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Do I Want to Be Right or Happy?

Mary:  In our morning discussion, Annie Arbona said, “Do I want to be right or happy?” That has stayed with me. I really feel that sentence is like a gift from God.

When I am concerned about something happening or not happening in the dream, this sentence coming into my mind reminds me that, indeed, I am dreaming a dream and its content is not true. This helps me remember that a world of separation, separate identities, separate bodies, is just being made up in my mind. It helps me remember separation could never be true. Do I want to be right and try to make it true by reinforcing these thoughts? Or, do I want to be happy?

If I truly want to be happy, I will hand the reins over and not decide what is real on my own. I will let the Holy Spirit teach me the difference between the real and the unreal, between separation and oneness. I will let the Holy Spirit fill my heart and mind with the truth that nothing has changed the one Son of God. Nothing has ever really happened but God’s Oneness. This question, “Would I rather be right or happy?” is like a touchstone that helps lead me out of hallucinating separation and reminds me once again that only Love is real. Here is where I find peace. Thank you Annie for returning my mind to the truth.

Robert:  A Course in Miracles tells me that forgiveness is my only function. To me this means letting go of all false images. In this letting go, I see all my brothers as part of me, the one Self that is God’s Son. Through forgiveness I disregard images of bodies and forms of all kinds. All that is really anywhere, any time is Love. That is What my brother is. That is What I am.

If I see my brother as a body, I have forgotten What I am. I cannot logically or intellectually convince myself or teach myself that the bodies and personalities I see are not real. The very fact that I think I can think on my own means that I am identifying with a false image of what I am.

I am grateful for the grace of God, which has provided a Bridge between the dream I am believing in and the truth of Heaven. My one function in the dream, then, is to bring all the images I perceive to this Bridge, the Holy Spirit, with an open heart and mind to receive His kind and gentle teaching. Only thus can I learn what is real and valuable and what is unreal and valueless. Only thus can I truly forgive.

Sharyn: Today is another step in the right direction. As I am walking with Jesus today, I am remembering my oneness with him. He reminds me that he is with me always and there is never anything to fear. He shows me constantly that when I put Him in charge, my life is taken care of far better than I could ever have imagined on my own. Thank you, Jesus, for holding my hand as we walk together to the truth.

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