God is because God gave all of Himself to His Son. We are only Love because God is Love and nothing else. When we accept this truth about What we are, all need for defense disappears. There is no perception of possible harm nor loss. Fear cannot enter where Love is accepted as our Reality.

Today we ask for the Light of Love to shine on all our perceptions that we may see the truth of What we and all our brothers are. As we accept this Help, the false images of the world fade into the Light, for we welcome the Truth.

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Accepting Christ’s Vision

Christ asks that He may use my eyes today, and thus redeem the world. He asks this gift that He may offer peace of mind to me, and take away all terror and all pain. And as they are removed from me, the dreams that seemed to settle on the world are gone. Redemption must be one. As I am saved, the world is saved with me. For all of us must be redeemed together. Fear appears in many different forms, but love is one.

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 Workbook Lesson 295, W-pII.295. See also ACIM Lesson 295 Insights.)

Imagine what it would be like if all we saw anywhere is Love… There would be no conflict, no fear, no pain. There would be complete peace and a sense of safety that cannot be disturbed. There would be great joy in the constant flow of Love… There would be no fear of loss, no sense of weakness or vulnerability.

With the eyes of Christ, this vision is available to us. It is a gift given us by our Creator, Whose Will it is that we accept it as our own. The strength of God supports us in letting go of the imagined barriers that seem to block this blessed vision. We call upon His strength today to accept this vision and the gift of Love it brings.

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God’s Happiness Is Ours

You do not want to suffer. You may think it buys you something, and may still believe a little that it buys you what you want. Yet this belief is surely shaken now, at least enough to let you question it, and to suspect it really makes no sense. It has not gone as yet, but lacks the roots that once secured it tightly to the dark and hidden secret places of your mind.

Today we try to loose its weakened hold still further, and to realize that pain is purposeless, without a cause and with no power to accomplish anything. It cannot purchase anything at all. It offers nothing, and does not exist. And everything you think it offers you is lacking in existence, like itself. You have been slave to nothing. Be you free today to join the happy Will of God.

I share God’s Will for happiness for me, and
I accept it as my function now.

Pause frequently today, to tell yourself that you have now accepted happiness as your one function. And be sure that you are joining with God’s Will in doing this. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 102, W-pI.102.1-2;4:2;5:3-4. See also ACIM Lesson 102 Insights.)

In this world mental, emotional or physical pain seems to be our constant companion. The Course is telling us that this is not God’s Will for us. His Will for us is happiness, because we share God’s attributes. He has given us everything He is.

If we are not happy, it must be that we are denying God’s Will for us. We deny God’s Will when we believe we are a separate identity in a world of separation. God knows that separation could never be real. But our belief makes it seem real to us.

Being separated from our Source of happiness automatically brings pain with it. But the oneness of God’s Love seems to be a threat to our identity as a separate individual. This makes God’s Will something to fear. The separate identity we believe we are is not true. It is not real and can only bring us emptiness, loneliness and a deep sense of loss. We need only accept God’s happiness as ours and all this will disappear. It is a small “price” to pay for happiness without measure and Love eternal. We only give up a false image and receive God’s limitless gift in its place.

Today we will remind ourselves often that God’s Will for us is the happiness that comes with accepting the oneness of God’s Love as our Identity.

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Receiving a Day of Grace

Beyond this world there is a world I want.
I choose to see that world instead of this,
for here is nothing that I really want.

Today the lights of Heaven bend to you, to shine upon your eyelids as you rest beyond the world of darkness. Here is light your eyes can not behold. And yet your mind can see it plainly, and can understand. A day of grace is given you today, and we give thanks. This day we realize that what you feared to lose was only loss.

Now do we understand there is no loss. For we have seen its opposite at last, and we are grateful that the choice is made. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 129, W-pI.129.7:3-4;8:1-9:2. See also ACIM Lesson 129 Insights.)

As we are willing to see the world as Holy Spirit sees it, we receive a day of grace… As we join with the Holy Spirit through the day, we are able to see the unity of God’s Love, instead of the separation and division found in the ego’s thought system… We are able to see Holy Spirit’s purpose for everything we are led to be involved with… We ask of everything, “What is it for?” and the Holy Spirit shows us how we can be truly helpful in every situation…

With Holy Spirit’s guidance, we are able to rise above to see the Love… As we practice staying connected with Holy Spirit, we receive all we need to know when we need to know it… We remember we are being carried and that every circumstance brings us the perfect opportunities for mind healing for ourselves and our brothers.

With Holy Spirit’s help we are able to see past time to the eternal present and remember that only Love is real… As we practice receiving Holy Spirit’s inspiration all through the day, we are filled with a sense of peace, safety and remembering that we are all immersed in God’s Love… And for this we give thanks.

