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Accepting Our Limitlessness

Everything in this world is little because it is a world made out of littleness, in the strange belief that littleness can content you. When you strive for anything in this world in the belief that it will bring you peace, you are belittling yourself and blinding yourself to glory.

Yet what you do not realize, each time you choose, is that your choice is your evaluation of yourself. Choose littleness and you will not have peace, for you will have judged yourself unworthy of it.

All your striving must be directed against littleness, for it does require vigilance to protect your magnitude in this world. To hold your magnitude in perfect awareness in a world of littleness is a task the little cannot undertake. Yet it is asked of you, in tribute to your magnitude and not your littleness. Nor is it asked of you alone. The power of God will support every effort you make on behalf of His dear Son.

…“Would you be hostage to the ego or host to God?” Let this question be asked you by the Holy Spirit every time you make a decision. …Every decision you make is for Heaven or for hell, and brings you the awareness of what you decided for.” (A Course in Miracles, T-15.III.1:5-6;2:1-2;4:4-8;5:1-2,7. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

Our true Self shares the limitlessness of our Creator. The Love, joy and peace of our true Nature can no more be limited than can God. This world is an attempt to limit the unlimited, to exchange littleness or God’s Magnitude. As long as we believe our identity is limited to this world, we will feel incomplete and little.

But we have not lost our magnitude in God. It remains the truth of what we were created to be. In every moment of every day, we choose between accepting the magnitude of our true Identity or the littleness of the ego’s substitute identity, limited to a body and bound to die. Thankfully we have Help to guide us out of this mistaken belief to awaken to our limitlessness.

The practice of keeping our mind open to the Holy Spirit’s guidance helps us choose on behalf of our true Self instead of the ego. It is the choice between heaven and hell. Our vigilance in this practice is supported by the power of God. For His Will is that we remain within His safe embrace, forever whole, forever Love and forever loving in peace and joy.

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Becoming Christ’s Reflection of Love’s Unity

Oneness is simply the idea God is. And in His Being, He encompasses all things. No mind holds anything but Him. We say “God is,” and then we cease to speak, for in that knowledge words are meaningless. There are no lips to speak them, and no part of mind sufficiently distinct to feel that it is now aware of something not itself. It has united with its Source. And like its Source Itself, it merely is.

When revelation of your oneness comes, it will be known and fully understood.

…you have work to do to play your part. …your part is still what all the rest depends on. As you take the role assigned to you, salvation comes a little nearer each uncertain heart that does not beat as yet in tune with God.

Forgiveness is the central theme that runs throughout salvation…

What is the face of Christ but his who went a moment into time­lessness, and brought a clear reflection of the unity he felt an instant back to bless the world? How could you finally attain to it forever, while a part of you remains outside, unknowing, un­awakened, and in need of you as witness to the truth?

Be grateful to return, as you were glad to go an instant, and accept the gifts that grace provided you. You carry them back to yourself. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 169, W-pI.169.5;10:2;11:1,4-5;12:1;13:3-14:2. See also ACIM Lesson 169 Insights.)

Revelation is an experience of knowing oneness that is beyond words to describe. While in the world of limitation, we can have this experience for an instant when we allow our mind to be open to hear the Call of God to awaken. We have let our mind rest in God’s peace.

As we practice pausing to accept God’s peace in our mind and receive His grace, we can bring His message to the world in a form that the world can understand. We become Christ’s reflection of Love’s unity in the world. We accept the blessing of God’s Love by sharing It with our brothers. This is the work we must do bring our brothers with us as we awaken to our reality in Love.

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Dismantling the Ego’s Wall Against Love

God goes with me wherever I go.

We understand that you do not believe all this. How could you, when the truth is hidden deep within, under a heavy cloud of insane thoughts, dense and obscuring, yet representing all you see? Today we will make our first real attempt to get past this dark and heavy cloud, and to go through it to the light beyond.

Try… to get a sense of turn­ing inward, past all the idle thoughts of the world. Try to enter very deeply into your own mind, keeping it clear of any thoughts that might divert your attention.

…sink down and inward, away from the world and all the foolish thoughts of the world. You are trying to reach past all these things. You are trying to leave appearances and approach reality.

It is quite possible to reach God. In fact it is very easy, because it is the most natural thing in the world. You might even say it is the only natural thing in the world. The way will open, if you believe that it is possible. This exercise can bring very startling results even the first time it is attempted, and sooner or later it is always successful.

You can indeed afford to laugh at fear thoughts, remembering that God goes with you wherever you go. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 41, W-pI.41:5;6:5-6;7:2-8:5;10. See also ACIM Lesson 41 Insights.)

Our true Self is always peaceful, joyful and loving, for It remains united with the Love that created It. The identity we believe we are is a disguise made by the ego to hide the Truth. It is a smoke screen built upon lies and made-up images which we believe are real. That is the world we believe in. Yet it only seems to be there because we believe in it. But belief does not make it real; it only blinds us the to reality of Love.

We are innately loving, joyous and peaceful. We remember this when we forgive our beliefs in the reality of separation. The thought system of separation is a closed loop that builds a wall blinding us to the reality of Love.

The Holy Spirit provides the help we need from beyond the wall to dismantle it, belief by belief. At its core, every block in this wall is founded on one mistaken belief: Separation is real. We have given these blocks many labels and forms. We must forgive the forms, one by one until we recognize their common core. With this recognition, the wall comes tumbling down. The Light of Love dawns upon our minds. We can see clearly now, for the clouds are gone and we remember the Love we are.

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Remembering the Self God Created

If you remain as God created you fear has no meaning, evil is not real, and misery and death do not exist.

