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Learning to Treasure Truth

God’s Will does not oppose. It merely is. It is not God you have imprisoned in your plan to lose your Self. He does not know about a plan so alien to His Will. There was a need He did not understand, to which He gave an Answer [the Holy Spirit]. That is all. And you who have this Answer given you have need no more of anything but this.

Now do we live, for now we cannot die. The wish for death is answered, and the sight that looked upon it now has been replaced by vision which perceives that you are not what you pretend to be. One walks with you Who gently answers all your fears with this one merciful reply, “It is not so.” He points to all the gifts you have each time the thought of poverty oppresses you, and speaks of His Companionship when you perceive yourself as lonely and afraid.

Yet He reminds you still of one thing more you had forgotten. For His touch on you has made you like Himself. The gifts you have are not for you alone. What He has come to offer you, you now must learn to give. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 167, W-pI.167.10:1-12:4. See also ACIM Lesson 167 Insights.)

It is our belief in the reality of our bodies and the world that makes us feel lonely, lacking, fearful and guilty. Yet the Holy Spirit in our minds looks on what we see and teaches us, “It is not so.” The resistance we feel to learning this lesson comes from the belief that we would lose everything we treasure. But what we treasure is really nothing, just illusions. We need to treasure the truth instead of the denial of truth, which is the ego.

We have a kind and loving Teacher with infinite patience, always ready to help us learn to recognize what is true and what is false. As we recognize the false, we naturally let it go. No one hangs on to nothing when it is recognized as such.

We can return to the Life we live in God and know His gifts of Love and joy and peace by being vigilant to receive Holy Spirit’s lessons in freedom. We know that we have learned the lessons by sharing them with our brothers.

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Following the Guide to Forgiveness

Forgiveness is the only thing that stands for truth in the illusions of the world. It sees their nothingness, and looks straight through the thousand forms in which they may appear. It looks on lies, but it is not deceived. It does not heed the self-accusing shrieks of sinners mad with guilt. It looks on them with quiet eyes, and merely says to them, “My brother, what you think is not the truth.

Forgiveness must be practiced, for the world cannot perceive its meaning, nor provide a guide to teach you its beneficence. There is no thought in all the world that leads to any understanding of the laws [forgiveness] follows, nor the Thought that it reflects. [Forgiveness] is as alien to the world as is your own reality. And yet it joins your mind with the reality in you.

Today we practice true forgiveness, that the time of joining be no more delayed. For we would meet with our reality in freedom and in peace. Our practicing becomes the footsteps lighting up the way for all our brothers, who will follow us to the reality we share with them. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 134, W-pI.134.7;13:1-14:3. See also ACIM Lesson 134 Insights.)

To truly forgive, we need a Guide Who is not of this world. This Guide is always on call in our mind. But we do need to ask this Guide for help. Otherwise, we are mindlessly following the denial of truth, the ego, out of habit. The ego’s seeming existence depends on us believing its guidance.

The Holy Spirit is not deceived by the ego’s seemingly endless illusions it tries to make us believe are real. If we are willing, the Holy Spirit will help us see through the lies of the ego. As we practice bringing all our thoughts to Him to shine the Light of Truth upon them, we will learn to recognize what is truly Real and what is an illusion. As we recognize that appearances are not real, we will disregard them and the Light of Love will shine back to us, reminding us of what is true in us.

Today we take the Holy Spirit’s Hand. We let Him guide our way and show us the truth behind all appearances. As we accept His vision, our hearts are filled with peace and we walk with lightened steps toward the full remembrance that only Love is real.

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The Path to the Certainty of Love

The Holy Spirit teaches one lesson, and applies it to all individuals in all situations. Being conflict-free, He maximizes all efforts and all results. By teaching the power of the Kingdom of God Himself, He teaches you that all power is yours. Its application does not matter. It is always maximal. Your vigilance does not establish [the power of the Kingdom] as yours, but it does enable you to use it always and in all ways. When I said “I am with you always,” I meant it literally. I am not absent to anyone in any situation. Because I am always with you, you are the way, the truth and the life. You did not make this power, any more than I did. It was created to be shared, and therefore cannot be meaningfully perceived as belonging to anyone at the expense of another.

Your right mind sees only brothers, because it sees only in its own light.

God has lit your mind Himself, and keeps your mind lit by His light because His light is what your mind is. This is totally beyond question, and when you question it you are answered. The Answer merely undoes the question by establishing the fact that to question reality is to question meaninglessly. That is why the Holy Spirit never questions. His sole function is to undo the questionable and thus lead to certainty. The certain are perfectly calm, because they are not in doubt. They do not raise questions, because nothing questionable enters their minds. This holds them in perfect serenity, because this is what they share, knowing what they are. (A Course in Miracles, T-7.III.1:1-11;4:10-5:8. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)

The world we experience as a body is a world of limits. This is because differences, or specialness, are defined by limits. Perceiving ourselves as existing within these limits makes the power of God unknown to us. We still have all of God’s power in us, but we cannot use it creatively while we believe we are separate.

The Holy Spirit is in our minds with the purpose of helping us let go of the false idea that we could be without any of God’s power. We cannot know God’s power while we see our brother as different or separate from ourselves. As we are willing to offer all our thoughts and perceptions to the Holy Spirit with willingness to let Him show us what is true, the false idea of separation and differences is undone.

