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Accepting That We Are Love

In me, God’s holy Son, are reconciled all parts of Heaven’s plan to save the world. ²What could conflict, when all the parts have but one purpose and one aim? ³How could there be a single part that stands alone, or one of more or less importance than the rest? ⁴I am the means by which God’s Son is saved, because salvation’s purpose is to find the sinlessness that God has placed in me. ⁵I was created as the thing I seek. ⁶I am the goal the world is searching for. ⁷I am God’s Son, His one eternal Love. ⁸I am salvation’s means and end as well.

Let me today, my Father, take the role You offer me in Your request that I accept Atonement for myself. ²For thus does what is thereby reconciled in me become as surely reconciled to You. (A Course in Miracles, W-318.1–2. See also ACIM Lesson 318 Insights.)

In the world there appear to be myriad parts which seem so different they could never be reconciled as one. All these differences are manifestations of the wish for specialness.

God’s Will is one: To be and extend the oneness of Love. As His holy Son, we share that Will. This lesson is pointing out that the truth in us is already one. The appearances of many forms does not change the one Son that is Love’s Creation. It could be said that reconciliation is merely the recognition of What has always been. The false perceptions of differences are dispelled with this recognition.

The fact of our oneness with our Creator has never changed, but we must practice acknowledging that oneness to change our mind about what we want. The Will of the Truth in us is to be Love and nothing else. We reach this recognition as we forgive the belief that separates us from our true Identity.

Today we choose forgiveness, for we would be free to accept Atonement for ourself.

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The Benefit of Investing in Truth

I gladly make the “sacrifice” of fear.

Here is the only “sacrifice” You ask of Your beloved Son; You ask him to give up all suffering, all sense of loss and sadness, all anxiety and doubt, and freely let Your Love come streaming in to his awareness, healing him of pain, and giving him Your Own eternal joy. ²Such is the “sacrifice” You ask of me, and one I gladly make; the only “cost” of restoration of Your memory to me, for the salvation of the world.

And as we pay the debt we owe to truth,—a debt that merely is the letting go of self-deceptions and of images we worshipped falsely—truth returns to us in wholeness and in joy. ²We are deceived no longer. ³Love has now returned to our awareness. ⁴And we are at peace again, for fear has gone and only love remains. (A Course in Miracles, W-323. See also ACIM Lesson 323 Insights.)

We owe it to our true Self to let go of our wish for specialness. This wish has led us to worship the false image of a body as our identity. That worship brings with it suffering and pain, fear and guilt, loss and death.

Ask anyone if they want any of these things and they would answer, “Of course not!” Yet while we seem to live in this world, we are invested in our identity as a body. This lesson is helping us see the cost of this investment. It offers only a return of illusions.

We have been given the means to free ourselves from this mistaken investment. In our mind is an Advisor Who will help us let go of this mistaken value and make way for the unlimited Source of Love to enter our mind. The return we gain by withdrawing our investment is limitless Love, perfect peace and joy beyond this world.

Today we choose to pay attention to this Advisor, Who will lead us back to awareness of our true Self as God’s Son.

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Gratitude for Our Inner Comforter

I merely follow, for I would not lead.

Father, You are the One Who gave the plan for my salvation to me. ²You have set the way I am to go, the role to take, and every step in my appointed path. ³I cannot lose the way. ⁴I can but choose to wander off a while, and then return. ⁵Your loving Voice will always call me back, and guide my feet aright. ⁶My brothers all can follow in the way I lead them. ⁷Yet I merely follow in the way to You, as You direct me and would have me go.

So let us follow One Who knows the way. ²We need not tarry, and we cannot stray except an instant from His loving Hand. ³We walk together, for we follow Him. ⁴And it is He Who makes the ending sure, and guarantees a safe returning home. (A Course in Miracles, W-324. See also ACIM Lesson 324 Insights.)

The world is a wilderness and no one in the world can lead us out of it. But we do have a Guide, given us by God, Who can lead us out of the wilderness back to our Home in Heaven. This Guide is not of this world. But if we are willing to listen, He can lead us out by showing us the Reality of the Love in which we live.

He offers us a Light that will dispel the dark wilderness. He assures us that we are safe. As we let His Light shine in our mind, the path becomes clear that leads us Home. Under His lead, we return to peace of mind. Our days become increasingly happy as we realize that every brother is our companion in the way of Love.

We give thanks for His lead and the comfort He brings.

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Forgiving Appearances of Differences Brings Peace

What seems to be the second place is first, for all things we perceive are upside down until we listen to the Voice for God. ²It seems that we will gain autonomy but by our striving to be separate, and that our independence from the rest of God’s creation is the way in which salvation is obtained. ³Yet all we find is sickness, suffering and loss and death. ⁴This is not what our Father wills for us, nor is there any second to His Will. ⁵To join with His is but to find our own. ⁶And since our will is His, it is to Him that we must go to recognize our will.

There is no will but Yours. ²And I am glad that nothing I imagine contradicts what You would have me be. ³It is Your Will that I be wholly safe, eternally at peace. ⁴And happily I share that Will which You, my Father, gave as part of me. (A Course in Miracles, W-328.1–2. See also ACIM Lesson 328 Insights.)

We value independence in this world. The ego thinks being separate and unique is how we obtain that independence. Yet the cost of this independence is lack of peace, a sense of vulnerability, fear of loss and harm, and the ultimate separation — death. This is not God’s Will for us. It ignores the law of Love, which is to be eternally united, changeless and at one with all that is real.

