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Seeing Past Our Dark Thoughts to the Light

In your questioning of illusions, ask yourself if it is really sane to perceive what was as now. ⁷If you remember the past as you look upon your brother, you will be unable to perceive the reality that is now.

…the past can cast no shadow to darken the present, unless you are afraid of light. ⁵And only if you are would you choose to bring darkness with you, and by holding it in your mind, see it as a dark cloud that shrouds your brothers and conceals their reality from your sight.

This darkness is in you. ²The Christ as revealed to you now has no past, for He is changeless, and in His changelessness lies your release. ³For if He is as He was created, there is no guilt in Him. ⁴No cloud of guilt has risen to obscure Him, and He stands revealed in everyone you meet because you see Him through Himself. ⁵To be born again is to let the past go, and look without condemnation upon the present. ⁶The cloud that obscures God’s Son to you is the past, and if you would have it past and gone, you must not see it now. ⁷If you see it now in your illusions, it has not gone from you, although it is not there.

The miracle enables you to see your brother without his past, and so perceive him as born again. ²His errors are all past, and by perceiving him without them you are releasing him. ³And since his past is yours, you share in this release. ⁴Let no dark cloud out of your past obscure him from you, for truth lies only in the present, and you will find it if you seek it there. (A Course in Miracles, T-13.VI.1:6-7;2:4–3:7;5:1-4. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

When we are afraid of the oneness of Love, we are afraid of light. The world as we see it was made by the ego to hide from the Light of Love. We see only the ego’s dark shadows made up of images from the past projected on the present to keep us unaware of Love’s presence now.

To awaken to the Love we are, we need to be vigilant to accept the Holy Spirit’s help to see our brothers as the Love they are now, free of projections from the past. With this practice we will see the one Self we share with every brother reflected back to us. As we release our brothers from the past we see in him, we release our own past to know our true Self as we are in every present moment.

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True Vision Brings Peace of Mind

I could see peace instead of this.

The idea for today begins to describe the conditions that prevail in the other way of seeing. ²Peace of mind is clearly an internal matter. ³It must begin with your own thoughts, and then extend outward. ⁴It is from your peace of mind that a peaceful perception of the world arises.

⁴It is your inner world to which the applications of today’s idea should be made.

²Search your mind for fear thoughts, anxiety-provoking situations, “offending” personalities or events, or anything else about which you are harboring unloving thoughts.

…whenever you feel your peace of mind is threatened in any way.… the exercise should take this form:

⁴I could see peace in this situation instead of what I now see in it. (A Course in Miracles, W-34.1;2:4;3:2;5:1,3-4. See also ACIM Lesson 34 Insights.)

Form is sacrosanct to the ego. Its focus is always on arranging forms to protect it or bring some approved condition. If these conditions are met, the ego calls it happiness. But this “happiness” never lasts because the forms have no real content and in truth, form does not matter.

Only Love matters. Where there is not Love, the form has no content. A perceived world with empty forms is unstable, unreliable and fosters anxiety, fear and depression. The Holy Spirit offers another way of seeing that leads to peace and lasting happiness. His vision shows us the presence of Love that is eternal. This world only seems to hide it because we have accepted the ego as our guide.

Today we choose the Holy Spirit’s vision, which will always show us the solid foundation upon which peace of mind stands. The peace of God is ours now and forever.

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Finding the Solution to Every Problem

The temptation to regard problems as many is the temptation to keep the problem of separation unsolved. ²The world seems to present you with a vast number of problems, each requiring a different answer. ³This perception places you in a position in which your problem solving must be inadequate, and failure is inevitable.

No one could solve all the problems the world appears to hold. ²They seem to be on so many levels, in such varying forms and with such varied content, that they confront you with an impossible situation. ³Dismay and depression are inevitable as you regard them.

All this complexity is but a desperate attempt not to recognize the problem, and therefore not to let it be resolved. ²If you could recognize that your only problem is separation, no matter what form it takes, you could accept the answer because you would see its relevance. ³Perceiving the underlying constancy in all the problems that seem to confront you, you would understand that you have the means to solve them all. ⁴And you would use the means, because you recognize the problem.

Be not deceived by the form of problems today. ²Whenever any difficulty seems to rise, tell yourself quickly:

³Let me recognize this problem so it can be solved.

⁴Then try to suspend all judgment about what the problem is. ⁵If possible, close your eyes for a moment and ask what it is. ⁶You will be heard and you will be answered. (A Course in Miracles, W-79.4:1–5:3;6;10. See also ACIM Lesson 79 Insights.)

Here we have a practice that can set us free from the ego’s limitations. We have the answer now. It is only our unwillingness that keeps us from accepting the solution to every problem we think we have. But we can learn to recognize the actual problem and let be resolved with the Holy Spirit’s help.

Let us join in a shared commitment to accept the answer to every problem. It is key to the experience of a peaceful and happy day. If we are willing to accept the Holy Spirit’s help with every problem, we will be inspired with solutions in forms that bring us peace.

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Satisfying Our Hunger for Love

You are my goal, my Father. Only You.

Where would I go but Heaven? ²What could be a substitute for happiness? ³What gift could I prefer before the peace of God? ⁴What treasure would I seek and find and keep that can compare with my Identity? ⁵And would I rather live with fear than love?

