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Letting Our Minds Be Healed

…you are never healed alone. ⁴And legions upon legions will receive the gift that you receive when you are healed.

⁶Today we ask that only truth will occupy our minds; that thoughts of healing will this day go forth from what is healed to what must yet be healed, aware that they will both occur as one.

…our function is to let our minds be healed, that we may carry healing to the world, exchanging curse for blessing, pain for joy, and separation for the peace of God.

³When I am healed I am not healed alone. ⁴And I would share my healing with the world, that sickness may be banished from the mind of God’s one Son, Who is my only Self. (W-137.10:3-4;12:6–13:1;14:3-4)

It is important to remember that our function is to let our mind be healed. The ego defends against all loving thoughts which automatically heal. This is because Love dispels fear and guilt, the ego’s defenses. Where Love is accepted, the ego is dispelled.

We let our minds be healed when we are willing to accept the Holy Spirit’s help to transform our misperceptions. We welcome His help by pausing when we observe judgment, fearful or guilty thoughts. As we accept the peace within, we are able to receive the Holy Spirit’s vision which shows us Love’s truth beyond appearances. Love unifies. The ego divides.

When we accept Love’s healing, it brings us awareness of our unity so that we are not healed alone. We accept that we are joined in God’s Love.

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Claiming Our True Identity

⁴Fear not to give redemption over to your Redeemer’s Love. ⁵He will not fail you, for He comes from One Who cannot fail. ⁶Accept your sense of failure as nothing more than a mistake in who you are. ⁷For the holy host of God is beyond failure, and nothing that he wills can be denied. ⁸You are forever in a relationship so holy that it calls to everyone to escape from loneliness, and join you in your love. ⁹And where you are must everyone seek, and find you there.

Think but an instant on this: God gave the Sonship to you, to ensure your perfect creation. ²This was His gift, for as He withheld Himself not from you, He withheld not His creation. ³Nothing that ever was created but is yours. ⁴Your relationships are with the universe. ⁵And this universe, being of God, is far beyond the petty sum of all the separate bodies you perceive. ⁶For all its parts are joined in God through Christ, where they become like to their Father. ⁷Christ knows of no separation from His Father, Who is His one relationship, in which He gives as His Father gives to Him.

⁴Leave, then, what seems to you to be impossible, to Him Who knows it must be possible because it is the Will of God. ⁵And let Him Whose teaching is only of God teach you the only meaning of relationships. ⁶For God created the only relationship that has meaning, and that is His relationship with you. (A Course in Miracles, T-15.VIII.3:4–4:7;6:4-6. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

Our sense of failure is only the effect of our belief in a mistaken identity. We are not alone and separate; we are not a body. We have not broken our eternal connection with our Creator. We live and have our being in the universe of His Love.

To remember our true relationship with our Father, we need to undo our belief in a false identity. We have been given the Holy Spirit to help us let go of our mistaken beliefs. Every time our serenity and happiness seems to be disturbed is an opportunity to turn to Him for help.

We can pause and quiet our mind. As we relax and focus on the peace within, we open our mind to His loving vision. We are helped to see past appearances to the eternal Love that unites us with every brother and our Father.

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Sharing the Blessings of Love

The glory of my Father is my own.

Let not the truth about ourselves today be hidden by a false humility. ²Let us instead be thankful for the gifts our Father gave us. ³Can we see in those with whom He shares His glory any trace of sin and guilt? ⁴And can it be that we are not among them, when He loves His Son forever and with perfect constancy, knowing he is as He created him?

We thank You, Father, for the light that shines forever in us. ²And we honor it, because You share it with us. ³We are one, united in this light and one with You, at peace with all creation and ourselves. (A Course in Miracles, W-239. See also ACIM Lesson 239 Insights.)

Clouds of guilt and fear hide the Light of Love that is our true Self. We let our Light shine when we forgive our illusions that make us feel separate, alone and lacking Love. Today we welcome the Light within that shines upon all in gratitude and peace.

We accept the blessing Love brings us by extending It to our brothers in the world. By letting Love be our Guide, we let Love’s Light illuminate the dream and open our mind to awaken to the Love we are.

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Welcoming Christ’s Love in the Present

This instant is the only time there is.

I have conceived of time in such a way that I defeat my aim. ²If I elect to reach past time to timelessness, I must change my perception of what time is for. ³Time’s purpose cannot be to keep the past and future one. ⁴The only interval in which I can be saved from time is now. ⁵For in this instant has forgiveness come to set me free. ⁶The birth of Christ is now, without a past or future. ⁷He has come to give His present blessing to the world, restoring it to timelessness and love. ⁸And love is ever-present, here and now.

Thanks for this instant, Father. ²It is now I am redeemed. ³This instant is the time You have appointed for Your Son’s release, and for salvation of the world in him. (A Course in Miracles, W-308. See also ACIM Lesson 308 Insights.)

