What keeps the world in chains but your beliefs? And what can save the world except your Self? Belief is powerful indeed. The 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. Now the source of thought has shifted [to your Self], for to change your mind means you have changed the source of all ideas you think or ever thought or yet will think. You free the past from what you thought before. You free the future from all ancient thoughts of seeking what you do not want to find [ego’s goal].
The world is nothing in itself. Your mind must give it meaning. And what you behold upon [the world] are your wishes, acted out so you can look on [your wishes] and think them real.
There is no world apart from what you wish, and herein lies your ultimate release. Change but your mind on what you want to see, and all the world must change accordingly. Ideas leave not their source. (, A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 132, W-pI.132.1:1-4;2;4:1-3;5:1-3. See also ACIM Lesson 132 Insights.)
The world we see is a projection of the ego thought system. We have chosen to see this projection because we have accepted the ego as our identity. This acceptance makes the projected world seem real.
Because the world is projected, it does not seem it is coming from the part of our mind that identifies with the ego. The source of what we see does not seem to be our own mind. All this comes from the wish to be a unique and special identity. Since separation (specialness) could never be real, the projected world we see is not real and does not exist in truth.
There is another Identity that remains united with Its Source. This Identity is our true Self. When we choose to accept this Self as our Identity, the past disappears and takes concern for the future with it. Our Self exists in the timelessness of changeless Love. Nothing else is real.
Realigning our allegiance from the ego to the Self created by God looses the world from the thoughts that made it. Our true Self’s thoughts are of the oneness of Love. We are free from all limitation. We remember Heaven.
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