No evidence will convince you of the truth of what you do not want. Yet your relationship with [the Holy Spirit] is real. Regard this not with fear, but with rejoicing. The One you called upon is with you. Bid Him welcome, and honor the witnesses who bring you the glad tidings He has come. It is true, just as you fear, that to acknowledge Him is to deny all that you think you know. But what you think you know was never true. What gain is there to you in clinging to it, and denying the evidence for truth? For you have come too near to truth to renounce it now, and you will yield to its compelling attraction. You can delay this now, but only a little while. The Host of God has called to you, and you have heard. Never again will you be wholly willing not to listen.
This is a year of joy, in which your listening will increase and peace will grow with its increase. The power of holiness and the weakness of attack are both being brought into your awareness. And this has been accomplished in a mind firmly convinced that holiness is weakness and attack is power. Should not this be a sufficient miracle to teach you that your Teacher is not of you? But remember also that whenever you listened to His interpretation the results have brought you joy. Would you prefer the results of your interpretation, considering honestly what they have been? God wills you better. Could you not look with greater charity on whom God loves with perfect Love?” (A Course in Miracles, T-16.II.6-7. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)
Every interpretation made with the ego is guaranteed to reinforce fear and guilt, for it is an interpretation made without Love. Every interpretation made with the Holy Spirit is guaranteed to bring peace and joy, for it is an interpretation made with Love.
This should be enough to motivate us to interpret everything with the Holy Spirit. Yet most of us are still tempted daily to choose the ego’s interpretations. This is because we are still confused about what will bring us happiness and peace. We think if someone else behaved differently, if our circumstances were different, if we had more money or a special relationship we would be happy.
Clearly we need to be taught where true and eternal happiness and peace can be found. Each time we follow the Holy Spirit’s interpretation, we experience more joy and greater peace. This is how we learn the Holy Spirit’s lessons in forgiveness. The increased joy and peace we feel becomes motivation to pay more attention to the Holy Spirit and less to the ego. We are more inclined to lay aside the illusions of the ego and accept the reality of our true Self as Love. This is how we move from hell to Heaven, our Home in God.
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