Now are we one with Him Who is our Source.
What time but now can truth be recognized? The present is the only time there is. And so today, this instant, now, we come to look upon what is forever there; not in our sight, but in the eyes of Christ. He looks past time, and sees eternity as represented there. He hears the sounds the senseless, busy world engenders, yet He hears them faintly. For beyond them all He hears the song of Heaven, and the Voice for God more clear, more meaningful, more near.
…Christ gives you His sight and hears for you, and answers in your name the Call He hears!
Now is the balance righted, and the scale of judgment left to Him Who judges true. And in His judgment will a world unfold in perfect innocence before your eyes. Now will you see it with the eyes of Christ. Now is its transformation clear to you. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 164, W-pI.164.1;3:1;5:3-5. See also ACIM Lesson 164 Insights.)
The world seems to need our constant judgment to decide what is true or false, safe or dangerous, innocent or guilty. We believe this is necessary to protect ourselves. Yet this practice protects only the ego and the substitute identity we have accepted as our own. Only this false identity is vulnerable and needs constant protection to maintain its seeming existence. This habit denies Love and makes peace and lasting happiness impossible.
It is time to start a new practice. We can practice pausing frequently to remind ourselves that this world we perceive is not our reality. Then ask the Holy Spirit to show us Christ’s vision Which sees only the eternal present where our true Self abides. As we give this vision first place in our mind, the ego’s false images fade into the background.
With Christ’s vision, the Light of Love dispels the ego’s dark shadows. As we accept Christ’s true judgment more fully, Love fills our heart and we experience the blessing of seeing Love as the truth in every brother. The perception of guilt is replaced by the vision of innocence. The thought of harm is replaced by the recognition that harm to our true Self is impossible. Love, peace and joy are our predominant experience. Let us join together in the practice of welcoming Christ’s vision.
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