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From the Unreal to the Real

Mary:
In this morning’s reading of A Course in Miracles, I was reminded once again of the insanity of believing in a world of separation. God’s Will is Oneness and separation is not His Will. My practice today is to pay attention to when I am joining with the thought system of separation — the thought system of madness. Any time I blame anything that I think is outside my mind, I have joined the madness. The way out of this insanity is to step back in my mind again and again, and go in quiet to my inner Teacher. In this holy place in my mind, I accept the calmness and peace that bring me to a place of accepting a correction of my perception. The world that I have thought was real is not what is true.

As I am willing to be in this receptive place of quiet and peace, I am brought to the awareness that only God’s Kingdom of Oneness is real. I am brought to the awareness that this world I see through the body’s eyes is not the Kingdom of God, and therefore not my real Home. A world of separate bodies is just a world of insanity and nothing more.

As I continue to take each insane thought to my inner Teacher to be undone, fear is dissolved and replaced by Holy Spirit’s perception of gentleness and peace. I remember that everyone is safe and is the same Light of Love that I am. I am reminded once again to look for the truth in every brother — to look for the eternal, pure Light of Love that is there in every brother, beyond the insanity of separation and differences.

I am reminded once again that I may get lost in believing the stories many times, but I always have that inner place of peace and gentleness within my mind where I find the Holy Spirit’s correction for every false idea. This may take time, but that is what time is for now. Peace to my mind. Let all my thoughts be still. Only the Thought of God’s oneness in Love is real. I can safely let go of anything else.

Robert:
Today I focus on letting the Holy Spirit guide all my perception. He will show me the Love beyond all form. Thus will I learn to give greater value to Love’s vision, looking past the images the body perceives. This is how I learn to forgive all things in the world and let Love flow across my mind in gentleness and peace. This is what I really want.

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Seeing the Truth in My Brother

Mary:
This morning we read “The Obstacles to Peace” on Text page 406 of A Course in Miracles. What stood out to me was this: “The extension of the Holy Spirit’s purpose from your relationship to others, to bring them gently in, is the way in which He will bring means and goal in line. The peace He lay, deep within you and your brother, will quietly extend to every aspect of your life, surrounding you and your brother with glowing happiness and the calm awareness of complete protection.” (T-19.IV.1:5-6)

My practice today is to give the time to accept the Holy Spirit’s gift of peace. As I accept peace, I help every brother because in truth we are joined in one mind. We are not limited by bodies. We are connected with every mind. In being willing to join with peace, I become aware of my complete protection. I also become aware that this is true about every brother. This is how I carry the message of Love and safety and freedom to everyone. But to do this, I must accept the peace that is being given to me all through the day. This is my purpose now and I give thanks.

Robert:
Nothing can disturb my peace unless I believe I am not my Self. It is interesting that when we see someone who is acting insanely, we say, “He’s just not himself.” This could be truthfully said of all of us who believe we are in this world. It is helpful to remember this when it appears that someone has done something that is disturbing to me. What the behavior appears to be does not represent my brother. It is a false image that substitutes for and hides the reality of my brother and my Self.

Today is a day to practice remembering that any disturbance is simply pointing out to me where I believe that I am not my Self, that I am not one with the Love of God. As I recognize this, I can bring this mistaken thought to the Holy Spirit for His gentle correction. His correction will show me the one Self we share, the innocence and the Love that is my brother and my Self.

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I Will Forgive…

Robert:
All I really want to do is to wake up from the dream of separation. There is no value in anything else. Yet it is clear that part of my mind hasn’t gotten the memo. I still get wrapped up in plans and reacting to circumstances. But there is a response that I can use whenever the part of my mind that still sees value in the dream seems to be in charge. To every apprehension, concern or disruption of my peace, there is a simple response: “I will forgive, and this will disappear.” (A Course in Miracles W-pI.193.13:3)

A very simple statement to remember and apply throughout the day. The more I remember to apply this, the happier I am because my battle against God is diminishing. And instead of being afraid of happiness and Love, I welcome It more and more. Today I have an opportunity to have a happy day as I remember that when I forgive, the image of separation disappears and Love shines forth.

Mary:
Today my practice is to let the veil be lifted so that I can see the face of Christ everywhere. What I desire to see I will see. My desire is to see the face of Christ today. This is what brings me happiness and peace. And I give thanks.

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Letting Go

Robert:
Happiness is a direct effect of forgiveness, just as depression is a direct result of judgment. To be happy, I need to be single-mindedly dedicated to letting go of all I think the world is. It’s really very simple. What seems to make it complicated is my unwillingness to reconsider the importance I have given to my judgments. At the core, the importance comes from the desire for specialness. But the desire for specialness only leads to judgment and depression. It is not bringing me what I really want.

Every day I need to rededicate to letting go of my judgments and opening my mind to the Holy Spirit’s loving correction of my mistaken beliefs. The need for rededication only comes up because I return to old habits of believing in separation. Holy Spirit accepted my initial decision to learn to undo the mistaken beliefs that are reflected in the world I perceive. Thus the Holy Spirit sees every moment, every circumstance, as a teaching opportunity to help me achieve the goal initially set.

But when I fall back into old habits, I turn my back on the lessons He offers. So each day as I rededicate to the purpose of forgiveness, I am reminding myself of a decision I already made that was accepted by the Holy Spirit. I am grateful for another day to practice turning all my judgments over to the Holy Spirit to receive His happy replacement in their place. Today is another opportunity to move a step closer to the happiness God wills for me.

