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The Lessons That Lead to Happiness and Love

Salvation is my only function here.

Salvation and forgiveness are the same. ²They both imply that something has gone wrong; something to be saved from, forgiven for; something amiss that needs corrective change; something apart or different from the Will of God.

²The mind that sees illusions thinks them real. ³They have existence in that they are thoughts. ⁴And yet they are not real, because the mind that thinks these thoughts is separate from God.

⁴Unshaken does the Holy Spirit look on what you see; on sin and pain and death, on grief and separation and on loss. ⁵Yet does He know one thing must still be true; God is still Love, and this is not His Will.

³Let in the light, and you will look upon no obstacle to what He wills for you. ⁴Open your secrets to His kindly light, and see how bright this light still shines in you. (A Course in Miracles, W-99.1:1-2;3:2-4;5:4-5;8:3-4. See also ACIM Lesson 99 Insights.)

The Love of God is the only source of Reality. A mind that has divorced itself from the Mind of Love can only make illusions. Belief in illusions can make them seem real, but cannot make them true. It is this fact that makes our return to the God’s Love inevitable. We can awaken from dreams of separation.

Forgiveness frees us from mistaken beliefs that support dreams of separation. As we welcome the lessons of our inner Teacher, we learn that we remain safe in the eternal Love of our Creator. The separation and conflict that we thought was real never really occurred. As we let go of our mistaken beliefs, we find the peace, happiness and Love that is our natural state. We are grateful for the Help we have been given.

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Freedom to Be Love and Nothing Else

I am under no laws but God’s.

²Here is the perfect statement of my freedom. ³I am under no laws but God’s. ⁴I am constantly tempted to make up other laws and give them power over me. ⁵I suffer only because of my belief in them. ⁶They have no real effect on me at all. ⁷I am perfectly free of the effects of all laws save God’s. ⁸And His are the laws of freedom.

For specific forms in applying this idea, these would be useful:

²My perception of this shows me I believe in laws that do not exist.
³I see only the laws of God at work in this.
⁴Let me allow God’s laws to work in this, and not my own. (A Course in Miracles, W-88.3:1–4:4. See also ACIM Lesson 88 Insights.)

Because God is only Love, His laws are the laws of Love. Love is one and cannot be divided. There can be no differences in Love’s oneness. There can be no change in Love, for It remains as It is eternally.

This describes the universe in which our true Self lives, united with our Creator as Love. In this world, there seem to be myriad differences — different bodies, different beliefs, different thoughts. But this can only seem to be in a dream that excludes Love’s oneness.

Today we ask the Holy Spirit’s help to see past differences and recognize the presence of Love that keeps us eternally united with our Creator. We are forever free to be God’s Love, and nothing else.

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Letting Love Fill Our Mind

Be in my mind, my Father, through the day.

Be in my mind, my Father, when I wake, and shine on me throughout the day today. ²Let every minute be a time in which I dwell with You. ³And let me not forget my hourly thanksgiving that You have remained with me, and always will be there to hear my call to You and answer me. ⁴As evening comes, let all my thoughts be still of You and of Your Love. ⁵And let me sleep sure of my safety, certain of Your care, and happily aware I am Your Son.

This is as every day should be. ²Today, practice the end of fear. ³Have faith in Him Who is your Father. ⁴Trust all things to Him. ⁵Let Him reveal all things to you, and be you undismayed because you are His Son. (A Course in Miracles, W-232. See also ACIM Lesson 232 Insights.)

The ego is the idea of wanting to put God out of our mind. This can only seem to be done in dreams of separation. In Reality, our mind remains eternally one with His Mind. When we affirm that we want our Father to be in our mind, we are telling ourselves that we want to wake up from the lonely dream of separation.

As we accept that God is in our mind, fear is replaced by Love, chaos is replaced by peace and sadness is replaced by joy. Throughout today we remind ourselves that we want to remember that we remain one with our Father. We want to remember that we a one with all in Love.

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Accepting the Holy Spirit’s Lead

This day is God’s. It is my gift to Him.

I will not lead my life alone today. ²I do not understand the world, and so to try to lead my life alone must be but foolishness. ³But there is One Who knows all that is best for me. ⁴And He is glad to make no choices for me but the ones that lead to God. ⁵I give this day to Him, for I would not delay my coming home, and it is He Who knows the way to God.

And so we give today to You. ²We come with wholly open minds. ³We do not ask for anything that we may think we want. ⁴Give us what You would have received by us. ⁵You know all our desires and our wants. ⁶And You will give us everything we need in helping us to find the way to You. (A Course in Miracles, W-242. See also ACIM Lesson 242 Insights.)

The ego always wants to be in charge. It started with the request for special favor, which was a request that God change what He is to the ego’s liking. The ego continues to offer tempting wishes that God grant what favors specialness, but denies the Self we are as God’s Son.