We choose Love by choosing Christ’s vision. It sees no separation nor individuality. It forgives all appearances of differences. Christ’s vision sees only the equality of Love Itself, united with all that Is. In this vision, we remember our Father and every brother. We remember our one Self, eternally at peace, eternally one with our Creator.

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The Bridge That Leads to Love

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all of the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. ²It is not necessary to seek for what is true, but it is necessary to seek for what is false. ³Every illusion is one of fear, whatever form it takes. ⁴And the attempt to escape from one illusion into another must fail. ⁵If you seek love outside yourself you can be certain that you perceive hatred within, and are afraid of it. ⁶Yet peace will never come from the illusion of love, but only from its reality.

Recognize this, for it is true, and truth must be recognized if it is to be distinguished from illusion: The special love relationship is an attempt to bring love into separation. ²And, as such, it is nothing more than an attempt to bring love into fear, and make it real in fear.

The bridge that leads to union in yourself must lead to knowledge, for it was built with God beside you, and will lead you straight to Him where your completion rests, wholly compatible with His. ²Every illusion you accept into your mind by judging it to be attainable removes your own sense of completion, and thus denies the Wholeness of your Father. ³Every fantasy, be it of love or hate, deprives you of knowledge for fantasies are the veil behind which truth is hidden. ⁴To lift the veil that seems so dark and heavy, it is only needful to value truth beyond all fantasy, and to be entirely unwilling to settle for illusion in place of truth. (A Course in Miracles, T-16.IV.6:1–7:2;10:1-4. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

In dreams, lies can seem to be true; fantasies can seem real. This world we seem to live in is a dream. It keeps us in its grip by our wish for specialness, which could only seem to be achieved if we are separate identities.

The special relationships we seek in this dream offer a substitute for the real Love that is our nature and our Source. Because we accept this substitute, it stands as a barrier that prevents us from awakening to the Love that unites us with with our Creator and every brother.

To help us awaken from this fearful dream, we have a Guide Whose function is to provide a bridge that leads to our awakening. The practice of asking for His true perception to replace our perceptions in the world will set us free.

True perception recognizes illusions for what they are and overlooks them. It sees our unity with the Love that is in every brother. With Holy Spirit’s vision, our misperceptions are healed. We can make this choice in every moment. We dedicate this day to making this choice, moment by moment.

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Finding What We Really Want

I will receive whatever I request.

No one desires pain. ²But he can think that pain is pleasure. ³No one would avoid his happiness. ⁴But he can think that joy is painful, threatening and dangerous. ⁵Everyone will receive what he requests. ⁶But he can be confused indeed about the things he wants; the state he would attain. ⁷What can he then request that he would want when he receives it? ⁸He has asked for what will frighten him, and bring him suffering. ⁹Let us resolve today to ask for what we really want, and only this, that we may spend this day in fearlessness, without confusing pain with joy, or fear with love.

Father, this is Your day. ²It is a day in which I would do nothing by myself, but hear Your Voice in everything I do; requesting only what You offer me, accepting only Thoughts You share with me. (A Course in Miracles, W-339. See also ACIM Lesson 339 Insights.)

Most of us have experienced attaining something we thought we wanted only to have its appeal quickly wane once we obtained it. This lesson is showing us that this is what happens when we choose to think that we are separate and identify with the ego. When we let the ego direct us, it is inevitable that we will in one way or another experience disappointment, fear, sadness and loss.

What the ego wants can never be real. And so it “lives” in a fantasy world. This is our life until we choose to follow the Guide to freedom. We can experience joy beyond anything in this world. We can enjoy peace of mind. We can let ourselves remember the reality of Love’s oneness. In this remembrance we remember we are God’s Son, complete and whole, in need of nothing.

We dedicate today to holding our mind open to the guidance of the Holy Spirit. We trust that His vision will guide us on the path of return to Love.

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How to Accept God’s Guarantee

I will accept my part in God’s plan for salvation.

Today is a day of special dedication. ²We take a stand on but one side today. ³We side with truth and let illusions go.

³We have a mighty purpose to fulfill, and have been given everything we need with which to reach the goal. ⁴Not one mistake stands in our way. ⁵For we have been absolved from errors. ⁶All our sins are washed away by realizing they were but mistakes.

The guiltless have no fear, for they are safe and recognize their safety. ²They do not appeal to magic, nor invent escapes from fancied threats without reality. ³They rest in quiet certainty that they will do what it is given them to do. ⁴They do not doubt their own ability because they know their function will be filled completely in the perfect time and place.

Here is an offer guaranteeing you your full release from pain of every kind, and joy the world does not contain. ²You can exchange a little of your time for peace of mind and certainty of purpose, with the promise of complete success. (A Course in Miracles, W-98.1:1-3;2:3–3:4;6:1-2. See also ACIM Lesson 98 Insights.)

Our Father guarantees our perfect safety, freedom from pain and joy beyond this world. Only our identification with the body, the wish for specialness, stands between us and this experience. We have a function to fulfill: To recognize that what we thought was sin was only a mistake. As we let the Holy Spirit help us heal our mistaken beliefs, we free ourselves to accept God’s gifts.

We fulfill our function as we accept the Holy Spirit’s true perception in place of our misperceptions. We open our minds to this recognition by reminding ourselves that we do not know what anything is for or what it means.

As we accept that only Love is real, we dismiss the meanings we have given anything and accept the Holy Spirit’s vision that shows us Love’s reality. This is how we accept God’s guarantee.

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