Mary:
I dedicate today to letting go of my perceptions of a world of separation. I dedicate today to handing over these perceptions to the Holy Spirit. If I am willing, the Holy Spirit will replace these thoughts of separate bodies with a new perception.

The Holy Spirit lifts the veil to show me the eternal Light beyond the world of separate dreams. The Holy Spirit shows me the eternal Love behind the constantly changing world of specialness. The Holy Spirit shows me the safety and peace that is ours as we willingly let go of false dreams that are not true. Today is dedicated to receiving Holy Spirit’s replacement for dreams of fear and struggle. I am willing to receive Holy Spirit’s happy replacement for what never was.

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Vigilance for God

Robert:
I ask Holy Spirit to help me see as He sees. An image comes to mind. I see figures of light vaguely in the shape of bodies and all these light forms are joined by light. Occasionally there is one light form that seems to lose connection. Immediately the remaining light reaches out to reestablish the connection. No one is left disconnected.

As I watch, the forms of light become less and less distinct and there seems to be a song rising from the light, a hymn that carries the message of joy in the unity of Light. This glorious hymn fills the air and the Light becomes more uniform with less visible shapes. It is clear that the Light and the hymn are one and the same. Both carry the same message of innocence and joy and peace.

I see that any time I judge, I become unaware of this presence, though it is all around me. I want to consistently experience this profound joy and deep peace that come with the hymn of Light. All I need to do to have this experience is to let go of all judgment. Today is a day of practice being vigilant against judgment and for the joy of Light. I give thanks for this happy reminder.

Mary:
In our reading in A Course in Miracles this morning, the following was particularly helpful:

To follow the Holy Spirit’s guidance is to let yourself be absolved of guilt. It is the essence of the Atonement. It is the core of the curriculum. The imagined usurping of functions not your own is the basis of fear. The whole world you see reflects the illusion that you have done so, making fear inevitable. To return the function to the One to Whom it belongs is thus the escape from fear. And it is this that lets the memory of Love return to you. (ACIM M-29.3:3-9)

This reminds me that it is not my function to judge what anything means or is. My function is to refer all judgments to the Holy Spirit. It is important that I remember this all through the day. Having vigilance for only this is how I return Home. And for this Help I give thanks.

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Our Special Function

Robert:
Today we read the ACIM Text, Chapter 25, Section VI: The Special Function. It reminded me that I really have only one meaningful purpose while I seem to be in the world: To forgive, to see all appearances as the Holy Spirit sees.

To do this I must be willing to give up my own interpretations of all appearances and let Holy Spirit be my interpreter of everything. Thus any time that I recognize my peace is disturbed, I have been given a gift. I “open” the gift by turning over my interpretation to the Holy Spirit with a willingness to receive His interpretation in its place. This gift is always offered and depends only my willingness to receive it to experience it as mine. God’s Love is mine because it is given to everyone without exception.

So today is a day to practice accepting the gifts that are offered me in each moment by being vigilant for peace and willing to step aside from my own interpretations to make way for Holy Spirit’s vision to fill my mind.

Mary:
It is becoming clear as I continue to let the message of A Course in Miracles sink in deeper and deeper, that my job is to let the Holy Spirit show me the truth. In order to do this I must step back from what I think I know. I must pause and listen. I must want to see as Holy Spirit sees. I must want to return to the truth. It is this desire to let the veil of specialness be lifted that brings the eternal truth to me.

The Holy Spirit waits with infinite patience for my willingness. The Holy Spirit knows that the Christ is all there is to see. The Holy Spirit knows that no one has really made a separate self that is special and alone. The Holy Spirit does not believe in the ego’s stories of separate bodies that are born and die. The Holy Spirit knows that we are all Love’s extension, and I know this as I am willing to let the truth be returned to me. This is my only job today — to be open to awareness of Christ’s Oneness, which includes everyone.

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A Place of Real Safety

Mary:
This morning in our reading of A Course in Miracles, this is what stood out to me: “…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.” (W-pI.47.7)

This is my opportunity for today. I have a choice. I can hold on to all the fearful thoughts that pass through my mind, or I can choose to look at them with Holy Spirit and let them pass by. The world holds nothing that I want. The peace of God that is always there for me is not a little gift. The opportunity before me today is to accept the gift of God and feel the real strength in me. God is my strength. Vision is His gift. As I accept God’s gift, the veil is lifted and I see the world differently. Here there is joy. Here there is peace. Here there is God’s Light of unity.

Fear thoughts may come and go, but thank God I have the means by which to know that I am free. And every brother is free with me.

Robert:
The Course says that the Holy Spirit sees the illusions we see, but does not believe them. That is why He is my Teacher to learn not to believe what the body’s eyes show me. When all illusions are recognized for what they are, there is no cause for fear. There is no cause for guilt. There is no cause for anger. Without belief in illusions, there is perfect safety. This is what I want to recognize. I want to share Holy Spirit’s perception of all appearances. I want to share His certainty that I remain as God created me.

I still forget this during the day, but I have had glimpses of Holy Spirit’s vision. And the happiness and peace I experience in those glimpses motivates me to keep practicing. I want to see with forgiving eyes. I want to remember that I remain as God created me and have not left His presence.

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