In the dream of specialness, we do not understand the Reality of Love’s oneness. We need the help of the Holy Spirit to guide us to decide for the oneness of Love. Today we welcome the Holy Spirit’s lead in place of our individual wishes. We accept His lead which brings us back to the peace, joy and Love that is our birthright.

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Releasing the World from Our Misperceptions

The world is false perception. ²It is born of error, and it has not left its source. ³It will remain no longer than the thought that gave it birth is cherished. ⁴When the thought of separation has been changed to one of true forgiveness, will the world be seen in quite another light; and one which leads to truth, where all the world must disappear and all its errors vanish. ⁵Now its source has gone, and its effects are gone as well.

The world was made as an attack on God. ²It symbolizes fear. ³And what is fear except love’s absence? ⁴Thus the world was meant to be a place where God could enter not, and where His Son could be apart from Him.

As sight was made to lead away from truth, it can be redirected. ²Sounds become the call for God, and all perception can be given a new purpose by the One Whom God appointed Savior to the world. ³Follow His light, and see the world as He beholds it. ⁴Hear His Voice alone in all that speaks to you. ⁵And let Him give you peace and certainty….” (A Course in Miracles, W-pII.3.1:1–2:4;4:1-5)

The Voice for God is in our mind, ever ready to direct us to see what He sees in the world. He overlooks the denial of God’s Love. He sees only Love and calls for Love.

When we join with the Holy Spirit, He teaches us through true perception of the world, seen through forgiving eyes. Where calls for Love are recognized, He guides us to answer these calls with Love. As we let His answer be given through us, we learn of the Love we are. Under His guidance, perception of differences yields to recognition of our unity in Love.

Today we choose Love as our Guide, for we would release the world from our misperceptions and welcome the unity of Love as our Home.

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Dismantling the Veil of Love’s Denial

Judgment and love are opposites. From one come all the sorrows of the world. But from the other comes the peace of God Himself.

Forgiveness looks on sinlessness alone, and judges not. ²Through this I come to You. ³Judgment will bind my eyes and make me blind. ⁴Yet love, reflected in forgiveness here, reminds me You have given me a way to find Your peace again. ⁵I am redeemed when I elect to follow in this way. ⁶You have not left me comfortless. ⁷I have within me both the memory of You, and One Who leads me to it. ⁸Father, I would hear Your Voice and find Your peace today. ⁹For I would love my own Identity, and find in It the memory of You. (A Course in Miracles, W-352. See also ACIM Lesson 352 Insights.)

In the dream where Love is denied, Love’s Reality is unknown. The veil of denial we have erected in our mind hides Love from our perception. We dismantle this veil, which shows us only our projections, through our forgiveness. As we let go of the images we have made up, the Light of Love shines through the veil.

When forgiveness is complete, we see the last projection of a forgiven world which is replaced by the Light of our Father’s Love. This is our true Home. Today we welcome the Holy Spirit’s Voice to guide us to let go of our misperceptions and welcome the Love that unites us with all Creation. We are grateful for His help.

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Fulfilling Our Shared Mission

My eyes, my tongue, my hands, my feet today have but one purpose; to be given Christ to use to bless the world with miracles.

Father, I give all that is mine today to Christ, to use in any way that best will serve the purpose that I share with Him. ²Nothing is mine alone, for He and I have joined in purpose. ³Thus has learning come almost to its appointed end. ⁴A while I work with Him to serve His purpose. ⁵Then I lose myself in my Identity, and recognize that Christ is but my Self. (A Course in Miracles, W-353. See also ACIM Lesson 353 Insights.)

We have a joyous purpose to fulfill. It is to bring the loving message of Christ, our true Self, to the world. We do this by forgiving our mistaken beliefs that lead to perceptions of differences and conflict. We are united with our Creator in Love.

In the dream of separation, this Reality is denied. In this world it seems that conflict, attack, defense, loneliness and loss are a fact of ‘life.’ The message that we are united in Love leads to awakening to our true Life which is the eternal extension of Love.

Let us be messengers of Love today and join together in fulfilling our shared mission.

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How to Read References for
Quotes from A Course in Miracles

Below are example references to specific sentences using the notation of the Second & Third Editions of A Course in Miracles published by the Foundation for Inner Peace:

T-26.IV.4:7 = Text, Chapt. 26, Section IV, paragraph 4, sentence 7.

W-169.5:2 = Workbook, Lesson 169, paragraph 5, sentence 2.

W-pII.1.1:1 = Workbook, Part II, Question 1, paragraph 1, sentence 1.

M-13.3:2 = Manual for Teachers, Question 13, paragraph 3, sentence 2.

C-6.4:6 = Clarification of Terms, Term 6, paragraph 4, sentence 6
The above numbering system of the Second & Third Editions published by The Foundation for A Course in Miracles

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