All things are valuable or valueless, worthy or not of being sought at all, entirely desirable or not worth the slightest effort to obtain. ²Choosing is easy just because of this. ³Complexity is nothing but a screen of smoke, which hides the very simple fact that no decision can be difficult. ⁴What is the gain to you in learning this? ⁵It is far more than merely letting you make choices easily and without pain.
Heaven itself is reached with empty hands and open minds, which come with nothing to find everything and claim it as their own. ²We will attempt to reach this state today, with self-deception laid aside, and with an honest willingness to value but the truly valuable and the real. ³…begin with this:
I will not value what is valueless, and only what has value do I seek, for only that do I desire to find.
And then receive what waits for everyone who reaches, unencumbered, to the gate of Heaven, which swings open as he comes. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 133, W-133.12:1–14:1. See also ACIM Lesson 133 Insights.)
While we believe we are a body in a world of separation, we do not know how to distinguish what is valuable from what is valueless. The Course tells us to ask of everything, “What is this for?” This means ask the Holy Spirit, not the ego. It values only the valueless—illusions that depend upon separation for their seeming existence. The ego treasures illusions which are inherently valueless. Only the meaning the ego gives illusions seem to give them value.
The Holy Spirit’s assignment is to guide us to the truly valuable. Because only Love is real, only Love is truly valuable. Only Love brings us happiness, for that is an attribute of Love. The Love that is our true Self seeks only to join with Love to be complete. When we let the Holy Spirit guide all our choices, we will be led lovingly and gently to awaken to the Love we are.
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