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Tapping into the Peace Within

Hear, holy Son of God, your Father speak. His Voice would give to you His holy Word, to spread across the world the tidings of salvation and the holy time of peace. We gather at the throne of God today, the quiet place within the mind where He abides forever, in the holiness that He created and will never leave.

Today He speaks to you. His Voice awaits your silence, for His Word can not be heard until your mind is quiet for a while, and meaningless desires have been stilled. Await His Word in quiet. There is peace within you to be called upon today, to help make ready your most holy mind to hear the Voice for its Creator speak. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 125, W-pI.125.4,6. See also ACIM Lesson 125 Insights.)

We are unaware of God’s Voice speaking to us while we are wrapped up in the chaos of the world. Though we may be preoccupied with functioning in the world, we have the means within our mind to open the door to God’s Voice.

There is a peace in us we can call upon to help us quiet our mind so we can reach the inner stillness where God’s Voice is heard. To connect with this peace we must make the decision in the moment to interrupt the attention we have focused on the world and step back. Then ask the peace within to carry us to the stillness where God’s Voice abides.

Peace is already in our mind to be called upon for help. We need only be willing to give it our attention. As we redirect our attention, we receive the inspiration and vision we need to see a changed world, a loving world. In this state we become God’s teacher and help to bring salvation to the world.

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Our Journey to Our Home in Love

The overlooking of the battleground is now your purpose.

Be lifted up, and from a higher place look down upon it. From there will your perspective be quite different. Here in the midst of it, it does seem real. Here you have chosen to be part of it. Here murder [separation] is your choice. Yet from above, the choice is miracles instead of murder. And the perspective coming from this choice shows you the battle is not real, and easily escaped. Bodies may battle, but the clash of forms is meaningless. And it is over when you realize it never was begun.”

Think what is given those who share their Father’s purpose, and who know that it is theirs. They want for nothing. Sorrow of any kind is inconceivable. Only the Light they Love is in awareness, and only love shines upon them forever. It is their past, their present and their future; always the same, eternally complete and wholly shared. They know it is impossible their happiness could ever suffer change of any kind. Perhaps you think the battleground can offer something you can win. Can it be anything that offers you a perfect calmness, and a sense of love so deep and quiet that no touch of doubt can ever mar your certainty? And that will last forever? (A Course in Miracles, T-23.IV.4:7-5:9;8. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)

The world appears to be in constant conflict because it is a projection of the idea of opposition to oneness. What is divided must conflict. As long as we identify with the belief in separation, forms of conflict and war will be our experience. Yet our experience is based on belief in what could never be real.

This is good news. What is not real cannot really limit us nor harm us. Release from this fearful world requires only that we withdraw our belief in what is not true. Forgiveness is the means to free us from belief in limitation and separation, which makes us blind to reality.

That is why we need the Holy Spirit, our “seeing eye dog,” to lead us out of the darkness. We need only be willing to follow the Guide Whose purpose is to lead us to the Light of Love. Each time we bring our perceptions to the Holy Spirit to receive His correction, we take a step forward in our willingness to return to the Home of peace and happiness and Love. In gratitude we continue our journey.

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Opening Our Mind to Love’s Correction

Today we try to understand the truth that giver and receiver are the same. You will need help to make this meaningful, because it is so alien to the thoughts to which you are accustomed. But the Help you need is there. Give Him your faith today, and ask Him that He share your practicing in truth today.”

“…seek sanctuary in the quiet place where thoughts are changed and false beliefs laid by. Repeat [“All that I give is given to myself”], and ask for help in understanding what it really means. Be willing to be taught. Be glad to hear the Voice of truth and healing speak to you, and you will understand the words He speaks, and recognize He speaks your words to you.”

“Do not let your mind forget this goal for long, but tell yourself:

All that I give is given to myself. The Help I need to learn
that this is true is with me now. And I will trust in Him.

Then spend a quiet moment, opening your mind to His correction and His Love. And what you hear of Him you will believe, for what He gives will be received by you. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 126, W-pI.126.8:1-4;10:1-4;11:2-7. See also ACIM Lesson 126 Insights.)

When we see or think of someone we love, our hearts are filled with joy and we reach out to them with a warm embrace. This is but a tiny taste of how our Creator feels about us, who He knows are one with Him.

When we offer the gift of true forgiveness to a brother, we remove the barrier to the experience of the same Love and joy that our Creator feels about us. Forgiveness dissolves the illusion of division so that we can see the truth that we are indeed one with every brother. With that clear vision of the Holy Spirit, we naturally offer love and joy to our brother and simultaneously experience it in ourselves. We experience the gift we give.

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