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Following God’s Plan

The Holy Spirit holds this plan of God exactly as it was received of Him within the Mind of God and in your own. It is apart from time in that its Source is timeless. Yet it operates in time, because of your belief that time is real. Unshaken does the Holy Spirit look on what you see; on sin and pain and death, on grief and separation and on loss. Yet does He know one thing must still be true; God is still Love, and this is not His Will.

This is the Thought that brings illusions to the truth, and sees them as appearances behind which is the changeless and the sure. This is the Thought that saves and that forgives, because it lays no faith in what is not created by the only Source it knows. This is the Thought whose function is to save by giving you its function as your own. Salvation is your function, with the One to Whom the plan was given. Now are you entrusted with this plan, along with Him. He has one answer to appearances; regardless of their form, their size, their depth or any attribute they seem to have:

Salvation is my only function here. God still is Love, and this is not His Will. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 99, W-pI.99.5-6. See also ACIM Lesson 99 Insights.)

As we stay open the Holy Spirit’s inspiration hour by hour, we are brought to a state of mind where we are able to see past the ego’s image making to the eternal truth that only Love is real. As we consistently practice staying connected to the Holy Spirit’s way of seeing, we carried to be truly helpful in this world. We easily see the Christ in every brother.

We heal as we see the truth behind illusions, with Holy Spirit’s Help. Fear thoughts fall away as we we allow ourselves to be carried by Holy Spirit’s plan of awakening. We heal and are healed. God is the strength in which we trust.

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I’m Listening, Holy Spirit

Christ’s vision looks through me today. His sight shows me all things forgiven and at peace, and offers this same vision to the world. And I accept this vision in its name, both for myself and for the world as well. What loveliness we look upon today! What holiness we see surrounding us! And it is given us to recognize it is a holiness in which we share; it is the Holiness of God Himself.

This day my mind is quiet, to receive the Thoughts You offer me. And I accept what comes from You, instead of from myself. I do not know the way to You. But You are wholly certain. Father, guide Your Son along the quiet path that leads to You. Let my forgiveness be complete, and let the memory of You return to me. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 291, W-pII.291.1:2-2:6. See also ACIM Lesson 291 Insights.)

When we listen to the ego thought system, we are denying Love, peace and happiness. When we focus our attention on the Voice for God, we are opening to God’s Thoughts of Love, peace and happiness. The practice of paying attention to the Holy Spirit in our minds is how we accept God’s gifts.

Today we would listen to the Holy Spirit’s interpretation of all that we seem to see and experience in the world. Every moment has the potential to be a gift of freedom and of Love if we are willing to accept Holy Spirit’s vision in place of our limited perception. This is how we forgive the past and let the Love that is present now be welcomed as our own. Holy Spirit, we are listening.

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Opening the Door to Happiness

Reality is never frightening. It is impossible that it could upset me. Reality brings only perfect peace. When I am upset, it is always because I have replaced reality with illusions I made up. The illusions are upsetting because I have given them reality, and thus regard reality as an illusion. Nothing in God’s creation is affected in any way by this confusion of mine. I am always upset by nothing.

I see only my own thoughts, and my mind is preoccupied with the past. What, then, can I see as it is? Let me remember that I look on the past to prevent the present from dawning on my mind. Let me understand that I am trying to use time against God. Let me learn to give the past away, realizing that in so doing I am giving up nothing. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 52, W-pI.52.1:2-8;3:2-6. See also ACIM Lesson 52 Insights.)

If anything upsets us, it is a sure sign that we are denying our unity with our Source. Unity with our Source of peace can only bring us peace. When we feel disturbed, something has gone wrong in our thoughts and beliefs. Nothing more; nothing less. We must be believing we are disconnected from our Source of peace.

Fortunately, beliefs can change. But to change our beliefs, we need help from outside our belief system that denies peace. That Help is ever present in our minds, given us by our Creator in answer to our mistaken beliefs.

Every time we become aware that we are upset or disturbed in any way, we have given ourselves a gift. We can use this awareness as a reminder to bring our thoughts and beliefs to the Holy Spirit in our minds. If we are willing to receive it, the Holy Spirit will shine the Light of Truth on our mistaken beliefs so that we may see the truth beyond the false ideas.

What was perceived as upsetting is recognized as a call for Love. The Holy Spirit extends His Love through us in answer to the call. As Holy Spirit’s Love flows through us, we experience its blessing and join with the Love in our brother. This is forgiveness. Each time we do this, we open the door wider to the experience of God’s perfect peace, changeless Love and indescribable happiness.

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Seeing Past Dreams of Guilt to Innocence

Condemn and you are made a prisoner. Forgive and you are freed. Such is the law that rules perception.… To condemn is… impossible in truth. What seems to be its influence and its effects have not occurred at all. Yet must we deal with them a while as if they had. Illusion makes illusion. Except one. Forgiveness is illusion that is answer to the rest.

