You have so little faith in yourself because you are unwilling to accept the fact that perfect love is in you. ²And so you seek without for what you cannot find without. ³I offer you my perfect faith in you, in place of all your doubts. ⁴But forget not that my faith must be as perfect in all your brothers as it is in you, or it would be a limited gift to you. ⁵In the holy instant we share our faith in God’s Son because we recognize, together, that he is wholly worthy of it, and in our appreciation of his worth we cannot doubt his holiness. ⁶And so we love him.
³In the holy instant you recognize the idea of love in you, and unite this idea with the Mind that thought it, and could not relinquish it. ⁴By holding it within itself, there _is_ no loss. ⁵The holy instant thus becomes a lesson in how to hold all of your brothers in your mind, experiencing not loss but completion. ⁶From this it follows you can only give. ⁷And this is love, for this alone is natural under the laws of God.
¹⁰For in the holy instant you will recognize the only need the Sons of God share equally, and by this recognition you will join with me in offering what [Love] is needed. (A Course in Miracles, T-15.VI.2;5:3-7;6:10. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)
To know our true Self, we must must recognize the true Self in our brothers. This Self is one and the same. This Self is the extension of God’s Love, His Son. It has no form, but it is the Mind we share with our Creator.
While we identify with a body, we need to learn to disregard what the body sees and experiences; it is all part of the illusion of separation. But we can allow ourselves moments of clarity in our mind which the Course calls the holy instant. In this instant we see past all the forms to the reality of Love.
The Holy Spirit was given us to help us learn to welcome the holy instant through forgiveness. As we forgive the appearances in the world that seem to make us separate, we let the Light of Love dawn upon our mind. We see the Love in our brother and overlook the appearance of bodies and what they seem to do. They are recognized as meaningless.
As we let illusions go, the radiant Love that joins us with our brothers fills our mind. We find peace and joy in our unity. This is the only gift we need to give. It is a gift we receive as we give.
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