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True Vision Brings Us Joy

Never forget the world the sightless “see” must be imagined, for what it really looks like is unknown to them. …³And so it is with you. ⁴You do not see.

How foolish is it to attempt to judge what could be seen instead. ²It is not necessary to imagine what the world must look like. ³It must be seen before you recognize it for what it is. ⁴You can be shown which doors are open, and you can see where safety lies; and which way leads to darkness, which to light. ⁵Judgment will always give you false directions, but vision shows you where to go. ⁶Why should you guess?

There is no need to learn through pain. ²And gentle lessons are acquired joyously, and are remembered gladly. ³What gives you happiness you want to learn and not forget. ⁴It is not this you would deny. ⁵Your question is whether the means by which this course is learned will bring to you the joy it promises. ⁶If you believed it would, the learning of it would be no problem. ⁷You are not a happy learner yet because you still remain uncertain that vision gives you more than judgment does, and you have learned that both you cannot have. (A Course in Miracles, T-21.I.1:1,3-4;2–3. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

Our judgments divide our world into myriad differences. We believe we must navigate our way through these differences to find our happiness and safety. The constant effort this requires is tiring.

But the vision of our true Self sees the oneness of God’s Love everywhere. This vision shows us the joy and peace in which we live. This vision comes as we let forgiveness dispel our judgments and open our minds to Love’s presence.

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Remembering the Love We Are

Do not underestimate the appeal of the ego’s demonstrations to those who would listen. ²Selective perception chooses its witnesses carefully, and its witnesses are consistent. …⁹The ego looks straight at the Father and does not see Him, for it has denied His Son.

Would you remember the Father? ²Accept His Son and you will remember Him.

Every brother you meet becomes a witness for Christ or for the ego, depending on what you perceive in him. ²Everyone convinces you of what you want to perceive, and of the reality of the kingdom you have chosen for your vigilance. ³Everything you perceive is a witness to the thought system you want to be true. ⁴Every brother has the power to release you, if you choose to be free. ⁵You cannot accept false witness of him unless you have evoked false witnesses against him. ⁶If he speaks not of Christ to you, you spoke not of Christ to him. ⁷You hear but your own voice, and if Christ speaks through you, you will hear Him. (A Course in Miracles, T-11.V.16:1-2,9;17:1-2;18. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

If we want specialness to be true, we see a loveless world of conflict and loss. In the oneness of Love there is no place for differences and division.

If we want to be Love, we will see every brother as one with us in that Love. Today we choose to be vigilant for Love. We want to see the Love of Christ, our one Self, in every brother. In this recognition we will remember the Love that unites us with our Father.

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Doing God’s Will Brings Happiness

My present happiness is all I see.

Unless I look upon what is not there [the past], my present happiness is all I see. ²Eyes that begin to open see at last. ³And I would have Christ’s vision come to me this very day. ⁴What I perceive without God’s Own Correction for the sight I made is frightening and painful to behold. ⁵Yet I would not allow my mind to be deceived by the belief the dream I made is real an instant longer. ⁶This the day I seek my present happiness, and look on nothing else except the thing I seek.

With this resolve I come to You, and ask Your strength to hold me up today, while I but seek to do Your Will. ²You cannot fail to hear me, Father. ³What I ask have You already given me. ⁴And I am sure that I will see my happiness today. (A Course in Miracles, W-290. See also ACIM Lesson 290 Insights.)

To do God’s Will is to be happy. His Will is that we extend the Love He gives us. Love’s joy is to extend eternally.

Our attachment to the past, and the guilt that comes with it, clouds our vision. We cannot see the present when we dwell on the past. But we have been given Christ’s vision which forgives the past, recognizing that the past does not exist. We are supported in this vision with the strength of God. Today we dedicate to being the Love we have been given. It will be a happy day indeed.

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Rejoicing in the Light That Unites Us

⁵Listen, and see if you remember an ancient song you knew so long ago and held more dear than any melody you taught yourself to cherish since.

Beyond the body, beyond the sun and stars, past everything you see and yet somehow familiar, is an arc of golden light that stretches as you look into a great and shining circle. …⁵Within it everything is joined in perfect continuity. ⁶Nor is it possible to imagine that anything could be outside, for there is nowhere that this light is not.

This is the vision of the Son of God, whom you know well. ²Here is the sight of him who knows his Father. ³Here is the memory of what you are; a part of this, with all of it within, and joined to all as surely as all is joined in you. ⁴Accept the vision that can show you this, and not the body. ⁵You know the ancient song, and know it well. ⁶Nothing will ever be as dear to you as is this ancient hymn of love the Son of God sings to his Father still.

