My thoughts are images that I have made. Whatever I see reflects my thoughts. It is my thoughts that tell me where I am and what I am. The fact that I see a world in which there is suffering and loss and death shows me that I am seeing only the representation of my insane thoughts, and am not allowing my real thoughts to cast their beneficent light on what I see. Yet God’s way is sure. The images I have made cannot prevail against Him because it is not my will that they do so. My will is His, and I will place no other gods before Him. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 53, W-pI.53.5. See also ACIM Lesson 53 Insights.)
When we look at a house, a passing car or someone walking on the street, it doesn’t seem that these are images we have made. But the Course is teaching us that these are representations of the ego thought system. When we believe separation is real, we join the ego thought system. The part of our mind that holds this belief sees the images representing this belief. All the forms of the world are made by the ego thought system to convince us that separation is real.
Belief does not make reality, but it can make illusions seem real. The Course is teaching us to recognize that everything we see in the world is not real. It is the core message we need to accept if we would free ourselves from fear and guilt.
Guilt is always associated with what a body does. As long as we believe that the body is our identity, we will walk in fear and guilt. Yet we are identifying with an illusion and believing it is true is insanity.
As we are willing to let the Holy Spirit show us the truth beyond the images of insanity, we will learn that our true will is God’s Will. Since God’s Will is to be and extend only Love, our will is to be Love. As we accept What we are, we will overlook the insanity and bring Love to the world. That is our only function.
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