If you remain as God created you, appearances cannot replace the truth, health cannot turn to sickness, nor can death be substi­tute for life, or fear for love. All this has not occurred, if you remain as God created you. You need no thought but just this one, to let redemption come to light the world and free it from the past.

If you are as God created you, then there has been no separation of your mind from His, no split between your mind and other minds, and only unity within your own.

The healing power of today’s idea [I am as God created me] is limitless. It is the birthplace of all miracles, the great restorer of the truth to the awareness of the world. Practice today’s idea with gratitude. This is the truth that comes to set you free. This is the truth that God has promised you. This is the Word in which all sorrow ends. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 110, W-pI.110.1:4;3;4:2-5:6. See also ACIM Lesson 110 Insights.)

The ego traffics in fear. The more it can make images of harm, loss, pain and death seem real, the more we believe we are limited by the ego’s chains of fear. Only our identification with the ego and belief that separation is real gives these chains the appearance of power to limit us. The chains dissolve in the presence of the reality of God’s Love.

We have Help to heal our mistaken beliefs—the Holy Spirit in our mind Whose mission is to correct and heal our misperceptions and our mistaken beliefs. For all our thoughts of fear and limitation, we ask the Holy Spirit for His help to heal our fear based thoughts. With this healing, the vision of Love replaces the ego’s projections of fear. The chains of fear are dispelled by the acceptance of Love’s reality in our mind. We free ourselves to remember the Self that God created one with Him.

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Returning Home to the Peace of God

I will be still an instant and go home.

This world you seem to live in is not home to you. And some­where in your mind you know that this is true. A memory of home keeps haunting you, as if there were a place that called you to return, although you do not recognize the voice, nor what it is the voice reminds you of. Yet still you feel an alien here, from somewhere all unknown.

We speak today for everyone who walks this world, for he is not at home. He goes uncertainly about in endless search, seek­ing in darkness what he cannot find; not recognizing what it is he seeks. A thousand homes he makes, yet none contents his restless mind. He does not understand he builds in vain. The home he seeks can not be made by him. There is no substitute for Heaven. All he ever made was hell.

When you are still an instant, when the world recedes from you, when valueless ideas cease to have value in your restless mind, then will you hear His Voice.

Be still an instant and go home with Him, and be at peace a while. (W-pI.182A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 182, .1:1-4;3;8:1;12:9. See also ACIM Lesson 182 Insights.)

We do not have to accept the chaos of the world we seem to live in as our reality. Only Love is real. It is One, whole, complete and changeless. We can be certain of our safety and peace in the world of Love. Love is God’s world and our true Home.

Only our mistaken belief that we have left this Home and lost the safety of God’s Love could make this chaotic world seem real. While we hang on to this belief, we are unaware of our real Home in Love. Yet we miss our connection with His Love. We long to return to It. Yet within our belief in separation from God, it is impossible to find the Love that would satisfy our longing. His Love surrounds us yet we are unaware of Its safety and comfort.

We have been given a Guide from beyond our mistaken beliefs Whose eternal presence in our mind is ready to guide us back to our true Home. We need only question the reality of our perceptions and be willing to turn peacefully to this Guide within for help.

He speaks to us in forms we can understand and shows us how to see the eternal Presence of Love beyond all appearances in the world. We will find our way Home by frequently turning in peace throughout the day to our inner Guide in our mind for help. We step back and let Him lead the way.

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Sharing Our Inheritance of God’s Love

God, being Love, is also happiness.

Let me remember love is happiness, and nothing else brings joy. And so I choose to entertain no substitutes for love.

I seek but what belongs to me in truth.

Love is my heritage, and with it joy. These are the gifts my Father gave to me. I would accept all that is mine in truth. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 117, W-pI.117. See also ACIM Lesson 117 Insights.)

This world is the outward picture of the ego’s rejection of God’s Love and joy. We do not have to accept the ego’s version of reality. It is not true.

Today we pay attention to our state of mind. Are we at peace? Are we happy? Do we feel the Love of God in our hearts and see It in our brothers? If the answer to any of these questions is no or not completely, then we are still hanging on to the ego’s rejection of God’s Love.

And so we say: Holy Spirit, I give my thoughts and beliefs to you. Help me see past the ego’s substitutes for Love. Help me see with Your vision the eternal presence of God’s Love and joy everywhere. I am willing to accept my inheritance from my Father and share It with all my brothers, who are one with me.

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Accepting Love’s Protection

Father, Your Son is perfect. When I think that I am hurt in any way, it is because I have forgotten who I am, and that I am as You created me. Your Thoughts can only bring me happiness. If ever I am sad or hurt or ill, I have forgotten what You think, and put my little meaningless ideas in place of where Your Thoughts belong, and where they are. I can be hurt by nothing but my thoughts. The Thoughts I think with You can only bless. The Thoughts I think with You alone are true.

I will not hurt myself today. For I am far beyond all pain. My Father placed me safe in Heaven, watching over me. And I would not attack the Son He loves, for what He loves is also mine to love. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 281, W-pII.281. See also ACIM Lesson 281 Insights.)

We seem to be in a world of hurt. But it is only a false image of our self that seems to be capable of being hurt. This little separate self is a construct of the ego thought system of separation. It could never be real in truth. But our belief in this little self’s reality makes harm, even to the point of death, seem real. All this comes from denial of the Love God wills us to have and be.

It is time to welcome God’s Love in our mind and heart. God’s Love is His eternal gift to His Son, our true Self. He has not withdrawn His gift. His Love is changeless. It cannot be hurt or changed in any way. This changelessness guarantees our perfect protection from harm, for we share God’s invulnerability.

Today we choose to perceive the world with Christ’s vision, seeing the innocence and harmlessness of Love everywhere. With this practice we accept the Self God created as His Son in place of the false image of a little, separated self. In gratitude we accept the gift of God’s Love.

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