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Using Our Perceptions to Heal Our Mind

The rituals of the god of sickness [ego] are strange and very demanding. ²Joy is never permitted, for depression is the sign of allegiance to him. ³Depression means that you have forsworn God. ⁴Many are afraid of blasphemy, but they do not understand what it means. ⁵They do not realize that to deny God is to deny their own Identity, and in this sense the wages of sin [separation] is death. ⁶The sense is very literal; denial of life perceives its opposite, as all forms of denial replace what is with what is not. ⁷No one can really [deny their Identity], but that you can think you can and believe you have is beyond dispute.

Do not forget, however, that to deny God will inevitably result in projection, and you will believe that others and not yourself have done this to you. ²You must receive the message you give because it is the message you want. ³You may believe that you judge your brothers by the messages they give you, but you have judged them by the message you give to them. ⁴Do not attribute your denial of joy to them, or you cannot see the spark in them that would bring joy to you. ⁵It is the denial of the spark that brings depression, for whenever you see your brothers without it, you are denying God. (A Course in Miracles, T-10.V.1–2. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

Our Identity is shared with God, because he gave us all of Himself. When we believe we are a body and perceive our brothers as bodies, we are denying our true Identity. Our perception of our brothers always reflects what we believe we are. If anything about a brother offends us or bothers us, we need to look at what we believe about ourself, for perception is always a projection. So in every moment our perceptions of our brothers give us clues about our mistaken beliefs that need to be healed.

What bothers us about our brother is not about him. It is a pointer to our own beliefs that we need to look at with the Holy Spirit. He will help us see our belief is mistaken. It is a belief in an illusion. Upon recognition of the illusion, we automatically disregard it. We free ourselves to see the Love that was hidden by the illusion. With this recognition, our perceptions are used by the Holy Spirit to heal our minds and awaken us to our true Identity in God.

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Willingness to Hear God’s Voice

I can be free of suffering today.

Father, I thank You for today, and for the freedom I am certain it will bring. ²This day is holy, for today Your Son will be redeemed. ³His suffering is done. ⁴For he will hear Your Voice directing him to find Christ’s vision through forgiveness, and be free forever from all suffering. ⁵Thanks for today, my Father. ⁶I was born into this world but to achieve this day, and what it holds in joy and freedom for Your holy Son and for the world he made, which is released along with him today.

Be glad today! ²Be glad! ³There is no room for anything but joy and thanks today. ⁴Our Father has redeemed His Son this day. ⁵Not one of us but will be saved today. ⁶Not one who will remain in fear, and none the Father will not gather to Himself, awake in Heaven in the Heart of Love. (A Course in Miracles, W-340. See also ACIM Lesson 340 Insights.)

God is always calling to us, but do we choose to listen? We have to be willing to withdraw our attention from the ego’s distracting chatter. We give our attention to His Call by stepping back from our focus on the world and going to the center of peace within. It is there to be experienced when we are willing.

The reward for answering His call with willingness is joy unlimited, peace that cannot be disturbed and the experience of Love beyond anything we can experience in the world. This listening takes practice only because we have over-taught ourselves to listen to the ego’s rants and obsession with the quest for specialness. This quest blocks out the presence of God’s Voice, though It is there to be heard.

Today we ask the Holy Spirit’ help us strengthen our willingness to hear His loving Voice guiding us in the way of Love.

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