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Love is the Answer

You have been told to bring the darkness to the light, and guilt to holiness. And you have also been told that error must be corrected at its source. Therefore, it is the tiny part of yourself, the little thought that seems split off and separate, the Holy Spirit needs. The rest is fully in God’s keeping, and needs no guide. Yet this wild and delusional thought needs help because, in its delusions, it thinks it is the Son of God, whole and omnipotent, sole ruler of the kingdom it set apart to tyrannize by madness into obedience and slavery. This is the little part you think you stole from Heaven. Give it back to Heaven. Heaven has not lost it, but you have lost sight of Heaven. Let the Holy Spirit remove it from the withered kingdom in which you set it off, surrounded by darkness, guarded by attack and reinforced by hate. Within its barricades is still a tiny segment of the Son of God, complete and holy, serene and unaware of what you think surrounds it. (A Course in Miracles, T-18.IX.1. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

The source of the world we see is the tiny part of our mind that believes it is separate and alone, devoid of Love’s oneness, powerless against outside forces and limited to a body. The fear, guilt, anger, sickness and death of this world come from this little part of the mind that believes that what could never be true is real. It seems to be a lonely world though it is surrounded and held safely in the Arms of Love.

No one is excluded from this Love. Only our denial of Reality makes it seem that we live in a loveless place. This denial has no effect on the eternal presence of Love. This Love is available to us to reclaim in every instant. We claim it by letting go of our mistaken belief in being separate.

The help we need to forgive this error is given us in our minds as God’s Voice. We hear this Voice by being willing to consider that we may be mistaken in our belief. This willingness opens our mind and hearts to receive the Holy Spirit’s message: “You are the Child of Love, complete and whole. This could never change, for It shares the changelessness of God Himself.”

Today we practice affirming this thought about everyone we meet, talk to or think about. God excludes no one, nor must we. We choose to let the Light of Love shine through us throughout the day.

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Healing the Cause of the Dream of Sickness

The self you made is not the Son of God. Therefore, this self does not exist at all. And anything it seems to do and think means nothing. It is neither bad nor good. It is unreal, and noth­ing more than that.

Your sinlessness is guaranteed by God. Over and over this must be repeated, until it is accepted. It is true. Your sinlessness is guaranteed by God. Nothing can touch it, or change what God created as eternal. The self you made, evil and full of sin, is meaningless. Your sinlessness is guaranteed by God, and light and joy and peace abide in you.

Salvation requires the acceptance of but one thought;—you are as God created you, not what you made of yourself. Whatever evil you may think you did, you are as God created you. What­ever mistakes you made, the truth about you is unchanged. Creation is eternal and unalterable. Your sinlessness is guaranteed by God. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 93, W-pI.93.5:1-5;6;7:1-5. See also ACIM Lesson 93 Insights.)

The little self we think we are, vulnerable, fearful and limited, was made by the ego’s denial of the Love that created our true Self. Only Love is real. The denial of Reality must be unreal. The recognition of this fact saves us from the world where we experience fear and guilt, sickness and death.

The truth sets us free from the little self that could never be true. Our true Self remains as Love created It. Our true Self remains innocent, guaranteed by God.

Today we will frequently affirm, “My sinlessness is guaranteed by God.” This repetition helps us break free from the trance of belief in being separate and alone, disconnected from God. It heals the mind of the mistaken belief in lack of Love. It heals the cause of the dream of sickness and death by helping us accept that we remain as God created us.

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Seeing Love’s Presence Everywhere

I am not a body. I am free.

I am God’s Son. Be still, my mind, and think a moment upon this. And then return to earth, without confusion as to what my Father loves forever as His Son.

There is no peace except the peace of God.

Let me not wander from the way of peace, for I am lost on other roads than this. But let me follow Him Who leads me home, and peace is certain as the Love of God. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 219, W-pI.219.1:1-5.220.1:1-3. See also ACIM Lesson 219 Insights.)

In this time of turmoil, it is important to remember who, what and where we truly are. We are God’s Son, united with Him in all His peace, joy and Love. We are not a body; we are Spirit. We are not limited nor bound in the dream world. Our true Self remains in Heaven, unaffected by appearances in the dream world.

Following the lead of the Holy Spirit is the means to awaken from the dream and remember the certain safety that is our Home in God’s Love. Today we practice frequently pausing to relax into the center of peace within. We let that peace flow through us and experience its blessing by offering it to the world. God’s peace heals our fear-based thoughts, revealing Love’s Presence everywhere.

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Entering Christ’s Presence

Into His Presence would I enter now.

This is a day of silence and of trust. It is a special time of promise in your calendar of days. It is a time Heaven has set apart to shine upon, and cast a timeless light upon this day, when echoes of eternity are heard. This day is holy, for it ushers in a new experience; a different kind of feeling and awareness. You have spent long days and nights in celebrating death. Today you learn to feel the joy of life.

As this experience increases and all goals but this become of little worth, the world to which you will return becomes a little closer to the end of time; a little more like Heaven in its ways; a little nearer its deliverance. And you who bring it light will come to see the light more sure; the vision more distinct. The time will come when you will not return in the same form in which you now appear, for you will have no need of it. Yet now it has a purpose, and will serve it well.

…the Holy One, the Giver of the happy dreams of life, Translator of perception into truth, the holy Guide to Heaven given you, has dreamed for you this journey which you make and start today, with the experience this day holds out to you to be your own.

