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Rest in Joy, Rest in God

Robert:
A Course in Miracles, Lesson 103 says, “God, being Love, is also happiness.” So accepting my place in God is accepting happiness. Choosing to see a world of separation and conflict is choosing to be “right” in my belief that separation is real instead of accepting God’s gift of happiness.

Only the insane would choose conflict, isolation and devastation in place of happiness. Yet that is what we do when we insist that the world of form is real. Through massive self-deception, we have convinced ourselves that this world offers us something that will make us happy. And so we spend our “life” seeking but not finding lasting happiness. The Course is helping us to recognize that happiness cannot be found in this world so that we will stop seeking where we cannot find what we truly want. What we truly want is to remember our Self, Which is the joyous Love of God.

I have flashes of hints of that joyous Love that is beyond this world. They make my heart sing and I see that Love all around me in those moments. Appearances diminish in their importance and my attention goes to the radiant Love beyond the forms.

These “tastes” of Heaven motivate me to come back for more. The way I come back is through the moment by moment practice of letting the Holy Spirit in my mind interpret everything I see on my behalf. When I am willing and open, His joyous vision returns. Today is another happy day of practice.


Holy Spirit to Mary:
Today as you go through your day, no matter what you see with your body’s eyes, let yourself remember that you rest in God… Resting in God means that you rest in peace, happiness and joy… It means that you have and are all that God has to give… Resting in God means that you share all Love as God shares all Love…

To reinforce this remembering, practice giving all the Love that you have to all today… Practice remembering that everyone has all of God today… This reinforces the fact that you rest in God for eternity.

This is my practice today.

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Seeing Truly

Mary:
This morning we were guided to read A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 139, “I will accept Atonement for myself.” This part stood out to me:

We have a mission here. We did not come to reinforce the madness that we once believed in. Let us not forget the goal that we accepted. It is more than just our happiness alone we came to gain. What we accept as what we are proclaims what everyone must be, along with us. Fail not your brothers, or you will fail yourself. Look lovingly on them, that they may know that they are part of you, and you of them. (W-pI.139.9)

Accepting Atonement for myself requires that I give up believing that in the false idea of separation. The body’s eyes show me separation. My practice today is to join with the Holy Spirit to see past separation to the truth of oneness. The Holy Spirit shows me the same beautiful Light of Love that is the truth of everyone. This is what brings me happiness. This is my mission here.


Holy Spirit to Robert:
There is only one way to see your brother truly: See him as Love and nothing else, at one with you in that Love. To see Him as anything else is to see a false image that blinds you to the truth. You and your brother are one Self. There can be no separation, for Love is One. If you observe any sense of conflict with your brother, you are not seeing him truly. It is this perception that you need to bring to Me in your mind to ask My help to see the truth.

Walk with Me today. Let Me guide all your seeing. As you are open to My loving teaching, you will learn to see your brother and yourself truly and you will find a peace so deep it cannot be disturbed. You will walk with your brother in perfect happiness. Walk with Me today and find peace.

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Let Illusions Be Carried to the Truth

Mary:
In our reading in the Manual for Teachers of A Course in Miracles this morning, this is what stood out to me:

Now it becomes your task to let illusion be carried to the truth. Be steadfast but in this; be not deceived by the ‘reality’ of any changing form. Truth neither moves nor waivers, no sinks down to death and dissolution. And what is the end of death? Nothing but this; the realization that the Son of God is guiltless now and forever. Nothing but this. But do not let yourself forget it is not less than this. (M-27.7:4-9)

This reminds me that I have one important task every single day — to let illusion be carried to the truth. To do this I must be willing to join with the Holy Spirit through the day. If I believe what my body’s eyes show me, I will be lost in dreams of separation and death. It is the Holy Spirit in my mind that brings everything I see in the world (illusion) to the truth. I find that this takes constant vigilance. This is my job today: To let my mind be corrected, letting illusions be carried to the truth.


Holy Spirit to Robert:
You are always carried by the Love of God. This will never change, for God does not change. If you seem to be alone, it is only because you believe that you have separated from this Love that has been yours since before time seemed to be.

Rest in God’s Love…. It is eternally there for you because It is what you are. Let the strength of God’s Love support you…. Feel It in you…. Accept It as you, for Love is what you are; nothing else, for only Love is real…. Let your mind be still and gently sink into the strength of God’s Love…. As you allow yourself to accept It, you feel safe, at peace and happy…. This is where you are now…. Nothing from the past can touch this. Being eternal, what is now extends forever…. Let this certainty carry you today.

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How to Be Happy

How to Be Happy
Robert:
I have observed that I’m happiest when I’m not judging. When I am judging, I am unhappy or at least less happy. I would seem obvious, then, that if I want to be happy, I need to not judge.