Whenever our peace is disturbed, it is always caused by thoughts of the past or the future. We may feel guilty or upset about something that occurred in the past. We may wish that something happen in the future. Or we may worry about something might occur in the future. These thoughts block the present moment from our awareness.

In the present moment there is Love and nothing else. In the timelessness of now, there is no form, only the changeless Love that is our true Self, united with our Creator. This Love extends forever. It keeps us safely in It’s peace. It brings joy as It extends the eternal giving and receiving that is Love.

Today we pause frequently to step away from thoughts of past and future. We ask the Holy Spirit to help us experience the present as it Is. We welcome the Love of Christ that is now, everywhere and forever.

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We Are Love and Nothing Else

Love created me like itself.

²I am in the likeness of my Creator. ³I cannot suffer, I cannot experience loss and I cannot die. ⁴I am not a body. ⁵I would recognize my reality today. ⁶I will worship no idols, nor raise my own self-concept to replace my Self. ⁷I am in the likeness of my Creator. ⁸Love created me like itself.

You might find these specific forms helpful in applying the idea:

²Let me not see an illusion of myself in this.
³As I look on this, let me remember my Creator.
⁴My Creator did not create this as I see it. (A Course in Miracles, W-84.1–2. See also ACIM Lesson 84 Insights.)

The world we see represents our beliefs. We people it with figures that represent what we believe we are. The fear and anger, guilt and sadness that we experience all come from our beliefs. Yet these beliefs deny the reality that Love created us like Itself.

This is why it is helpful to remind ourselves to not see an illusion of ourself in the world. In truth, we are one Self. We share the same the same united, changeless Love That created us like Itself. If someone seems to do something that bothers us, we are perceiving an illusion. We are not seeing them truly.

As we remember this, we can ask for help to see past the illusion to the reality of Love. This is how we will learn that we are Love and nothing else.

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Remembering We Are Love and Nothing Else

My only function is the one God gave me.

²I have no function but the one God gave me. ³This recognition releases me from all conflict, because it means I cannot have conflicting goals. ⁴With one purpose only, I am always certain what to do, what to say and what to think. ⁵All doubt must disappear as I acknowledge that my only function is the one God gave me.

My happiness and my function are one.

²All things that come from God are one. ³They come from Oneness, and must be received as one. ⁴Fulfilling my function is my happiness because both come from the same Source. ⁵And I must learn to recognize what makes me happy, if I would find happiness. (A Course in Miracles, W-83.1;3. See also ACIM Lesson 83 Insights.)

God is one and His one Gift is Love, with all its attributes. As His extension of Love, our one function is to extend His Love. This is how we will experience Love’s happiness and peace. Thus fulfilling our function will bring us joy.

The things we seem to do in the world may bring temporary happiness. But because the world is an illusion, there is always a sense that what we do will not last. This is why the key to our happiness is only found in extending Love. Love has no form, yet it extends forever. It never diminishes nor is lost.

Today we invest in our wholeness by choosing to be loving. This is how we will remember we are Love and nothing else.

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Answering Love’s Call

The Holy Spirit mediates between illusions and the truth. ²Since He must bridge the gap between reality and dreams, perception leads to knowledge through the grace that God has given Him, to be His gift to everyone who turns to Him for truth. ³Across the bridge that He provides are dreams all carried to the truth, to be dispelled before the light of knowledge. ⁴There are sights and sounds forever laid aside. ⁵And where they were perceived before, forgiveness has made possible perception’s tranquil end.

²The Holy Spirit understands the means you made, by which you would attain what is forever unattainable. ³And if you offer them to Him, He will employ the means you made for exile to restore your mind to where it truly is at home.

From knowledge, where He has been placed by God, the Holy Spirit calls to you, to let forgiveness rest upon your dreams, and be restored to sanity and peace of mind. ²Without forgiveness will your dreams remain to terrify you. ³And the memory of all your Father’s Love will not return to signify the end of dreams has come.

Accept your Father’s gift. ²It is a Call from Love to Love, that It be but Itself. ³The Holy Spirit is His gift, by which the quietness of Heaven is restored to God’s beloved Son. (A Course in Miracles, W-pII.7.1;3:2–5:3. See also ACIM Lesson 281 Insights.)

Are we willing to answer Holy Spirit’s call? Are we willing to be happy and at peace? In every moment, we have the choice to accept these gifts. But in the dream, these gifts seem to be impossible. The chaos in the world covers the call of Love that would give us peace of mind and joy beyond description. Yet it only requires our willingness to answer the call to change the world we experience.

When we choose to offer all our judgments to the Holy Spirit, He will translate them into a means to awaken to the Love we are. This is our heart’s desire. Today we choose to answer the call and let Love guide us Home to the Heaven of God’s Love.

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