Into Christ’s Presence will we enter now, serenely unaware of everything except His shining face and perfect Love. (W-pI.157A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 157, .1;7:1-2;8:2;9:1. See also ACIM Lesson 157 Insights.)

In this time, when we are instructed to stay at home to protect our bodies, we have another place to go to protect our peace of mind. As we practice opening our minds to Christ’s Presence, we let the fears of the world fade to the background. The Light of Christ fills our awareness and reminds us that we are invulnerable in our true Home where we are sheltered by God’s Love.

As we rest in Christ’s Presence, Love fills our awareness and flows through us to the world. We experience the oneness that includes all brothers. Our mind rests in Christ’s peace. We bring this experience with us to the world and let Its Light shine away the darkness of fear and extend God’s Love.

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Our Safety Lies in the Love We Are

Love is one. It has no separate parts and no degrees; no kinds nor levels, no divergencies and no distinctions. It is like itself, unchanged throughout. It never alters with a person or a circumstance. It is the Heart of God, and also of His Son.

Love cannot judge. As it is one itself, it looks on all as one. Its meaning lies in oneness. And it must elude the mind that thinks of it as partial or in part. There is no love but God’s, and all of love is His. There is no other principle that rules where love is not. Love is a law without an opposite. Its wholeness is the power holding everything as one, the link between the Father and the Son which holds Them both forever as the same.

Love’s mean­ing is your own, and shared by God Himself. For what you are is what He is. There is no love but His, and what He is, is every­thing there is. There is no limit placed upon Himself, and so are you unlimited as well. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 127, W-pI.127.1:3-7;3;4:2-5. See also ACIM Lesson 127 Insights.)

The uniformity and limitlessness of Love binds us to the certainty of our safety in God. What He is, we are, for God has given all of Himself to His Creation. Nothing else exists, for only Love is real.

When we experience fear, we are responding to an apparition, made by the ego, which we believe is real. We are responding to a false belief. Beyond this belief, God’s Voice waits on our willingness to hear Him teach us of our perfect safety in God’s Love.

Today let us use every perception of fear as a reminder to turn our attention to the Holy Spirit and open our minds to His vision, which looks past the ego’s apparitions to the certainty of God’s Love. Let Him comfort us as He reminds us of our unity in Love, where harm is impossible. Together we awaken to the Love we are eternally.

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Bringing Love’s Unity to the World

Judgment and love are opposites. From one
Come all the sorrows of the world. But from
The other comes the peace of God Himself.

Forgiveness looks on sinlessness alone, and judges not. Through this I come to You. Judgment will bind my eyes and make me blind. Yet love, reflected in forgiveness here, reminds me You have given me a way to find Your peace again. I am redeemed when I elect to follow in this way. You have not left me comfortless. I have within me both the mem­ory of You, and One Who leads me to it. Father, I would hear Your Voice and find Your peace today. For I would love my own Identity, and find in It the memory of You. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 352, W-pII.352. See also ACIM Lesson 352 Insights.)

Judgment and blame are rampant in the world — in direct conversations, in the media and on social networks. The ego is on the prowl, searching for anything and anyone to judge or blame for what is wrong. No one is excluded from consideration, including ourselves. The ego thrives on guilt and cultivates it through judgment, blame and shame. This is the home the ego has built. We believe it is our home, our reality, as long as we believe in a separate identity, different from everyone else.

But this is not our home. We can leave it behind and walk into a world of Light and freedom to be the Love we were created to be. We open the door by choosing the Holy Spirit as our Guide and Interpreter of everything we perceive in the world. Following His lead, we will see past the ego’s façade of false images to the innocence of Love that is the only reality.

His vision transforms our fear-based perception to the recognition of Love’s unity, joining us with every brother and our Creator. With His vision, the ego’s search for justification of guilt is transformed into a steady flow of Love that answers every call for Love, bringing unity in place of division.

Today we reinforce our dedication to asking the Holy Spirit for His vision all through the day. This is the choice to accept with gratitude God’s gift of all His Love, joy and peace.

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Being an Open Channel of God’s Love

The Holy Spirit takes you gently by the hand, and retraces with you your mad journey outside yourself, leading you gently back to the truth and safety within.

In your [holy] relationship with your brother, where [the Holy Spirit] has taken charge of everything at your request, He has set the course inward to the truth you share. In the mad world outside you nothing can be shared but only substituted, and sharing and substituting have nothing in common in reality. Within yourself you love your brother with a perfect love.

You have been called, together with your brother, to the most holy function this world contains. It is the only one that has no limits, and reaches out to every broken fragment of the Sonship with healing and uniting comfort. This is offered you, in your holy relationship. Accept it here, and you will give as you have accepted. The peace of God is given you with the glowing purpose in which you join with your brother. The holy light that brought you and him together must extend, as you accepted it. (A Course in Miracles, T-18.I.8:3;9:1-3;13. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

Our relationship with a brother is holy when we request the Holy Spirit to be in charge. With Him in charge of our perception, illusions about our brother and our self are dispelled. No longer are we deceived by appearances interpreted by the ego as confirming the reality of separation. No longer are we guided by the ego’s insanity which insists illusions are real.

With the Holy Spirit in charge, we see past the insanity to the changeless truth of Love’s reality. Our brother is accepted as one with us in Love. With the Holy Spirit in charge, we walk with our brother in perfect unity, sharing in the limitless flow of God’s Love.

Today we request the Holy Spirit to be in charge of all our doing. With His help, we will bring sanity to the world. We will be open channels of God’s Love.

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