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Forgiveness Is Our Only Function Now

The real world is the state of mind in which the only purpose of the world is seen to be forgiveness. Fear is not its goal, for the escape from guilt becomes its aim. The value of forgiveness is perceived and takes the place of idols, which are sought no longer, for their “gifts” are not held dear. No rules are idly set, and no demands are made of anyone or anything to twist and fit into the dream of fear. Instead, there is a wish to understand all things created as they really are. And it is recognized that all things must be first forgiven, and then understood. (A Course in Miracles, T-30.V.1. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)

To understand something, we must recognize its true meaning. When we project our past and our beliefs on what we look at, we are covering over the true meaning with our projections. The true meaning is hidden beneath the veil of guilt and fear. This is why we must first forgive before we can understand the truth of our brothers and ourselves.

Our top priority must be to let go of all our false beliefs and the history we try to bring with us from our past experiences. As long as we hang on to the past, we cannot be aware or understand the blessing and joy that is with us and in us now. Forgiveness is our only function now. It is how we clear the way for true vision to show us that only Love is real.

Today we practice again offering all our thoughts to the Holy Spirit to be purified of what is false and to let the truth be brought to the forefront of our minds. This is how we will let ourselves understand the real world.

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We Can Count on God’s Strength as Ours

God is your safety in every circumstance. His Voice speaks for Him in all situations and in every aspect of all situations, telling you exactly what to do to call upon His strength and His protection. There are no exceptions because God has no exceptions. And the Voice which speaks for Him thinks as He does.

…reach down into your mind to a place of real safety. You will recognize that you have reached it if you feel a sense of deep peace, however briefly. Let go all the trivial things that churn and bubble on the surface of your mind, and reach down and below them to the Kingdom of Heaven. There is a place in you where there is perfect peace. There is a place in you where nothing is impossible. There is a place in you where the strength of God abides. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 47, W-pI.47.3,7. See also ACIM Lesson 47 Insights.)

The truth in us is not weak, but strong. It is not doubtful, but certain. It is not fearful, but loving. These are the attributes of our true Self, ever present in our mind.

When we identify with the ego’s false image of what we are, we feel weak, fearful, confused and depressed. But we can leave this dark image behind by letting ourselves go past it to the Light of our true Self. It is ever present.

As we are ready to let go of the fear and guilt associated with believing in a false self image, we can redirect our attention to the Light within. As we let ourselves open to that Light by our willingness to receive the vision of our true Self, the dark shadows fade away. We feel the strength of God in us. We feel the certainty of the changeless Love that is our Self. We see that same Self in our brothers. We can count on the strength of God in us.

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Teaching and Learning Only Innocence

There is a course for every teacher of God. The form of the course varies greatly. So do the particular teaching aids involved. But the content of the course never changes. Its central theme is always, “God’s Son is guiltless, and in his innocence is his salvation.” It can be taught by actions or thoughts; in words or soundlessly; in any language or in no language; in any place or time or manner. (M-1.3:1-6)

In the introduction to the ACIM Manual for Teachers we are told that teachers of God teach perfection over and over until they learn it. To teach perfection is to teach that everyone is guiltless, for they have in truth done nothing to harm God or His one Son. The recognition of the unequivocal innocence of our brothers and ourselves brings us back to the full awareness that we remain Love as Love created us.

To teach innocence we must demonstrate that we forgive the mistaken beliefs that harm is possible and guilt justified. We teach perfection to our brothers and ourselves by demonstration each time we bring a fear or guilt thought to the Holy Spirit and let our perception be healed by the Holy Spirit’s Light.

Today we choose to answer God’s call to serve as a teacher of God by practicing bringing every thought of guilt and fear to the Holy Spirit with willingness to receive His healing. This is how we will teach and learn only innocence.

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Why Wait for Love?

Call to your Father, certain that His Voice will answer. He Himself has promised this. And He Himself will place a spark of truth within your mind wherever you give up a false belief, a dark illusion of your own reality and what love means. He will shine through your idle thoughts today, and help you understand the truth of love. In loving gentleness He will abide with you, as you allow His Voice to teach love’s meaning to your clean and open mind. And He will bless the lesson with His Love. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 127, W-pI.127.9. See also ACIM Lesson 127 Insights.)

