Do not seek vision through your eyes, for you made your way of seeing that you might see in darkness, and in this you are deceived. Beyond this darkness, and yet still within you, is the vision of Christ, Who looks on all in light. Your “vision” comes from fear, as His from love. And He sees for you, as your witness to the real world. He is the Holy Spirit’s manifestation, looking always on the real world, and calling forth its witnesses and drawing them to you. He loves what He sees within you, and He would extend it. And He will not return unto the Father until He has extended your perception even unto Him. And there perception is no more, for He has returned you to the Father with Him.
The Holy Spirit is the light in which Christ stands revealed. And all who would behold Him can see Him, for they have asked for light. Nor will they see Him alone, for He is no more alone than they are. (A Course in Miracles T-13.V.9;11:1-3)
One of the most emphasized ideas in the Course is that we are not a body. It makes sense then that to think we can see with the body’s eyes would be a self-deception, since the body is not what we are. To see truly, our seeing must be based on What we are. This is Christ’s vision, which sees as the Holy Spirit sees us. As we practice accepting Christ’s vision in our minds, we see our brother as wholly innocent, wholly loving, and at one with us. What we see with Christ’s vision in our brother shows us What we are.
Forgiveness is letting go of false images. To do this we need to accept Holy Spirit’s help to strengthen our true vision, which uses the Light of Love to see truly, instead of relying on the empty images the body’s eyes show us. Today we practice frequently opening our minds to the Holy Spirit’s Light and joining with Him to see our brother’s truly and learn to recognize the Self we share. Here is peace. Here is Love. Here is joy.
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