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Awareness of Our Unity in Love

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 [the Kingdom of Heaven], 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.

You can stretch out your hand and reach to Heaven. You whose hand is joined with your brother’s have begun to reach beyond the body, but not outside yourself, to reach your shared Identity together. Could This be outside you? Where God is not? Is He a body, and did He create you as He is not, and where He cannot be? You are surrounded only by Him. What limits can there be on you whom He encompasses?” (T-18.VI.1,10)

In Heaven we are aware that we share one Identity… As we open to the Holy Spirit’s way of seeing, we become aware of the Light of Love that is in every brother… As we open to the Holy Spirit’s way of seeing, we become aware that the same Light of Love is what we are…

As this awareness of our shared Identity grows within our mind, we are filled with a sense of peace because conflict has disappeared. The ego’s belief in differences is dissolved. We are able to easily see past differences to the universal Love That is everywhere.

As we continue to practice opening our mind to the Holy Spirit’s way of seeing, we are filled with gratitude for the truth that we reside in Heaven always, even though the body’s eyes show us something different. We are able to see the world anew. We are able to see that we are totally immersed in Love. We remember that we are safe, we are innocent, are loved, we are at Home in God’s Love.

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Valuing Our Connection with Holy Spirit

Your Self retains Its Thoughts, and they remain within your mind and in the Mind of God. The Holy Spirit holds salvation in your mind, and offers it the way to peace. Salvation is a thought you share with God, because His Voice accepted it for you and answered in your name that it was done. Thus is salvation kept among the Thoughts your Self holds dear and cherishes for you.

We will attempt today to find this thought, whose presence in your mind is guaranteed by Him Who speaks to you from your one Self. Our hourly five-minute practicing will be a search for Him within your mind. Salvation comes from this one Self through Him Who is the Bridge between your mind and It. Wait patiently, and let Him speak to you about your Self, and what your mind can do, restored to It and free to serve Its Will.

Begin with saying this:

Salvation comes from my one Self. Its Thoughts are mine to use.

Then seek Its Thoughts, and claim them as your own. These are your own real thoughts you have denied, and let your mind go wandering in a world of dreams, to find illusions in their place. Here are your thoughts, the only ones you have. Salvation is among them; find it there. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 96, W-pI.96.7-9. See also ACIM Lesson 96 Insights.)

Today we dedicate to listening to the Holy Spirit… We dedicate today to receiving and extending Holy Spirit’s peace… We focus on letting ourselves be guided throughout the day…

We let the Holy Spirit bring us inspiration… We come back throughout the day and listen, giving Holy Spirit time in quiet listening… We let ourselves feel Holy Spirit’s gratitude for our continuous joining throughout the day…

We feel so grateful that we have a constant Companion Who is dedicated to helping us every step of the day as we go through each day… We value this connection above all else.

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The Gift of Union

The holy instant is truly the time of Christ. For in this liberating instant no guilt is laid upon the Son of God, and his unlimited power is thus restored to him. What other gift can you offer me, when only this [union] I choose to offer you? And to see me is to see me in everyone, and offer everyone the gift [of union] you offer me.

We who are one [in the Christ Mind] cannot give separately. When you are willing to accept our relationship [oneness] as real, guilt will hold no attraction for you. For in our union you will accept all of our brothers. The gift of union is the only gift that I was born to give. Give [union] to me, that you may have it. The time of Christ is the time appointed for the gift of freedom, offered to everyone. And by your acceptance of [freedom/union], you have offered it to everyone. (A Course in Miracles, T-15.X.2:1-4;3. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)

Freedom is the gift of union. If we want to be free of the ego’s imprisoning thought system, we need to forgive and see our unity with God and all our brothers.

We are here to reverse our thoughts of separation and join with the Holy Spirit’s recognition of our union. In truth we are one Light; there is no distance between us. We are one Love in the one Mind of Love. As we are willing to join with the reality of our union instead of separation, we find our freedom and help free every brother along with us.

The gift of union is the only gift we want to receive from the Holy Spirit and give to every brother. This returns us to the holy instant — the time of Christ. Instead of experiencing the fear, guilt and hate found in the ego’s thought system, we return to the peace, joy and Love found in the Truth of our union with God.

Today we focus on the reality of our union in God’s Love.

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Seeing Love Everywhere

Let us resolve today to ask for what we really want, and only this, that we may spend this day in fearlessness, without confusing pain with joy, or fear with love.

Father, this is Your day. It is a day in which I would do nothing by myself, but hear Your Voice in everything I do; requesting only what You offer me, accepting only Thoughts You share with me. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 339, W-pII.339.1:9-2:2. See also ACIM Lesson 339 Insights.)

God has given us His Voice to bring His Thoughts to our confused and distressed minds. We have believed in a false idea that has made us unable to distinguish between illusion and truth. But we can count on God’s Voice to show us what is true and pure if we are willing to listen.

