How thoroughly insane is the idea that [the way] to defend from fear is to attack! For here is fear begot and fed with blood, to make it grow and swell and rage. And thus is fear protected, not escaped. Today we learn a lesson which can save you more delay and needless misery than you can possibly imagine. It is this:
You make what you defend against, and by your own defense against it is it real [to you] and inescapable. Lay down your arms, and only then do you perceive [what you defend against as] false.
…love would ask you lay down all defense as merely foolish. And your arms indeed would crumble into dust. For such they are.
Father, we are like You. No cruelty abides in us, for there is none in You. Your peace is ours. And we bless the world with what we have received from You alone. We choose again, and make our choice for all our brothers, knowing they are one with us. We bring them Your salvation as we have received it now. And we give thanks for them who render us complete. In them we see Your glory, and in them we find our peace. Holy are we because Your Holiness has set us free. And we give thanks. Amen. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 170, W-pI.170.2;5:4-6;13. See also ACIM Lesson 170 Insights.)
The ego thought system is alien to the oneness of Love that is our true Self. Because only Love is real, the ego cannot be real. But if we give our allegiance to the ego, Love becomes an enemy, something that must be protected from to maintain ego’s seeming existence.
The ego’s world is the stage upon which this conflict is acted out. Its seeming existence depends solely on our allegiance to it. We worship the ego as if it were our “creator,” which it believes it is. But what the ego made is not real. It is merely a false image, an idol made to substitute for God’s Creation.
This idol hides God’s Creation, but does not obliterate it. The truth of What we are is unaffected by our illusions. In every instant we can choose again. We can withdraw our allegiance from the ego and accept the Love we have always been. Every time we forgive a perceived offense, we lay down our armature and accept the presence of Love in our brothers and our Self. Our peace and happiness grows.
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