You are my goal, my Father. ²What but You could I desire to have? ³What way but that which leads to You could I desire to walk? ⁴And what except the memory of You could signify to me the end of dreams and futile substitutions for the truth? ⁵You are my only goal. ⁶Your Son would be as You created him. ⁷What way but this could I expect to recognize my Self, and be at one with my Identity? (A Course in Miracles, W-287. See also ACIM Lesson 287 Insights.)

Everyone in the world is hungry for Love. Under the ego’s direction we are led on fruitless searches, looking for Love in all the wrong places. The ego’s goal is always to avoid Love, for the full acceptance of Love’s oneness would be its end.

We are hungry because we want to return to awareness of our true Self. We want to return to our Source. We want to return to Love, our true Identity.

Today we call upon the Holy Spirit, Whose mission is to lead us Home to Love. His vision shows us the presence of Love beyond the ego’s decoys that are lifeless substitutes for Love. By following the Holy Spirit, we awaken to the Love we are; our hunger is satisfied.

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Finding What We Truly Want

³The only purpose worthy of your mind this world contains is that you pass it by,…

Pause and be still a little while, and see how far you rise above the world, when you release your mind from chains and let it seek the level where it finds itself at home. ²It will be grateful to be free a while. ³It knows where it belongs. ⁴But free its wings, and it will fly in sureness and in joy to join its holy purpose. ⁵Let it rest in its Creator, there to be restored to sanity, to freedom and to love.

Give it ten minutes rest three times today. ²And when your eyes are opened afterwards, you will not value anything you see as much as when you looked at it before. ³Your whole perspective on the world will shift by just a little, every time you let your mind escape its chains. ⁴The world is not where it belongs. ⁵And you belong where it would be, and where it goes to rest when you release it from the world. ⁶Your Guide is sure. ⁷Open your mind to Him. ⁸Be still and rest.

Protect your mind throughout the day as well. ²And when you think you see some value in an aspect or an image of the world, refuse to lay this chain upon your mind, but tell yourself with quiet certainty:

³This will not tempt me to delay myself.
⁴The world I see holds nothing that I want. (A Course in Miracles, W-128.2:3;6-8. See also ACIM Lesson 128 Insights.)

Everything the ego values is worthless. It will not bring us lasting happiness or peace. It is an expression of the denial of Love, so it cannot offer Love. Only our belief in this false world seems to give it value.

We are free to change our belief in every instant. We open to this change as we recognize nothing in this world can give us what we truly want. Our true Self wants only to give the Love it freely receives from Its Creator. This is where we find joy and peace. This is how we know we are Love and nothing else.

Today we accept the Holy Spirit’s help to see the Love that surrounds us and join with It in joyous peace.

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The Reality of Love

A miracle is a correction. ²It does not create, nor really change at all. ³It merely looks on devastation, and reminds the mind that what it sees is false. ⁴It undoes error, but does not attempt to go beyond perception, nor exceed the function of forgiveness. ⁵Thus it stays within time’s limits. ⁶Yet it paves the way for the return of timelessness and love’s awakening, for fear must slip away under the gentle remedy it brings.

Forgiveness is the home of miracles. ²The eyes of Christ deliver them to all they look upon in mercy and in love. ³Perception stands corrected in His sight, and what was meant to curse has come to bless. ⁴Each lily of forgiveness offers all the world the silent miracle of love. (A Course in Miracles, W-pII.13.1;3:1-4. See also ACIM Lesson 341 Insights.)

Our goal today is to view the world through the eyes of Christ. We call upon the Holy Spirit to be our Guide. With His help we will set aside the petty judgments, the conflict, uncertainty and lovelessness we see with the body’s eyes. With His help we will see Love’s presence through the eyes of Christ. With this vision, we will become aware that fear and guilt are baseless. For we will be seeing the reality of Love with the eyes of Love.

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Forgiveness Welcomes Love

I am entitled to miracles.

²I am entitled to miracles [extensions of Love] because I am under no laws but God’s. ³His laws release me from all grievances [belief in separation], and replace them with miracles. ⁴And I would accept the miracles in place of the grievances, which are but illusions that hide the miracles beyond. ⁵Now I would accept only what the laws of God entitle me to have, that I may use it on behalf of the function He has given me.

You might use these suggestions for specific applications of this idea:

²Behind this is a miracle [extension of Love] to which I am entitled.
³Let me not hold a grievance [belief in separation] against you, [name], but offer you the miracle that belongs to you instead.
⁴Seen truly, this offers me a miracle. (A Course in Miracles, W-89.1–2. See also ACIM Lesson 89 Insights.)

The ego rejects God’s gifts. It is the belief that specialness is more valuable than the oneness of God’s Love. The best the ego can offer is a dream in which specialness seems possible and real. This is the dream we experience as human beings in a world of fear, conflict and lack. Lasting happiness cannot be found in this dream.

But the miracle of Love’s extension into the dream opens the door to acceptance of God’s gifts. We cannot make a miracle on our own. We need the Holy Spirit’s help to remember the truth that only Love is real. We make way for this awakening from the dream through forgiveness. Forgiveness releases the ego’s grievance against God.

Whenever we judge another, we are really expressing the ego’s grievance against the truth that everyone is united in God’s Love. When we accept the Love that we are and everyone is, we free ourselves from the ego’s imprisonment in a dream of lovelessness. As we observe ourselves judging, we can welcome a new perspective by reminding ourselves that beyond this appearance is the expression of God’s Love. We welcome the Holy Spirit’s vision in place of the ego’s projection. This is a miracle.

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