The body is a fence the Son of God imagines he has built, to separate parts of his Self from other parts.
The body is a dream. ²Like other dreams it sometimes seems to picture happiness, but can quite suddenly revert to fear, where every dream is born. ³For only love creates in truth, and truth can never fear. ⁴Made to be fearful, must the body serve the purpose given it. ⁵But we can change the purpose that the body will obey by changing what we think that it is for.
The body is the means by which God’s Son returns to sanity. ²Though it was made to fence him into hell without escape, yet has the goal of Heaven been exchanged for the pursuit of hell. ³The Son of God extends his hand to reach his brother, and to help him walk along the road with him. ⁴Now is the body holy. ⁵Now it serves to heal the mind that it was made to kill.
⁴Love is your safety. ⁵Fear does not exist. ⁶Identify with love, and you are safe. ⁷Identify with love, and you are home. ⁸Identify with love, and find your Self. (A Course in Miracles, W-pII.5.1:1;3-4;5:4-8. See also ACIM Lesson 261 Insights.)
This is a time that is traditionally used to make resolutions, goals to which we aspire. It is important to know what Guide we are using to choose our goals. If we are seeking goals to find safety in the world of form, we are choosing the ego. Form is the mechanism the ego uses to make illusions seem real. But goals in the world leave us feeling unsatisfied when they are achieved.
The only meaningful purpose in the world is to awaken to the reality of Love, our only Identity. We have thoroughly convinced ourselves that the forms in the dream are real. So we need the Holy Spirit’s help to learn to let go of the ego’s substitutes for Love. As we clear away our mistaken identification with a separate identity, the Light of Love shines through in our dream. We feel the safety and certainty of Love’s strength in us. We also see It in our brothers and join with It.
When we practice bringing everything that disturbs our peace to the Holy Spirit to receive His vision, we see what seemed to be a threat as a plea for Love. Our belief that we can be threatened is our own call for Love.
We welcome the Holy Spirit’s gift of God’s Love and discover we are safe. God’s joy fills our heart. Today we resolve to choose the Holy Spirit as our Guide moment by moment, day by day. This is how we make the year loving, happy and peaceful.
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