Yet I see the temptation to judge still shows up all too frequently. The little frustration, impatience about how long something takes, counting how many times something happens before deciding it’s time to be upset — all these are forms of judgment. None of these judgments make me happy. They only reinforce the sense of lack and guilt.

Part of me wants to ask, “Why do I keep doing this if it brings me unhappiness?” But that question comes from the ego, still seeking something to blame. “Why” doesn’t matter. What matters is my willingness to take each unforgiving thought to the Holy Spirit and ask for His help in letting it go. Willingness is my job. Holy Spirit provides the means for forgiveness, always offered me in a form that will help me see innocence.

Today my focus is to be mindful of my thoughts and to bring each recognized unforgiving thought to the Holy Spirit. He will help me see that it is nothing more than an imagined shadow that disappears in the Light of Love. I open my mind and heart to His Light today.


Mary:
The truth is everyone is still safe in the Mind of God. Everyone is still as God created them. The truth is nothing has changed and there are no differences between us. We still are joined in the one Mind of God. No one is left out.

Today my practice is to allow myself to remember this truth all through the day. The Holy Spirit is my constant Companion. As I give welcome to the truth, the truth will return to my mind. Forgiveness of ego’s perception is my only function here.

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What Is the Truth?

Holy Spirit to Mary:
Ask yourself frequently today: What am I and where am I? Then let the Holy Spirit — your true Self — answer for you…

Let the Light of peace and joy enter your mind as you lay down your barriers to the awareness of Love’s Presence… Let yourself rest in this Presence… All inspiration that is truly helpful lies here. Let yourself be aware of the truth of Love’s oneness today.


Robert:
As I practice applying the principles from A Course in Miracles, it becomes more and more clear to me that everything I perceive, everything that seems to happen to me, comes from my own mind. Sometimes when I recognize how I set up a seeming problem by my own unconscious thoughts and actions, I have to laugh. What seemed to be an irritating problem has become clearly of my own making. And in that recognition, I stop making the problem!

It is just denial that keeps me from recognizing all my problems have been solved. What makes some problems seem more difficult than others is only my unconscious desire to keep separation real. It doesn’t seem that this is what I want, but that’s why its called unconscious. The ego is highly skilled at denial and sublimation. After all, it got its start with the denial of God’s Love. The seemingly hidden wishes that hold the world of form in place need to be recognized for what they are. The 1,200 pages of ACIM are there to help us come to this recognition.

My prayer today is: Holy Spirit, help me to see as You see. Help me to strengthen my willingness to question everything in the world and open my mind and heart to Your interpretation. Help me to see the Love that is always there to see. Thank You.

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Surfing with Spirit

Mary:
In our reading of A Course in Miracles this morning, this is what stood out to me: “There is no difference among the Sons of God. The unity that specialness denies will save them all, for what is one can have no specialness. And everything belongs to each of them.” (T-26.VII.19:5-7)

I need this reminder that in truth there are no differences among the Sons of God, and that only our unity is true. We are all the same Light of God. The differences that seem to be real in fact are just illusions within the ego’s framework of deception. My job today is to practice allowing the ego veil to be lifted so that I see the Light that is always there behind every appearance of differences. It is my opportunity to let my mind be healed today.


Robert:
A skilled surfer has learned to keep his focus on the present moment to successfully ride the wave. If he is distracted by thoughts of the past or wondering about the future, the wave will overtake him. But as he keeps his attention on the present, he is able to follow the flow of the wave and let it carry him to the peaceful shore.

This is a great metaphor for following Holy Spirit’s wave to let it carry me to the shores of peace. I must keep my focus on the present moment. In the present moment Holy Spirit is always there, giving me the signals I need to follow His wave. It is not my job to make the wave or try to direct the wave. It is my job to follow the wave of the Holy Spirit in the present. When my focus is on the present moment, the flow is easy, the ride is effortless and I am carried to peace. Today I will practice being present to ride Holy Spirit’s wave.

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Returning Home to Joy

Holy Spirit to Robert:
Joy is the effect of forgiveness as misery is the effect of judgment. Every judgment you hold onto draws you deeper into fear, guilt and depression. Every judgment you release clears the way for Love’s joy to flow across your holy mind. This is why your one special function is to forgive all judgments. Let them go; they do not serve you. Each time you let a judgment go you are being truly helpful to yourself and your brothers.

Walk with Me today. See with Me today. Share My thoughts and together we will loose the world from all you thought it was, clearing the way for joy’s return.


Holy Spirit to Mary:
Let today be a day of receiving and extending peace… Let today be a day of opening your mind to the Light of Love within you… Let today be a day of allowing the awareness of Love’s Oneness to return to your mind… Let today be a day of remembering that your true Home is where you are eternally… Let today be a day of extending the peace and unity that comes with remembering your true Home…

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