⁷What is unalterable cannot change. ⁸And what is wholly sinless cannot sin.
Such is the simple truth. ²It does not make appeal to might nor triumph. ³It does not command obedience, nor seek to prove how pitiful and futile your attempts to plan defenses that would alter it. ⁴Truth merely wants to give you happiness, for such its purpose is. ⁵…what God wills for you must be received.
It is this fact that demonstrates that time is an illusion. ²For time lets you think what God has given you is not the truth right now, as it must be. ³The Thoughts of God are quite apart from time. ⁴For time is but another meaningless defense you made against the truth. ⁵Yet what He wills is here, and you remain as He created you.
Truth has a power far beyond defense, for no illusions can remain where truth has been allowed to enter. ²And it comes to any mind that would lay down its arms, and cease to play with folly. ³It is found at any time; today, if you will choose to practice giving welcome to the truth.
This is our aim today. …⁵We introduce it with a healing prayer, to help us rise above defensiveness, and let truth be as it has always been:
⁶Sickness is a defense against the truth. ⁷I will accept the truth of what I am, and let my mind be wholly healed today.
Healing will flash across your open mind, as peace and truth arise to take the place of war and vain imaginings. (A Course in Miracles, W-136.11:7–15:1,5–16:1. See also ACIM Lesson 136 Insights.)
The ego is in a constant battle against the truth. It seeks to dominate our attention. It has no strength of its own and depends solely on our belief in it for its seeming strength. It presents appearances that portray vulnerability to make defense against the truth seem to be necessary for our survival. But this is not for our survival, only for the ego’s.
The Holy Spirit does not participate in the ego’s battle. It knows the ego is nothing but a mistaken belief that can be corrected. When we accept the Holy Spirit’s help to see past the ego’s defenses, our minds are healed. Like water melted the wicked witch, the Light of Love dispels the ego’s thoughts that deny God’s Love.
As we are willing to accept the Holy Spirit’s lessons in Love, we learn of our real strength. The ego fades away and we remember the peace and Love of God that is our Reality.
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