There is no relationship between what is real and what you think is real. Nothing that you think are your real thoughts resemble your real thoughts in any respect. Nothing that you think you see bears any resemblance to what vision will show you.
You think with the Mind of God. Therefore you share your thoughts with Him, as He shares His with you. They are the same thoughts, because they are thought by the same Mind. To share is to make alike, or to make one. Nor do the thoughts you think with the Mind of God leave your mind, because thoughts do not leave their source. Therefore, your [real] thoughts are in the Mind of God, as you are. They are in your mind as well, where He is. As you are part of His Mind, so are your thoughts part of His Mind.
We will not let the thoughts of the world hold us back. We will not let the beliefs of the world tell us that what God would have us do is impossible. Instead, we will try to recognize that only what God would have us do is possible.
…tell yourself gently:
My real thoughts are in my mind. I would like to find them.
Then try to go past all the unreal thoughts that cover the truth in your mind, and reach to the eternal. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 45, W-pI.45.1:4-2:8;4:4-6;6:3-6. See also ACIM Lesson 45 Insights.)
If our real Thoughts are only the Thoughts we share with God, then our real Thoughts must be Thoughts of Love and nothing else. While we believe the world we see is real, we are unaware of the loving Thoughts we share with God.
Because of our true Self’s unbreakable unity with the Mind of Love, we are never without Love. Yet the world seems to be a place where Love is hard to find. Most of us are consciously or unconsciously seeking Love which cannot be found in the ego’s thought system. The ego’s dictates will always direct us to look where Love cannot be found. At best it offers temporary fixes with substitutes for Love that provide only fleeting satisfaction.
The loving Thoughts of our true Self remain with us. To find them, we need to pause and step back from the ego’s chatter. As we let peace come forward, we find the Thoughts of Love which guide us to be Love’s messengers in the world. We reflect Love in the world through kindness, helpfulness, appreciation and forgiveness. We see our brother’s through the inner vision of Love, which reminds us of our unity with the one Self of all our brothers in the Mind of God. Our experience of the world is transformed.
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