Mary:
As I continue with my practice of awakening from this world, I see that I am presented with many opportunities every day. An example of this showed up yesterday, when we went to the grocery store. As we stood in line, the checkout clerk was upset and rolling her eyes at the person in front of us. The young woman had taken the box of chicken out of the bag to have a piece and put the empty bag with the price on it on the counter to be scanned. The clerk said sharply, “What am I to do with this?” as she lifted up the empty bag. The clerk looked at us as if to say, “See what I have to put up with?”
As I witnessed this scene, inside I asked my inner Teacher for help. What I received back was that this clerk was in a painful state of mind and was therefore projecting onto what she saw as outside of her. The Holy Spirit showed me that this was an opportunity to see the Christ in her instead of focusing on the image of an angry clerk.
Our reading this morning in A Course in Miracles focused on reinforcing what my real job always is in every situation: “By focusing upon the good in him, the body grows decreasingly persistent in your sight, and will at length be seen as little more than just a shadow circling round the good. And this will be your concept of yourself, when you have reached the world beyond the sight your eyes alone can offer you to see. For you will not interpret what you see without the Aid That God has given you. And in His sight there is another world.” (ACIM T-31.VII.3:3-6)
These four sentences encapsulate what my job always is. This is how I wake up from the dream. This is forgiveness. Nothing else really matters. Today I am given another opportunity to let my mind be transformed by the Holy Spirit.
Robert:
The quote above is talking about not taking the world seriously. As the body and the images of the world become less persistent, become less “real,” it is easier to laugh at the insane imaginings of the ego thought system. In truth there is nothing worthy of disturbing the peace given me by God.
Today I will practice seeing through Christ’s vision, which will always show me the good, the Love, beyond the image. With the Holy Spirit’s help, I will use His “illusions filter” that will make illusions less dense and threatening so that I can see past them to the reality of Love. This is my job today.
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