I loose the world from all I thought it was.
What keeps the world in chains but your beliefs? ²And what can save the world except your Self? ³Belief is powerful indeed. ⁴The thoughts you hold are mighty, and illusions are as strong in their effects as is the truth.
Yet is salvation easily achieved, for anyone is free to change his mind, and all his thoughts change with it. ²Now the source of thought has shifted, for to change your mind means you have changed the source of all ideas you think or ever thought or yet will think. ³You free the past from what you thought before. ⁴You free the future from all ancient thoughts of seeking what you do not want to find.
The present now remains the only time. ²Here in the present is the world set free. ³For as you let the past be lifted and release the future from your ancient fears, you find escape and give it to the world.
The world is nothing in itself. ²Your mind must give it meaning. ³And what you behold upon it are your wishes, acted out so you can look on them and think them real.
There is no world apart from what you wish, and herein lies your ultimate release. ²Change but your mind on what you want to see, and all the world must change accordingly. ³Ideas leave not their source. (A Course in Miracles, W-132.1:1-4;2:1–3:3;4:1-3;5:1-3. See also ACIM Lesson 132 Insights.)
The world we see is built on the foundation of a wish for specialness. Specialness only seems possible when differences are believed to be real. The oneness of Love leaves no room for differences. In Love’s oneness only Love is known, for only Love is real.
The mind healing the Course offers us is the shift from the wish for specialness to acceptance of our true Self, forever united in the Mind of God. Forgiveness is the means for release from our mistaken belief. This belief in separation stands as a barrier against the truth. By the grace of God, beliefs cannot change Reality. But they can hide It from our awareness.
Our only meaningful function in this world is to forgive our thoughts based on the wish for specialness. We call upon the Holy Spirit to help us release our mistaken beliefs, for we would be free to join in the oneness of Love.
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