…the miracle… means that you have understood that dreams are dreams; and that escape depends, not on the dream, but only on awaking.
…never is [fear] absent from the dream, for fear is the material of dreams, from which they all are made.
When you are angry, is it not because someone has failed to fill the function you allotted him? …each [dream] represents some function that you have assigned; some goal which an event, or body, or a thing should represent, and should achieve for you. If it succeeds you think you like the dream. If it should fail you think the dream is sad. But whether it succeeds or fails is not its core, but just the flimsy covering [of fear].
How happy would your dreams become if you were not the one who gave the “proper” role to every figure which the dream contains. …The core of dreams the Holy Spirit gives is never one of fear. The coverings [forms] may not appear to change, but what they mean has changed because they cover something else. Perceptions are determined by their purpose, in that they seem to be what they are for. A shadow figure who attacks becomes a brother giving you a chance to help, if this becomes the function of the dream. And dreams of sadness thus are turned to joy. (T-29.IV.1:3;2:5;4:1,8-11;5:1,3-6)
As long as we identify with the ego, we are engaged in a dream of fear. The ego offers no way out of this dream. But the Holy Spirit can help us awaken by offering an alternative dream with Love as its purpose instead of fear.
To welcome the Holy Spirit’s Guidance, we must question the ego’s purpose and be willing to consider an alternative. This is why the Course begins the lessons with helping us to recognize we do not know what anything means in the dream. This questioning opens our minds to accept the Holy Spirit’s loving alternative interpretations.
Now we are willing to step back and let the Holy Spirit lead the way. He will help us forgive our fear-based dreams, let them go and see each moment as an opportunity to join in Love instead of recoil in fear. It becomes an opportunity to accept the Holy Spirit’s happy, loving dream. When the dream becomes wholly for the purpose of extending Love, our mind has been purified. We have accepted our Self as our Identity, united with all in God’s Love.
Today we remember that we really want to be the Love we are, unified with every brother in God.
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