Projection makes perception. The world you see is what you gave it, nothing more than that. But though it is no more than that, it is not less. Therefore, to you it is important. It is the witness to your state of mind, the outside picture of an inward condition. As a man thinketh, so does he perceive. Therefore, seek not to change the world, but choose to change your mind about the world. Perception is a result and not a cause. And that is why order of difficulty in miracles is meaningless. Everything looked upon with vision is healed and holy. Nothing perceived without it means anything. And where there is no meaning, there is chaos.
The world you see but shows you how much joy you have allowed yourself to see in you, and to accept as yours. And, if this is its meaning, then the power to give it joy must lie within you. (A Course in Miracles, T-21.in.1;2:7-8. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)
The ego would like us to believe that the world we see is happening to us, that we have nothing to do with what we believe we are seeing. As long as we adhere to the ego’s , we seem to be trapped in the world of fear and guilt, victimhood and death. But there is another way of looking at the world.
Because everything we perceive is a reflection, it is a mirror of what we believe we are. Thus what we see is an opportunity to learn to distinguish between mistaken beliefs and the truth of Love if we let the Holy Spirit help us. We can see the world with true perception if we pay attention to Christ’s vision within our mind.
With Christ’s vision, the meaning of appearances within the world is transformed. Appearances of anger, attack, fear and guilt are transformed into calls for Love. With this transformation, the Love we are automatically answers with Love. The appearances of differences and separation diminish in their seeming importance as the call of Love to join with Love steps forth.
In every moment we choose between which world we want to perceive. When we choose to let the Holy Spirit guide our perceptions, we see a world with increasing happiness and peace. Today we call upon the Holy Spirit with willingness to accept His loving lessons.
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