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We Rest Our Minds in God Today

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, W-pII.291.2)

Today we let our minds rest in God. We get off the merry-go-round and choose a day of quiet and of peace. We open our minds to Holy Spirit’s thoughts, which will always show us the Love and innocence that lie beyond the images of fear and guilt. We let our minds rest in God today and receive the many blessings that forgiveness reveals to us. And we give thanks.

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Living in Peace, Extending It to All

The peace of God can never be contained. Who recognizes it within himself must give it. And the means for giving it are in his understanding. He forgives because he recognized the truth in him. The peace of God is shining in you now, and in all living things. In quietness is it acknowledged universally. For what your inward vision looks upon is your perception of the universe.

Sit quietly and close your eyes. The light within you is sufficient. It alone has power to give the gift of sight to you. Exclude the outer world, and let your thoughts fly to the peace within. They know the way. For honest thoughts, untainted by the dream of worldly things outside yourself, become the holy messengers of God Himself. (A Course in Miracles, W-pI.188.5-6)

Today we practice receiving and extending Holy Spirit’s peace. We receive the blessing and extend the blessing. As we practice living in a state of peace, we receive the inspiration that is needed to be truly helpful in each moment. Conflict disappears and our way is made smooth as we accept the constant inspiration of the Holy Spirit. We step back and let inspiration come to us as we see the face of innocence in every brother.

As we accept the peace that is shining in us now, we recognize that we are one with the peace in everyone. We remember that nothing has happened to change God’s one Son. We are eternally safe in the universal Mind of God.

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Accepting the Presence of the Holy Instant

This course is not beyond immediate learning, unless you believe that what God wills takes time. And this means only that you would rather delay the recognition that His Will is so. The holy instant is this instant and every instant. The one you want it to be it is. The one you would not have it be is lost to you. You must decide when it is. Delay it not. For beyond the past and future, where you will not find it, it stands in shimmering readiness for your acceptance. Yet you cannot bring it into glad awareness while you do not want it, for it holds the whole release from littleness.

I stand within the holy instant, as clear as you would have me. And the extent to which you learn to accept me is the measure of the time in which the holy instant will be yours. I call to you to make the holy instant yours at once, for the release from littleness in the mind of the host of God depends on willingness, and not on time. (A Course in Miracles, T-15.IV.1;5)

It appears that there is much to do today. The ego would use this appearance to make complexity seem real and to stimulate anxiousness and stress.

The Holy Spirit would use this circumstance as a teaching aid to help us learn of the simplicity of Truth. The Holy Spirit would not tell us that nothing in the world needs to be done. But if we are willing to set aside our plans on how to do it, the Holy Spirit will guide us in each moment in what to do and when. It then becomes a lesson in letting go of our plans for salvation and accepting His. His plan is always peaceful and gentle, as easy as being carried down a quiet path in summer. Every instant becomes an opportunity to let peace reign and Love be extended. This is our practice for today.

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We Remain Eternally in the Mind of Love

The ego is immobilized in the presence of God’s grandeur, because His grandeur establishes your freedom. Even the faintest hint of your reality literally drives the ego from your mind, because you will give up all investment in it.…

From your grandeur you can only bless, because your grandeur is your abundance. By blessing you hold it in your mind, protecting it from illusions and keeping yourself in the Mind of God. (A Course in Miracles, T-9.VIII.4:1-2;5:1-3)

It is helpful to frequently ask ourselves, “What am I and where am I in truth?” The unchangeable truth is that we are one with all of God’s Love and remain in the Mind of Love eternally. We cannot change the Love we are, and we cannot leave the Mind of universal Love. We are forever safe and innocent. No matter what we may dream, we cannot make it real. We cannot change our Reality.

Let us give thanks on this first day of the new year that we, along with every brother, remain safe in the changeless Mind of Love.

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Seeing with the Holy Spirit

You cannot give yourself your innocence, for you are too confused about yourself. But should one brother dawn upon your sight as wholly worthy of forgiveness, then your concept of yourself is wholly changed. …And as you give your trust to what is good in him, you give it to the good in you.

By focusing upon the good in him, the body grows decreasingly persistent in your sight, and will at length be seen as little more than just a shadow circling round the good. And this will be your concept of yourself, when you have reached the world beyond the sight your eyes alone can offer you to see. For you will not interpret what you see without the Aid That God has given you. And in His sight there is another world. (A Course in Miracles, T-31.VII.2:4-5,8;3:3-6)

We have one purpose now — to see everyone through the forgiving eyes of Christ. Our one goal is to let this shift occur. This coming year will be filled with miracles as we consistently step back and let the Holy Spirit replace all thoughts of guilt, limitation and lack. We see every brother as the Holy Spirit sees him. And as we see him, we see ourselves.

As we allow the Holy Spirit to be in charge of our minds, we are filled with peace, Love and joy. With this as our only purpose, 2013 will be a year of forgiveness. And a happy year it will be indeed.

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Letting the Love We Are Shine Through

You have need to use the symbols of the world a while. But be you not deceived by them as well. They do not stand for anything at all, and in your practicing it is this thought that will release you from them.

Use all the little names and symbols which delineate the world of darkness. Yet accept them not as your reality. The Holy Spirit uses all of them, but He does not forget creation has one Name, one meaning, and a single Source which unifies all things within Itself. Use all the names the world bestows on them but for convenience, yet do not forget they share the Name of God along with you. (A Course in Miracles, W-pI.184.9:2-4;11:1-4)

We walk softly in the world as we remember that all the images we see and the names we give them really stand for nothing. They are not real and they cannot affect the truth in us at all. As we recognize this, we can step back and let go of the importance we have given these symbols. They have no power to affect us one iota. We remain safe in eternal Love. This is our reality.

Any time our peace is disturbed, it is because we are giving meaning to a symbol that in truth has no meaning. This disturbance thus becomes a reminder to take the symbol or image to the Holy Spirit and ask for help to see it as He sees it. He will show us that nothing is really there except Love. No harm is possible. No defense is needed. We need only let the Love that we are shine through. This is our practice today.

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Walking to Heaven with the Holy Spirit

There is no life outside of Heaven. Where God created life, there life must be. In any state apart from Heaven life is illusion. At best it seems like life; at worst, like death. Yet both are judgments on what is not life, equal in their inaccuracy and lack of meaning. Life not in Heaven is impossible, and what is not in Heaven is not anywhere. Outside of Heaven, only the conflict of illusion stands; senseless, impossible and beyond all reason, and yet perceived as an eternal barrier to Heaven. Illusions are but forms. Their content is never true.

How can you know whether you chose the stairs to Heaven or the way to hell? Quite easily. How do you feel? Is peace in your awareness? Are you certain which way you go? And are you sure the goal of Heaven can be reached? If not, you walk alone. Ask, then, your Friend to join with you, and give you certainty of where you go. (A Course in Miracles, T-23.II.19:1-9;22:6-13)

The Holy Spirit is our Guide out of hell to return to full awareness that we remain safely in Heaven. We choose the ego as our guide only because it seems to offer something that we value more than Heaven. In the Light of truth, this seems insane, and it is. But in the darkness of the ego thought system, our belief makes the insane seem sane. We need the Holy Spirit’s Light to shine away the darkness.

A Course in Miracles shows us the insanity of the ego thought system to motivate us to choose another Guide. Today we choose to walk with the Holy Spirit as our Guide. With His help we will recognize the nothingness of the ego’s images and welcome the reality of our Home in Love. This is our practice for today.

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