⁶The light in one awakens it in all. ⁷And when you see it in your brother, you are remembering for everyone. (A Course in Miracles, T-21.I.7:5;8:1,5-6;9;10:6-7. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

The vision of our true Self, the Son of God, shows us the Light that unifies us with All That is. It shows us only the reality of Love.

Today we welcome that Light, for It shows us the truth that Love is our Source, our Creator and our Being. It is our Life, which we live in God. We embrace It with gratitude and rejoice as we see the Light in every brother.

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Welcoming Correction of Our Misperceptions

I need but call and You will answer me.

I am not asked to take salvation on the basis of an unsupported faith. ²For God has promised He will hear my call, and answer me Himself. ³Let me but learn from my experience that this is true, and faith in Him must surely come to me. ⁴This is the faith that will endure, and take me farther and still farther on the road that leads to Him. ⁵For thus I will be sure that He has not abandoned me and loves me still, awaiting but my call to give me all the help I need to come to Him.

Father, I thank You that Your promises will never fail in my experience, if I but test them out. ²Let me attempt therefore to try them, and to judge them not. ³Your Word is one with You. ⁴You give the means whereby conviction comes, and surety of Your abiding Love is gained at last. (A Course in Miracles, W-327. See also ACIM Lesson 327 Insights.)

Any time we have a perception that disturbs our peace of mind, we are perceiving something that is not real. This is when it is time to call on the Holy Spirit for His help to correct our misperception.

He is God’s Answer to our troubled mind. The consistent practice of asking the Holy Spirit to correct our misperceptions will return us back to the Home God holds for us. In every moment God’s Voice is ready to answer our calls for help.

Today we practice welcoming His answers to correct our misperceptions. We will see the reality of Love shine in our world. It will return us to our Reality in Love.

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Seeing Love’s Reflection Everywhere

All things I think I see reflect ideas.

This is salvation’s keynote: What I see reflects a process in my mind, which starts with my idea of what I want. ²From there, the mind makes up an image of the thing the mind desires, judges valuable, and therefore seeks to find. ³These images are then projected outward, looked upon, esteemed as real and guarded as one’s own. ⁴From insane wishes comes an insane world. ⁵From judgment comes a world condemned. ⁶And from forgiving thoughts a gentle world comes forth, with mercy for the holy Son of God, to offer him a kindly home where he can rest a while before he journeys on, and help his brothers walk ahead with him, and find the way to Heaven and to God.

Our Father, Your ideas reflect the truth, and mine apart from Yours but make up dreams. ²Let me behold what only Yours reflect, for Yours and Yours alone establish truth. (A Course in Miracles, W-325. See also ACIM Lesson 325 Insights.)

As long as we identify with the ego, we see a world of separate conflicting images. They seem to compete with each other for time and space. We constantly evaluate what we want to spend time on. We judge whether we want something in our space or not. These conflicts can lead to war. But it is a battle of false images.

When we are willing to forgive the wish for specialness, we see a world of happiness and oneness. Conflict disappears, to be replaced by happy peace. We see a forgiven world where Love’s reality is accepted.

Today we choose to accept the Holy Spirit’s lessons in Love, and we will see Love’s reflection everywhere.

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Our Journey of Awakening

In order to see, you must recognize that light is within, not without. ²You do not see outside yourself, nor is the equipment for seeing outside you. ³An essential part of this equipment is the light that makes seeing possible. ⁴It is with you always, making vision possible in every circumstance.

…leave behind everything that you now believe, and all the thoughts that you have made up. ⁵Properly speaking, this is the release from hell. ⁶Yet perceived through the ego’s eyes, it is loss of identity and a descent into hell.

If you can stand aside from the ego by ever so little, you will have no difficulty in recognizing that its opposition and its fears are meaningless.

…what is needful is a sense of the importance of what you are doing; its inestimable value to you, and an awareness that you are attempting something very holy. ²Salvation is your happiest accomplishment. ³It is also the only one that has any meaning, because it is the only one that has any real use to you at all.

²Try to think of light, formless and without limit, as you pass by the thoughts of this world. ³And do not forget that they cannot hold you to the world unless you give them the power to do so. (A Course in Miracles, W-44.2;5:4–6:1;8;10:2-3. See also ACIM Lesson 44 Insights.)

Today’s exercise is done only in the mind. The vision it will bring us cannot come through the body’s perceptions. The body was made only to see separation and individuality. But this practice focuses on bringing the mind back to awareness that it is unified with the Mind of God. Only in His Mind will we know lasting happiness and peace.

The Light of God’s Love dispels the dark, loveless thoughts of the ego. Today we continue our journey of awakening to our Home in Heaven.

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