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Exchanging Ego’s Seeing for Holy Spirit’s Vision

What I think I see now is taking the place of vision. I must let it go by realizing it has no meaning, so that vision may take its place.

What I see is the projection of my own errors of thought. I do not understand what I see because it is not understandable. There is no sense in trying to understand it. But there is every reason to let it go, and make room for what can be seen and understood and loved. I can exchange what I see now for this merely by being willing to do so. Is not this a better choice than the one I made before?

The thoughts of which I am aware do not mean anything be­cause I am trying to think without God. What I call “my” thoughts are not my real thoughts. My real thoughts are the thoughts I think with God. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 51, W-pI.51.1:3-5;3:3-8;4:2-4. See also ACIM Lesson 51 Insights.)

When we chose to accept the idea of separation from God, we could no longer share our thoughts with God. This left us unaware of the constant, changeless, eternal flow of God’s Love for His Son. It left us with an empty feeling and a sense of guilt for having damaged our relationship with God. We dealt with this by burying this decision in an unconscious part of our mind. The only thoughts that remained conscious in our mind are thoughts not shared with God and therefore thoughts with no meaning, no reality. We feel adrift, with nothing stable in a world of chaos.

The thought system of separation (ego) made up a way to deal with this dilemma. By projecting a world of external images, we perceive a world that happens to us for which we have no recognized responsibility. We do not see that we are the cause of what we perceive because we made the decision unconscious. This protects the ego by excluding God’s Creation and all the thoughts we share with God.

We can reverse our mistaken choice to accept separation by being willing to let the Holy Spirit guide our thoughts. His choices are always for truth so He guides our thoughts to the truth of our oneness with our Creator. The reality of the Love in our brother and ourselves will have greater acceptance in our mind. As we accept this more and more, the images of the ego fade in their importance. The Light of Love that is everywhere to be seen with the Holy Spirit’s vision predominates until we accept only the Thoughts we share with God. We remember our Home is Heaven.

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