Our Father/Creator/Source has promised to help us out of the quagmire of fear and guilt the ego has made. His helping Hand is reaching out to us. We need only take it and accept His Help. All our Father wants is that we receive His gift of all of His Love. Today, right now, we can take His Hand and let ourselves be lifted into the Heaven of His Love.

Why wait? All that we will lose is the pain and suffering that comes with believing the false idea that we are alone and without Love. God’s Love surrounds and supports us eternally, giving us all of His strength, joy and peace. We can accept It now. We need only be willing to bring every thought of guilt and fear to Him and ask for His Help. God has guaranteed His Voice will answer our call for Love with all His Love. There is literally nothing to lose and everything to gain. We need wait no longer.

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Choosing the Guide to Love

We have seen that there are only two parts of your mind. One is ruled by the ego, and is made up of illusions. The other is the home of the Holy Spirit, where truth abides. There are no other guides but these to choose between, and no other outcomes possible as a result of your choice but the fear that the ego always engenders, and the love that the Holy Spirit always offers to replace it. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 66, W-pI.66.7:2-5. See also ACIM Lesson 66 Insights.)

In every moment we are choosing between the guide to fear and the Guide to Love. The guide to fear uses judgment and guilt to keep fear in place. But when we choose the Guide to Love, which never condemns, only innocence is seen. We recognize that only Love is ever truly present. Anything that seems to contradict the oneness of Love is a false image that could never be true. Whenever we feel alone, unhappy, depressed, guilty or fearful, we have chosen the guide that leads us only into illusions.

Thankfully we have another Guide we can choose, Who leads us steadily toward the truth that we remain Love as Love created us. Whenever we feel less than perfectly happy and at peace, we have chosen the wrong guide. But we can choose differently and let the Holy Spirit replace our mistaken ideas and misperceptions with the truth. As we do this, we learn to look past the appearances of the world and use our inner vision to see the Light of Love everywhere. This is our practice for today.

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Accepting Heaven Instead of Strife

Heaven itself is reached with empty hands and open minds, which come with nothing to find everything and claim it as their own. We will attempt to reach this state today, with self-deception laid aside, and with an honest willingness to value but the truly valuable and the real.

Should you begin to let yourself collect some needless burdens, or believe you see some difficult decisions facing you, be quick to answer with this simple thought:
I will not value what is valueless, for what is valuable belongs to me. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 133, W-pI.133.13:1-2;14:2-3. See also ACIM Lesson 133 Insights.)

All day, every day, we are accepting the peace of Heaven, or accepting the ego’s strife and struggle. With the ego in charge, life is a struggle with one problem after the next to contend with.

As we grow tired of this and learn a better way, we open our minds to the help of the Holy Spirit, Who reminds us of the power of Love to heal all things. As we consistently practice the habit of stepping back from the ego’s frame of mind and opening to the Holy Spirit’s world of peace and extending Love, we leave the world of stress and strife behind. We accept the Holy Spirit’s plan of awakening to Love, instead of the ego’s plan of loneliness, depression and fear.

This is why the Course tells us, “Heaven itself is reached with empty hands and open minds, which come with nothing to find everything and claim it as their own..”

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The Gifts of Forgiveness

Open your eyes today and look upon a happy world of safety and of peace. Forgiveness is the means by which it comes to take the place of hell. In quietness it rises up to greet your open eyes, and fill your heart with deep tranquility as ancient truths, forever newly born, arise in your awareness. What you will remember then can never be described. Yet your forgiveness offers it to you.

Today it will be given you to feel the peace forgiveness offers, and the joy the lifting of the veil holds out to you. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 122, W-pI.122.8;11:2. See also ACIM Lesson 122 Insights.)

To forgive the world we need to shift our attention from what the body’s eyes show us to the vision of the Holy Spirit. This is a shift from external “seeing” to inner vision in our minds. It is a shift from being ego directed to being guided by the Holy Spirit. As we take each of our perceptions in the world to the Holy Spirit with willingness to receive His vision, we learn to let go of belief in false images and accept the unity of Love that joins us with all that is real. This is true forgiveness.

As we open to true forgiveness, the Light of Love, which is ever present, shines through the fading shadows of the ego’s false images. This Light brings with It peace and happiness that are beyond words to describe. Our experience of the world shifts from pervading fear and guilt to a happy world of safety and of peace.

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