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Receiving Holy Spirit’s Light in This Present Moment

Father, we were mistaken in the past, and choose to use the present to be free. Now do we leave the future in Your Hands, leaving behind our past mistakes, and sure that You will keep Your present promises, and guide the future in their holy light. (A Course in Miracles W-pII.314.2)

The way I receive the Light in the present moment is to leave a clean an open space for Holy Spirit’s Light of truth to enter. Receiving the truth takes my willingness to receive it. This willingness requires me to soften my hold on ego thoughts and relax deeply enough to receive Holy Spirit’s peace. Opening to peace is the same as putting the welcome mat out for Holy Spirit to shine away false perceptions.

Focusing on having an open mind to Holy Spirit’s true perception is all I want today. And what I really want in my heart of hearts is what I will receive. For this I give thanks.

Nothing in the present can disturb my peace because only Love is now. Any disturbance comes from overlaying the present with “memories” of the past. All these memories are false perceptions based on the false idea that separation is real and judgment is possible.

Love sees only oneness and therefore cannot judge. This is why Love is revealed when judgment is let go, when the past is forgiven. The Holy Spirit was given us to teach us how to judge truly, which means to recognize what is real and what is not real. This is why my practice today is to hold my mind in peace, open to the Holy Spirit’s Light to reveal the truth in the present moment. With this practice, my peace will not be disturbed.

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Let the Light of God Shine Through

In going to an inner place of quiet, this is the message I received: Let your doing today be led by the Light That is your true Nature. Let opening to the Light be your top priority. Rest in the Light. Let all thoughts of doubt and uncertainty that come up be healed by the Light. Let this be your practice for today.

To let myself be led by the Light, my practice for today is to focus on the center of peace within.

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How Would Love See This?

In our reading in A Course in Miracles this morning, it was emphasized that I cannot see the truth in my brother if I see him as a body. Seeing him as a body always involves judgment. Yet the truth in me and everything is Love. And Love cannot judge.

My practice today is to ask this question of all things: How would Love see this? From the vision that comes in response to that question, all my doing in the world will be Love’s reflection. This is how I loose the world from all I thought it was and make way to accept Reality as It is.

Love is simple and uncomplicated. Love is filled with peace and a quiet inner joy. Love shows me the truth beyond all illusions of bodies. This truth is what is real now. My practice today is to be open to receiving and extending the truth.

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Letting the Holy Spirit Define Everything

I have been used to letting the past define what I see now, or drawing on lessons in the past to decide what to do now. I am now learning to let this go. I am now learning a new way to allow all the false ideas that I have believed in to be undone by the Holy Spirit.

The way this is done is for me to practice allowing the Holy Spirit to define everything. I have thought that I knew what things mean, but now I am learning that these meanings were based on false premises. These false premises must be undone by my inner Teacher, the Holy Spirit. My job is to relax, allow Holy Spirit’s peace and follow Holy Spirit’s lead with every circumstance that comes up in my dream “life.”

Stepping back and allowing my mind to be transformed with every situation is my pathway Home. Only the Holy Spirit can undo the ego belief system. As I can consistently remember that I know nothing, it becomes easier to let go of control and accept the Light of true understanding, which comes from the Holy Spirit. As I am consistently willing to accept Holy Spirit’s healing perception, I will feel the peace, Love and happiness that comes with it.

By believing in the ego thought system, I have hypnotized myself into interpreting everything based on this thought system. To break free of this self-hypnosis, I need help from outside this thought system to break the hypnotic trance. The Holy Spirit is ever present in my mind to help me interrupt the trance. But I must be willing to open to the Holy Spirit’s help.

I do this by returning to the state of peace in my mind, which is where I can be aware of the Holy Spirit’s loving lessons. Today is another day to practice giving my attention to the quiet peace within instead of the chaos and conflict of the ego thought system. This is how I open my mind to accept the Holy Spirit’s definition of everything.

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Accepting the Miracle of True Perception

Father, let me remember You are here, and I am not alone. Surrounding me is everlasting Love. I have no cause for anything except the perfect peace and joy I share with You. What need have I for anger or for fear? Surrounding me is perfect safety. Can I be afraid, when Your eternal promise goes with me? Surrounding me is perfect sinlessness. What can I fear, when You created me in holiness as perfect as Your Own? (A Course in Miracles W-pII.348.1)

The key to happiness is accepting that my true will is the same as God’s Will. His Will for me is perfect happiness. Forgiveness is the way I accept God’s Will for me. It is how I let go of beliefs that reflect the idea that it is possible to be separate from God and His Will.

Fortunately, I do not have to forgive through my own effort. I am not on my own. I am not alone. I am always in God’s Presence and His Voice is ever present, ready to judge truly on my behalf.

I forgive by letting Holy Spirit judge on my behalf. This is how I learn that I retain the innocence of Love, along with everyone. This is how I recognize God’s Will is my will. This is how I accept the happiness that is God’s Will for me.

Today my practice is to remember that we are not alone. Everyone is one with God. This is the truth. I would remember God’s Presence in everyone today and accept the miracle of true perception.

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Receive the Vision of Christ

Today my practice is to see with the vision of Christ. This is my prayer: Help me to remember the peace that is Your gift, my Father. Help me to remember the Love You created me to be. Help me to see with Your Light, which reveals Christ’s vision to me. I thank You for Your gifts.

To receive Christ’s vision I must be willing to let go of belief in separate bodies. I must be willing to let go of what I think I know. I must be willing to let go and receive the peace that replaces all the stories with the truth. I must be willing to place the future in the Hands of God. I must be willing to choose peace and follow Holy Spirit’s lead. This is how I receive the vision of Christ.

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Let the Light of God Within Shine Forth

The peace of God is shining in you now, and in all living things. In quietness is it acknowledged universally. For what your inward vision looks upon is your perception of the universe.

Sit quietly and close your eyes. The light within you is sufficient. It alone has power to give the gift of sight to you. Exclude the outer world, and let your thoughts fly to the peace within. They know the way. For honest thoughts, untainted by the dream of worldly things outside yourself, become the holy messengers of God Himself. (A Course in Miracles W-pI.188.5:5-7;6:1-6)

My practice for today is to consistently open my mind to receive God’s peace. When I allow myself to accept peace, what seems complicated becomes simple. God’s peace and Love go together and help me see the world anew. What is important is to be receptive to God’s peace consistently. This is a very important practice for today.

A metaphor that helps me understand how it works to use the Light of God for all my seeing is to remember what it’s like to see a movie on a screen. Images are projected on a screen and reflected back to me in a darkened room. I can only see these images in the dark. If the lights are turned on (a.k.a. letting the Light of God in me shine forth) the projected images on the screen fade away and the Light of God shining from me is reflected back.

My practice today is to let God’s Light in me shine forth in peace so that I may see this Light reflected back to me in all my seeing. This is how I will recognize this same Light everywhere I look.

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