Today we dedicate to listening, for it is our heart’s desire to remember the truth and see the Love of God everywhere.

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Accepting the Healing of our Mind

Healing and Atonement are not related; they are identical. There is no order of difficulty in miracles because there are no degrees of Atonement. It is the one complete concept possible in this world, because it is the source of a wholly unified perception. Partial Atonement is a meaningless idea, just as special areas of hell in Heaven are inconceivable. Accept Atonement and you are healed. Atonement is the Word of God. Accept His Word and what remains to make sickness possible? Accept His Word and every miracle has been accomplished. To forgive is to heal. The teacher of God has taken accepting the Atonement for himself as his only function.

He overlooks the [ego] mind and body, seeing only the face of Christ shining in front of him, correcting all mistakes and healing all perception.

No longer does he stand apart from God, determining where healing should be given and where it should be withheld. Now can he say with God, ‘This is my beloved Son, created perfect and forever so.’ (A Course in Miracles, M-22.1:1-10;4:5;7:9-10)

To accept Atonement for ourselves means letting go of all unforgiving thoughts. An unforgiving thought is a thought that denies our oneness with God’s Love. Any thought of judgment of ourselves or our brothers is an unforgiving thought. Believing we are a body is an unforgiving thought. Believing any form is real is an unforgiving thought because Love is formless. What is one can have no distinguishing form that separates it from all that is. There is nothing outside the oneness of Love, since only Love is real.

Each time we bring an unforgiving thought to the Holy Spirit and accept His gentle correction, we take another step toward the Atonement. When we are able to see past form to the face of Christ, the face of innocence, we move toward full acceptance of the Atonement. As we practice letting Holy Spirit guide all our thoughts, our days become steps toward full acceptance of the Atonement and the healing of our minds. This is our practice today.

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Accepting Heaven as Our Home

Christ’s vision is a miracle. It comes from far beyond itself, for it reflects eternal love and the rebirth of love which never dies, but has been kept obscure. Christ’s vision pictures Heaven, for it sees a world so like to Heaven that what God created perfect can be mirrored there. The darkened glass the world presents can show but twisted images in broken parts. The real world pictures Heaven’s innocence.

This is the Holy Spirit’s single gift; the treasure house to which you can appeal with perfect certainty for all the things that can contribute to your happiness.

Take from His storehouse, that its treasures may increase.

Behold the store of miracles set out for you to give. Are you not worth the gift, when God appointed it be given you? Judge not God’s Son, but follow in the way He has established. Christ has dreamed the dream of a forgiven world. It is His gift, whereby a sweet transition can be made from death to life; from hopelessness to hope. Let us an instant dream with Him. His dream awakens us to truth. His vision gives the means for a return to our unlost and everlasting sanctity in God. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 159, W-pI.159.3;6:1;9:1;10. See also ACIM Lesson 159 Insights.)

Forgiveness is the key to happiness. Christ’s vision sees a forgiven world, so it sees a world of happiness and peace. As we practice asking Holy Spirit to help us see as He sees, to see with Christ’s vision, we experience a more peaceful, more loving and happier world. We recognize our brothers are one with us, and thus conflict fades away.

When we have forgiven completely with no reservations, we stand in the lawns of Heaven. We are ready to accept God’s welcome to return to His Home where we were created to be. We have accepted that we are Love, along with all that is real. There is nothing else. We have accepted Heaven as our Home.

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We Take Christ’s Hand and Let Him Lead

The Christ in you is very still. He knows where you are going, and He leads you there in gentleness and blessing all the way. His love for God replaces all the fear you thought you saw within yourself.

He knows that Love is in you now, and safely held in you by that same hand that holds your brother’s in your own. Christ’s hand holds all His brothers in Himself. He gives them vision for their sightless eyes, and sings to them of Heaven, that their ears may hear no more the sound of battle and of death. He reaches through them, holding out His hand, that everyone may bless all living things, and see their holiness.… The sight of Christ is all there is to see. The song of Christ is all there is to hear. The hand of Christ is all there is to hold. There is no journey but to walk with Him. (A Course in Miracles, T-24.V.6:1-3;7:1-4,7-10. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)

Forgiveness clears the way for us to recognize the Christ in our brothers and ourself. The face of Christ is the symbol of innocence. When we are judging, we cannot see innocence, neither in our brother nor ourself. Judgment makes our brother an adversary, a symbol of our own guilt we are trying to hide. Yet the judgment holds the guilt in place.

Forgiveness is the key to freedom, for it lets go of the barriers that prevent us from recognizing our innocence and the Love we are. Forgiveness frees us to be our Self, as God created It. Forgiveness lets us see our brother as our friend and join with us in our one Self.

Today we choose to hold Christ’s hand and let Him teach us to forgive and see the truth that only Love is real.

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