To heal and know the power of God in us, we need to be vigilant about bringing our thoughts to the Holy Spirit to be corrected. Following the Holy Spirit’s lead moment by moment is the path that leads us to the certainty of God’s Love.

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Awakening to Heaven’s Joy

Forgiveness is the end of specialness. Only illusions can be forgiven, and then they disappear. Forgiveness is release from all illusions, and that is why it is impossible but partly to forgive. No one who clings to one illusion can see himself as sinless, for he holds one error to himself as lovely still. And so he calls it “unforgivable,” and makes it sin. How can he then give his forgiveness wholly, when he would not receive it for himself? For it is sure he would receive it wholly the instant that he gave it so. And thus his secret guilt would disappear, forgiven by himself.

It is not you who are so vulnerable and open to attack that just a word, a little whisper that you do not like, a circumstance that suits you not, or an event that you did not anticipate upsets your world, and hurls it into chaos. Truth is not frail. Illusions leave it perfectly unmoved and undisturbed. But specialness is not the truth in you. It [specialness] can be thrown off balance by anything. What rests on nothing never can be stable. However large and overblown it seems to be, it still must rock and turn and whirl about with every breeze.

The special ones are all asleep, surrounded by a world of loveliness they do not see. Freedom and peace and joy stand there, beside the bier on which they sleep, and call them to come forth and waken from their dream of death. …Open your eyes a little; see the savior [your brother] God gave to you that you might look on him, and give him back his birthright. It is yours. (A Course in Miracles, T-24.III.1;3;7:1-2,7. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)

The wish for specialness, to have something that is ours alone, is the basis for all conflict, fear and guilt in the world. To keep something that is ours alone, we must defend it. Believing we have something that is ours alone brings guilt with it. We treasure it but also realize that we are depriving our brothers of this treasure.

The changelessness of God’s Love given equally to all makes conflict impossible. There is nothing to defend. Everyone has all that is. We are united as one in God’s Love. To know this Love we must let go of the wish to keep something for ourselves alone. We must forgive this wish, for in the forgiving we clear away the barrier that hides the eternal Love of God from our awareness. This is how we waken from the dream of specialness to the joy of Heaven.

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Christ’s Vision Is Already Given Us

…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. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 41, W-pI.41.7:2-8:5. See also ACIM Lesson 41 Insights.)

We have already been given the vision we need to see past the appearances of the world. This vision does not come through the body’s eyes, but through an inner vision in our mind. It is the vision of our true Self, which sees only truth.

We welcome this vision by taking time to relax and let ourselves settle into the quiet mind of our true Self. We let the distracting thoughts of the world pass by without giving them attention. We focus our attention on the reality of Love. Without our attention, the thoughts of the world fade and we become more aware of the Love that is everywhere.

We see how Love connects us to everyone, everywhere. We see that behind the forms of the world, Love is there. We feel the peace of Love’s changelessness and we see how to express and extend Love in the world. Appearances of problems are seen as opportunities to let Love show us the way.

Love’s expression in the world can solve all appearances of problems. As we let Love be our guide in all things, we find peace and we experience the joy of joining in Love.

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Awakening to Our Identity as Love

I seek my own Identity, and find It in these words: “Love, which created me, is what I am.” Now need I seek no more. Love has prevailed. So still It waited for my coming home, that I will turn away no longer from the holy face of Christ. And what I look upon attests the truth of the Identity I sought to lose, but which my Father has kept safe for me.

Father, my thanks to You for what I am; for keeping my Identity untouched and sinless, in the midst of all the thoughts of sin my foolish mind made up. And thanks to You for saving me from them. Amen. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 229, W-pII.229. See also ACIM Lesson 229 Insights.)

The ego is the denial of Love, the wish to be separate and special. Fortunately, denying Love has no effect on Love at all; it only makes us unaware of Love. So almost everyone in the world is seeking for Love. But all the ego offers is empty substitutes that never satisfy. Love cannot be found in a world made by the denial of Love.

Love is not lost. We can find the Love we seek by looking where it can be found — in the part of our mind that remembers we remain Love as Love created us. The Holy Spirit is the bridge between the part of our mind that identifies with the ego and the truth that we are Love. As we choose to follow Holy Spirit’s guidance and accept His vision instead of the images the ego mind makes, we awaken to our Identity as Love.

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Choosing the Way to Happiness

I give my life to God to guide today.

Father, I give You all my thoughts today. I would have none of mine. In place of them, give me Your Own. I give You all my acts as well, that I may do Your Will instead of seeking goals which cannot be obtained, and wasting time in vain imaginings. Today I come to You. I will step back and merely follow You. Be You the Guide, and I the follower who questions not the wisdom of the Infinite, nor Love whose tenderness I cannot comprehend, but which is yet Your perfect gift to me.

Today we have one Guide to lead us on. And as we walk together, we will give this day to Him with no reserve at all. This is His day. And so it is a day of countless gifts and mercies unto us. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 233, W-pII.233. See also ACIM Lesson 233 Insights.)

Since God’s Will for us is perfect happiness, giving our life to Him to guide is choosing happiness. The ego tells us that if we choose God, we will be required to sacrifice. But is it a sacrifice to give up illusions of pain, suffering, loss, lack of love, fear and guilt? That is all the ego has to offer.

God will always lead us toward happiness and peace because that is His Will for us. Stepping back and letting Him lead the way is the choice to remember Who we are. It is the choice to remember our true Home in God. It is the way we open the door to receive and accept the blessings God has already given us as His one Son. We choose the way to happiness today.

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