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Heaven Is Found Within

God has not many Sons, but only One. Who can have more, and who be given less?… For more than Heaven can you never have. If Heaven is within, why would you seek for idols that would make of Heaven less, to give you more than God bestowed upon your brother and on you, as one with Him? God gave you all there is. And to be sure you could not lose it, did He also give the same to every living thing as well. And thus is every living thing a part of you, as of Himself. (A Course in Miracles T-29.VIII.9:1-2,5-9)

The world of separation was made to replace God’s oneness. As we learn to go within to find the truth instead of seeking outside ourselves, we find God’s peace. The Holy Spirit is always there in our minds waiting to bring us the awareness that we have never left Heaven.

Today our practice is to go within to find God’s peace and joy, instead of looking outside ourselves for happiness. The truth is that Heaven can only be found within, being What we are and What everyone is. With Holy Spirit’s help we learn to see past the clouds of illusions to the Light that is really there. Heaven is found within.

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Whose Plan Is It?

When we think we have a plan, it’s time to be hyper vigilant to keep our minds open to Holy Spirit’s inspiration. Holy Spirit’s plan will always lead us toward what we really want — the Love and peace of God. Plans we make on our own (with the ego as our advisor) will always exclude God because the ego is the denial of God.

The Course is teaching us to recognize that the appealing forms of the world do not offer what we really want. We really want to return to our real Home, the Heaven of God’s Love. The way to get there is to follow Holy Spirit’s plan, not our own. This is our practice for today.

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We Place Our Trust in God’s Plan Today

We place our trust in God’s plan, not our own. God’s plan brings only happiness. Today we would practice stepping back to receive God’s gifts of peace and quietness. Within God’s peace lies the remembering that we have received all that God is — He has given us all of Himself. We are all united in God’s Love. There is nothing to fear because nothing has happened to change God’s one Son. We place our trust in God’s plan today and let our minds be healed by His Love.

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Awaken from Specialness

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. Yet they hear nothing. They are lost in dreams of specialness. They hate the call that would awaken them, and they curse God because He did not make their dream reality. Curse God and die, but not by Him Who made not death; but only in the dream. Open your eyes a little; see the savior 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.7)

Our true function is to awaken from the dream of specialness. We awaken as we follow Holy Spirit’s lead to see past specialness to the one, united Love that is always there. Today is dedicated to let the Holy Spirit fill our minds with the Light of true perception. This is what we want above all else. We watch our thoughts. And when thoughts of specialness show up, we hand these thoughts to the Holy Spirit for a thought reversal.

We want the freedom and peace and joy that surround us all. We want to awaken from the dream of death. We want above all else to be truly helpful to the Holy Spirit’s plan of awakening. Today is dedicated to allowing the Holy Spirit to lead the way to awaken from the dream of specialness.

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Be Vigilant Only for God and His Kingdom

Every brother you meet becomes a witness for Christ or for the ego, depending on what you perceive in him. Everyone convinces you of what you want to perceive, and of the reality of the kingdom you have chosen for your vigilance. Everything you perceive is a witness to the thought system you want to be true. Every brother has the power to release you, if you choose to be free. You cannot accept false witness of him unless you have evoked false witnesses against him. If he speaks not of Christ to you, you spoke not of Christ to him. You hear but your own voice, and if Christ speaks through you, you will hear Him.” (A Course in Miracles T-11.V.18)

If anyone or any situation disturbs our peace, it is because we have chosen the kingdom of separation. We are seeing reflected back to us the belief that separation, and therefore harm, is possible. This is why any disturbance is a signal that we need to turn to the Holy Spirit, our true Self within, and ask for help to see the Kingdom of Love in place of the kingdom of separation. When we align with our true Self, we see the Christ, the true Self of our brother. We see our Self reflected back to us and learn What we are in truth.

Today is a day of vigilance. Today is a day of willingness to be shown God’s Kingdom instead of the ego’s kingdom of separate bodies. Today is a day of letting our minds be healed of the ego’s false stories. We have all the Help we need as we are willing to be shown the truth in every situation.

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Let Holy Spirit Be the Judge

Let Him be Judge as well of everything that seems to happen to you in this world. His lessons will enable you to bridge the gap between illusions and the truth.

He will remove all faith that you have placed in pain, disaster, suffering and loss. He gives you vision which can look beyond these grim appearances, and can behold the gentle face of Christ in all of them. You will no longer doubt that only good can come to you who are beloved of God, for He will judge all happenings, and teach the single lesson that they all contain.

…And you will see the love beyond the hate, the constancy in change, the pure in sin, and only Heaven’s blessing on the world.” (A Course in Miracles W-pI.151.9:6-7;10:1-3;11:3)

Our practice for today is to let Holy Spirit guide all our seeing to show us the truth beyond the images of the world. With His guidance, we will see the eternal, changeless Love that is ever present beyond all appearances. As we learn to see as the Holy Spirit sees, we will learn that we remain as God created us and see His loving creation everywhere.

The way to let Holy Spirit guide begins with being willing to accept His grace… His peace… Accepting Holy Spirit’s gift of peace becomes the gateway to the holy instant, where our minds become purified of the false ego thoughts of separation which are the barriers to the awareness of Love’s presence. This is how we let Him be Judge of everything that seems to happen to us in the world.

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See the Truth of Love in Everyone

Call forth in everyone only the remembrance of God, and of the Heaven that is in him. For where you would have your brother be, there will you think you are. Hear not his appeal to hell and littleness, but only his call for Heaven and greatness. Forget not that his call is yours, and answer him with me. (A Course in Miracles T-15.III.12:1-4)

Our job is to see the truth of Love in everyone. The perception of anything else is just a false image. If we identify with being a body, separate from other bodies in a world of separation, we are simply believing in a false image and will not be able to see the truth of Love anywhere. Yet within our minds, the recognition of Love is still with us. This is our true Self, the Holy Spirit.

As we let this Self guide our seeing, we will see the truth of Love in our brother and learn to recognize that it is our Self as well. As this is practiced with vigilance and diligence, we move from the littleness of belief in a separate identity to the recognition that we are one with the magnitude of God’s Love.

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