How thoroughly insane is the idea that to defend from fear is to attack! …
⁶You make what you defend against, and by your own defense against it is it real and inescapable. ⁷Lay down your arms, and only then do you perceive it false.
The choice you make today is certain. ²For you look for the last time upon this bit of carven stone [ego] you made, and call it god no longer. …⁶And you return to a new world, unburdened by its weight; beheld not in its sightless eyes, but in the vision that your choice restored to you.
Now do your eyes belong to Christ, and He looks through them. ²Now your voice belongs to God and echoes His. ³And now your heart remains at peace forever.
Father, we are like You. ²No cruelty abides in us, for there is none in You. ³Your peace is ours. ⁴And we bless the world with what we have received from You alone. ⁵We choose again, and make our choice for all our brothers, knowing they are one with us. ⁶We bring them Your salvation as we have received it now. ⁷And we give thanks for them who render us complete. ⁸In them we see Your glory, and in them we find our peace. ⁹Holy are we because Your Holiness has set us free. ¹⁰And we give thanks. ¹¹Amen. (A Course in Miracles, W-170.2:1,6-7;11:1-2,6;12:1-3;13. See also ACIM Lesson 170 Insights.)
In this world it seems that we must constantly protect ourselves. But what we protect is a false image of what we are. We are not a body or a personality. We are extensions of God’s Love with all His attributes.
Today we choose a path different from defense and attack. We choose to be conduits for God’s Love. As His Love extends through us, we see that it joins us with every brother. We are all one and the same Love. As we join in Love we find peace and happiness. We bring blessing to the world, and we are blessed.
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