My holy brother, think of this awhile: The world you see does nothing. ²It has no effects at all. ³It merely represents your thoughts. ⁴And it will change entirely as you elect to change your mind, and choose the joy of God as what you really want. ⁵Your Self is radiant in this holy joy, unchanged, unchanging and unchangeable, forever and forever. ⁶And would you deny a little corner of your mind its own inheritance, and keep it as a hospital for pain; a sickly place where living things must come at last to die?
Pain is illusion; joy, reality. ⁵Pain is but sleep; joy is awakening. ⁶Pain is deception; joy alone is truth.
And so again we make the only choice that ever can be made; we choose between illusions and the truth, or pain and joy, or hell and Heaven. ²Let our gratitude unto our Teacher fill our hearts, as we are free to choose our joy instead of pain, our holiness in place of sin, the peace of God instead of conflict, and the light of Heaven for the darkness of the world. (A Course in Miracles, W-190.6;10:4–11:2. See also ACIM Lesson 190 Insights.)
We have a choice, today and every day while we believe we are a body in a world of separation. We are always free to change our mind about what we want.
With the help of the Holy Spirit, we can learn to recognize the thoughts that interfere with our awareness of joy. His role is to help us heal or forgive those mistaken thoughts. As we let them go, the joy of Love dawns upon our mind. The truth replaces illusions. We remember we live in joy. Peace and happiness are our natural state as God’s Son.
We choose to accept the Holy Spirit’s help to free ourselves from the false idea that we are separate. We are grateful that we remain in the oneness of God’s Love.
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