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Healing Division

Today we will attempt to see God’s Son. We will not let ourselves be blind to him; we will not look upon our grievances.

Then let us ask of Him Who knows this Son of God in his reality and truth, that we may look on him a different way, and see our savior shining in the light of true forgiveness, given unto us. We ask Him…

Let me behold my savior in this one You have appointed as
the one for me to ask to lead me to the holy light in which he
stands, that I may join with him.

God thanks you for these quiet times today in which you laid your images aside, and looked upon the miracle of love the Holy Spirit showed you in their place.

We will remember this throughout the day, and take the role assigned to us as part of God’s salvation plan, and not our own. Temptation falls away when we allow each one we meet to save us, and refuse to hide his light behind our grievances. To everyone you meet, and to the ones you think of or remember from the past, allow the role of savior to be given, that you may share it with him. For you both, and all the sightless ones as well, we pray:

Let miracles replace all grievances. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 78, W-pI.78.4:1-2;7:1-3;9:1;10. See also ACIM Lesson 78 Insights.)

We cannot hold a grievance unless we see the object of our grievance as separate from us. Grievances maintain the great divide that the ego would have us believe is real. Yet what God creates is one and cannot be divided into separate little pieces which conflict with each other. There is no conflict in oneness.

If we would know the truth of What we are, we must see our brother truly. We cannot see him as a body separate from us and see the truth of the Love he is. We dedicate today to choosing the Holy Spirit’s vision in our minds to help us see past all grievances to the Light of Love that is everywhere. As we see the Love in our brother, we bring healing to the great divide. We bring salvation to the world.

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Our Self-Made Dreams Are Calls for Love

[Dreams’] equal lack of truth becomes the basis for the miracle, which means that you have understood that dreams are dreams; and that escape depends, not on the dream, but only on awaking.

How happy would your dreams become if you were not the one who gave the “proper” role to every figure which the dream contains. No one can fail but your idea of him, and there is no betrayal but of this. The core of dreams the Holy Spirit gives is never one of fear. The coverings may not appear to change, but what they mean has changed because they cover something else. Perceptions are determined by their purpose, in that they seem to be what they are for. A shadow figure who attacks becomes a brother giving you a chance to help, if this becomes the function of the dream. And dreams of sadness thus are turned to joy.

What is your brother for? You do not know, because your function is obscure to you. Do not ascribe a role to him that you imagine would bring happiness to you. And do not try to hurt him when he fails to take the part that you assigned to him, in what you dream your life was meant to be. He asks for help in every dream he has, and you have help to give him if you see the function of the dream as [Holy Spirit] perceives its function, Who can utilize all dreams as means to serve the function given Him. Because He loves the dreamer, not the dream, each dream becomes an offering of love. For at its center is His Love for you, which lights whatever form it takes with love. (A Course in Miracles, T-29.IV.1:3;5:1-6:7. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)

The ego’s purpose for every dream is to make lack of Love seem real. While we accept the ego’s purpose, we will see every figure, every event and every circumstance as an image of lovelessness which we must defend against. Even the ego’s “pleasant” dreams are tenuous and can be easily lost. Lasting happiness is impossible in dreams that serve the ego’s purpose.

If we align with the Holy Spirit and allow the Holy Spirit to assign His purpose to our dreams, they become opportunities to extend and join in Love. The Holy Spirit knows only Love and therefore sees every dream as an opportunity to offer Love. The images we perceive may be the same, but their purpose now is always to be truly helpful.

Think of the joy that would fill our heart if we responded in each moment with helpfulness and kindness. Think of the healing we could bring to the world if we responded to appearances of attack with recognition of a call for help. Our natural response would always be to offer loving help. Our dreams become dreams that lead to waking, for they lead to remembering that only Love is real.

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Do Nothing but Accept God’s Gifts

The hush of Heaven holds my heart today.

Father, how still today! How quietly do all things fall in place! This is the day that has been chosen as the time in which I come to understand the lesson that there is no need that I do anything. In You is every choice already made. In You has every conflict been resolved. In You is everything I hope to find already given me. Your peace is mine. My heart is quiet, and my mind at rest. Your Love is Heaven, and Your Love is mine.

The stillness of today will give us hope that we have found the way, and travelled far along it to a wholly certain goal. Today we will not doubt the end which God Himself has promised us. We trust in Him, and in our Self, Who still is One with Him. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 286, W-pII.286. See also ACIM Lesson 286 Insights.)

Most of us spend our days constantly striving. Our top priority is to do what we believe is necessary to survive. If we have any time left over, we look for something to do in the world that will make us happy or maybe a little more peaceful. Yet all this efforting simply keeps us unaware that we have already been given all that will make us truly happy and at peace. We do not need to do anything to earn or qualify for what has already been given us. We only need to accept the gift.

The world we see is the effect of denying God’s gift of all His Love. This very instant we can choose to stop this denial. This seems impossible because there are some things in the world we value more than God’s gifts. In particular, we believe we will lose the identity we have carefully crafted in the dream of separation. Yet what we will lose is truly nothing, for it is an illusion. What we will gain is everything, for it is all that is real. It is our real Identity in God.

To accept this glorious gift, we need to be taught to recognize the valuelessness of what we have treasured in the world. This is the Holy Spirit’s function. This is why we need to pause frequently to let the hush of Heaven come in to our heart. This is how we welcome the Holy Spirit’s kindly lessons in Love.

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