Only my condemnation injures me.
Only my own forgiveness sets me free.

Do not forget today that there can be no form of suffering that fails to hide an unforgiving thought. Nor can there be a form of pain forgiveness cannot heal.

Accept the one illusion which proclaims there is no condemnation in God’s Son, and Heaven is remembered instantly; the world forgotten, all its weird beliefs forgotten with it, as the face of Christ appears unveiled at last in this one dream. This is the gift the Holy Spirit holds for you from God your Father. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 198, W-pI.198.2:1-3,5-10;9:3-10:2. See also ACIM Lesson 198 Insights.)

Because Love is one and cannot change, everyone is included in God’s Love. In Reality everyone is innocent, because the only truth about everyone is that they are one with God’s Love.

This world of being separate from God’s Love comes from the mistaken idea that we could separate from God, or be different from God. This false premise creates illusions of separate bodies that can harm or be harmed. None of this is true or has ever happened in truth. Only in illusions could it have the appearance of happening.

Forgiveness brings us back to the truth that nothing can ever really happen to change God’s one united Son. This means that everyone is still innocent. In reality, we all remain as God created us. Forgiveness is the key to seeing past dreams to innocence. Through forgiveness we are freed from the hell of believing that we could separate or be different from Love’s innocence.

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Walking with Holy Spirit

It is [Jesus’] lesson most of all that he would have you learn, and it is this:

There is no death because the Son of God is like his Father. Nothing you can do can change Eternal Love. Forget your dreams of sin and guilt, and come with me instead to share the resurrection of God’s Son. And bring with you all those whom He has sent to you to care for as I care for you. (A Course in Miracles, C-5.6:8-12)

The foundation of all fear is the fear of death, which is really the fear of separation from Love, our Source. When we believe that we are disconnected from God’s Love, it feels like death because our only Life is the Life we share with God. There is no other Life.

The dream of separation, in which bodies seem to be born and die, is images made to make separation from Love seem real. Perceptions that seem to be the cause of irritation, sadness, anxiety, frustration, guilt and fear all are based on the belief that we have lost the life we share with God. These emotions are all manifestations of the fear of death. Yet we are assured that the Son of God cannot die. The Course repeatedly tells us that we are the Son of God. We are all untied as the one Son of God.

To experience this oneness, we need to let go of or forgive the idea that separation from God could exist. This is why forgiveness is the way Home. To learn this essential lesson we must practice moment by moment keeping our minds open to the Holy Spirit’s reinterpretation of all our perceptions. His loving Light will shine away the shadows of fear and the belief that we could be separate from Love. With His help the fearful images that seem so real will fade into the nothingness from which they came.

Today we practice walking with Holy Spirit in each moment.

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The Peace of God Is Given You Now

You have been called, together with your brother, to the most holy function this world contains. It is the only one that has no limits, and reaches out to every broken fragment of the Sonship with healing and uniting comfort. This is offered you, in your holy relationship. Accept it here, and you will give as you have accepted. The peace of God is given you with the glowing purpose in which you join with your brother. The holy light that brought you and him together must extend, as you accepted it. (A Course in Miracles, T-18.I.13. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)

You are coming to a time when you are ready to accept the greatest gift of all. The peace of God is given you now. In each now moment you are given the most powerful gift possible.

We accept that gift now and we practice accepting the peace of God all through the day, today and every day. As we choose peace consistently today, God’s enlightenment comes with it. God’s inspiration comes in the most perfect way to help you with every problem you may think you have, right now.

Accepting the peace of God helps you relax enough to let the Holy Spirit drive the bus. As you let Holy Spirit be in charge of your thoughts, what is not helpful dissolves, fear dissolves, and you remember that you are safe. You remember that you are innocent. And you also remember that what is true for you is true for everyone. The feeling of kindness and generosity fills your heart to overflowing. You accept your true purpose of joining with every brother with our one united purpose of waking up from the dream of separation.

All this comes as you remember the peace of God is given you now.

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We Are Surrounded Only by God’s Love

Love must be forever like itself, changeless forever, and forever without alternative. And so it is. You cannot put a barrier around yourself, because God placed none between Himself and you.

You can stretch out your hand and reach to Heaven. You whose hand is joined with your brother’s have begun to reach beyond the body, but not outside yourself, to reach your shared Identity together. Could this be outside you? Where God is not? Is He a body, and did He create you as He is not, and where He cannot be? You are surrounded only by Him. What limits can there be on you whom He encompasses? (A Course in Miracles, T-18.VI.9:8-10:7. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)

Let’s practice, today, remembering that we are surrounded only by God’s Love. The truth is that our true Identity is only God’s Love. And this is true about everyone. There are no barriers between our one true Self and God’s Love. We are one shared Identity because we share the one universal Mind of Love. Today we give thanks that only this is true and illusions of separation are nothing and nowhere.

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