The ego is insane. ²In fear it stands beyond the Everywhere, apart from All, in separation from the Infinite. ³In its insanity it thinks it has become a victor over God Himself.
The Son of God is egoless. ²What can he know of madness and the death of God, when he abides in Him? ³What can he know of sorrow and of suffering, when he lives in eternal joy? ⁴What can he know of fear and punishment, of sin and guilt, of hatred and attack, when all there is surrounding him is everlasting peace, forever conflict-free and undisturbed, in deepest silence and tranquility?
To know reality [Love] is not to see the ego and its thoughts, its works, its acts, its laws and its beliefs, its dreams, its hopes, its plans for its salvation, and the cost belief in it entails.
Yet will one lily of forgiveness change the darkness into light; the altar to illusions to the shrine of Life Itself. ²And peace will be restored forever to the holy minds which God created as His Son, His dwelling place, His joy, His love, completely His, completely one with Him. (A Course in Miracles, W-pII.12.2:1-3;3;4:1;5. See also ACIM Lesson 331 Insights.)
The Course directs us to affirm repeatedly that we are not a body. It also tells us that the body is the ego’s chosen home. The fact that we are not a body tells us that we are also not the ego. If we believe the body is our identity, we believe we are the ego. The consequence of this belief is the experience of pain, suffering and death, none of which is real.
Our true Home is a place of joy and indescribable peace. Neither joy nor peace nor Love are identified by form. With the Holy Spirit’s help we learn to overlook the body as having any meaning of its own. With His vision, we see only Love. When we forgive our attachment to any form, we let the Light of Love into our awareness.
Today we practice seeing the Love in every brother. If there is an appearance of conflict, we let the Holy Spirit help us answer with Love. With this practice, we will awaken to the Love we are. We will awaken to our Home in peace and joy.
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