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Forgiveness Reveals Our Holiness

Forgiveness gently looks upon all things unknown in Heaven, sees them disappear, and leaves the world a clean and unmarked slate on which the Word of God can now replace the senseless symbols written there before.

Anger becomes impossible, and where is terror then? What fears could still assail those who have lost the source of all attack, the core of anguish and the seat of fear? Only forgiveness can relieve the mind of thinking that the body is its home. Only forgiveness can restore the peace that God intended for His holy Son. Only forgiveness can persuade the Son to look again upon his holiness.” (A Course in Miracles W-pI.192.4:1;5:3-7)

We were created holy by Holiness Itself. When we identify with the body as what we are, it is impossible to know our holiness because we are believing we are separate from the Source of Holiness. At its core, all forgiveness is letting go of belief in separation.

Our experience in the world is constantly showing us a reflection of what we believe. Bodies and what they seem to do are simply images that reflect our belief that we are separate. These images serve the ego’s purpose of making separation seem real. But these images can also serve the Holy Spirit’s purpose as a reminder that we need to let go of believing we are bodies, separate from other bodies and the world. Images in the world then become the Holy Spirit’s teaching aids to help us learn to forgive the world of everything we believe it is.

When we let the Holy Spirit be our Guide, every situation in the world becomes an opportunity to forgive and let our holiness be revealed to us. Today our practice is to let Holy Spirit be our interpreter of every circumstance we perceive. Thus will we learn to recognize our holiness which includes the holiness of every brother.

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I Will There Be Light

When illusions seem to cover us and make the fearful dream seem real, we can choose not to keep them. The consistent habit of choosing to see only Light is an invitation to the Holy Spirit to help us see every circumstance through the eyes of Love.

Saying, “I will there be Light,” invites the true perception of the Holy Spirit to show us what lies past the illusions of separation — He brings us to the eternal truth that we are still one in the Mind of God. We remember that are still as God created us, and nothing can harm God’s one Son.

As we accept Holy Spirit’s thoughts, we receive the peace of Heaven. The ego’s thoughts disappear because, when we choose the truth, what is not true disappears. The song of Heaven is heard clearly now and we feel the strength and vision of our true Self. The dream of separate bodies is no longer fearful and we can smile with Holy Spirit at our mistaken thoughts that we believed were true. We give thanks for our healed perception and our gratitude extends endlessly. We are in a world of Light and our acceptance of this truth allows us to become aware of It.

Today our practice is to say frequently to ourselves, “I will there be Light.” Our willingness throughout the day to see past illusions to the truth is an invitation to the Holy Spirit to guide us to the awareness our oneness with God’s eternal Creation. “I will there be Light” brings with it the willingness to return Home and see that we are eternally safe in God’s oneness.

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We Stand Together in Innocence

…forgiveness is the only means whereby Christ’s vision comes to me. Let me accept what His sight shows me as the simple truth, and I am healed completely. Brother, come and let me look on you. Your loveliness reflects my own. Your sinlessness is mine. You stand forgiven, and I stand with you. (A Course in Miracles W-pII.247.1:3-8)

Our opportunity today is to see every brother we encounter, or even think of, as God sees them. This is how we let go of suffering and pain. This is how we are healed. We accept that God’s Will is our will today and God has given all of Himself to every part of the Sonship. We free ourselves as we accept today that we stand together in innocence with every brother. We are the same Light. There is no distance between us.

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I Will Step Back and Let Him Lead the Way

He asks but that you think of Him a while each day, that He may speak to you and tell you of His Love, reminding you how great His trust; how limitless His Love. In your Name and His Own, which are the same, we practice gladly with this thought today:

I will step back and let Him lead the way,
For I would walk along the road to Him.

(A Course in Miracles W-pI.155.14)

Here we are told exactly what we need to do if we want to find peace and happiness. Stepping back means letting go of our insistence that we know what anything means. “Letting Him lead the way”  means being willing to let the Holy Spirit inspire us and show us what is true and what is false. This simple practice will bring us out of illusion to awaken fully to the fact that we remain in Heaven, at one with God, as we were created. This is our path to freedom.

This lesson also makes it very clear that it is not only our job to do this practice, but also to demonstrate to all our brothers the message that Holy Spirit is giving us. We bring our brothers with us as we demonstrate the practice of stepping back and letting Him lead the way. This is our only function. This is our way Home.

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God Is the Strength in Which I Trust

…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 W-pI.47.7)

Today is a day of allowing the Holy Spirit’s gift of peace to flow through us like a river… Today is a day of willingness to let ourselves be carried by the deep peace that is the gift of our true Self… Here is our strength, given us by God… We place our trust in God’s strength today, not the illusions of the world…

Our true Self shares God’s peace and strength, because He shares all of Himself with His Creation. In our true Self, nothing is impossible. If we experience any uncertainty or lack of peace, it is only because we are identifying with a false image that denies our one Self, created by God. This means that uncertainty is simply a reminder to go within and reconnect with the peace that is our true nature. Here are all problems quietly resolved.

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Do I Want to Be Happy?

The Course tells us in many ways that there is nothing to fear in truth. So why does it seem that things come up every day that disturb our peace? It’s only because we are believing in a made up image that is really nothing. It is our belief in it that seems to make it something that could potentially be some kind of threat.

This is really good news, because belief can always be changed. We’ve all experienced changing our belief many times. We believe in these images because we made them. So we need Help from outside of our belief system to recognize that these made up images are without substance. This is the function of the Holy Spirit in our minds.

Time can be used for waking up from the fearful dream simply by practicing taking every disturbance to the Holy Spirit and asking for His help to see it truly. But that is not enough. We must also be willing to receive and accept His help. Truth does not enter where it is not welcome. But when truth is welcomed, Its Light shines away the shadowy illusions.

If a disturbance seems to linger, it can be helpful to ask, “Do I want to be happy?” If the answer is “yes,” we must be willing to accept Holy Spirit’s correction. With that acceptance, happiness comes of itself. We can be happy today, now, simply by bringing every disturbance to the Holy Spirit and accepting His correction. This is our practice today.

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Following God’s Plan

God’s plan for your salvation cannot change, nor can it fail. Be thankful it remains exactly as He planned it. Changelessly it stands before you like an open door, with warmth and welcome calling from beyond the doorway, bidding you to enter in and make yourself at home, where you belong.

Here is the answer! Would you stand outside while all of Heaven waits for you within? Forgive and be forgiven. As you give you will receive. There is no plan but this for the salvation of the Son of God. (A Course in Miracles W-pI.122.5,6:1-5)

Our prayer for today: Holy Spirit, help us lay aside our ideas about how any circumstance or form in the world should appear. We would have Love guide our vision in every decision we make today. Help us use every moment for Your purpose of joining in Love today.

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