You do not want to suffer. You may think it buys you something, and may still believe a little that it buys you what you want. Yet this belief is surely shaken now, at least enough to let you question it, and to suspect it really makes no sense. It has not gone as yet, but lacks the roots that once secured it tightly to the dark and hidden secret places of your mind.
Today we try to loose its weakened hold still further, and to realize that pain is purposeless, without a cause and with no power to accomplish anything. It cannot purchase anything at all. It offers nothing, and does not exist. And everything you think it offers you is lacking in existence, like itself. You have been slave to nothing. Be you free today to join the happy Will of God.
I share God’s Will for happiness for me, and
I accept it as my function now.Pause frequently today, to tell yourself that you have now accepted happiness as your one function. And be sure that you are joining with God’s Will in doing this. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 102, W-pI.102.1-2;4:2;5:3-4. See also ACIM Lesson 102 Insights.)
In this world mental, emotional or physical pain seems to be our constant companion. The Course is telling us that this is not God’s Will for us. His Will for us is happiness, because we share God’s attributes. He has given us everything He is.
If we are not happy, it must be that we are denying God’s Will for us. We deny God’s Will when we believe we are a separate identity in a world of separation. God knows that separation could never be real. But our belief makes it seem real to us.
Being separated from our Source of happiness automatically brings pain with it. But the oneness of God’s Love seems to be a threat to our identity as a separate individual. This makes God’s Will something to fear. The separate identity we believe we are is not true. It is not real and can only bring us emptiness, loneliness and a deep sense of loss. We need only accept God’s happiness as ours and all this will disappear. It is a small “price” to pay for happiness without measure and Love eternal. We only give up a false image and receive God’s limitless gift in its place.
Today we will remind ourselves often that God’s Will for us is the happiness that comes with accepting the oneness of God’s Love as our Identity.
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