It would indeed be strange if you were asked to go beyond all symbols of the world, forgetting them forever; yet were asked to take a teaching function. You have need to use the symbols of the world a while. But be you not deceived by them as well. They do not stand for anything at all, and in your practicing it is this thought that will release you from them. They become but means by which you can communicate in ways the world can understand, but which you recognize is not the unity where true communication can be found.
Thus what you need are intervals each day in which the learning of the world becomes a transitory phase; a prison house from which you go into the sunlight and forget the darkness. Here you understand the Word, the Name which God has given you; the one Identity which all things share; the one acknowledgment of what is true. And then step back to darkness, not because you think it real, but only to proclaim its unreality in terms which still have meaning in the world that darkness rules. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 184, W-pI.184.9-10. See also ACIM Lesson 184 Insights.)
Every day presents an opportunity to recognize the unreality of the world we see. To do this we need to practice stepping back from the darkness of the world into the Light of Love in our mind. This is the Light the Holy Spirit brings to our vision. In this Light we experience the Reality of the oneness of Love.
We are so accustomed to functioning in the world of symbols that we easily get lost in the chaos, forgetting that all the images are only symbols with no meaning of their own. We have only made up meanings for these images in an attempt to make them seem real. But as we practice bringing the Holy Spirit’s Light with us into the world, we become the Holy Spirit’s messengers.
By our practice we teach what we need to learn. The symbols become means to teach that only Love is real. Each time we welcome the Holy Spirit’s Light to give us a reality check, we become part of the Holy Spirit’s mission to bring healing to the world.
Today we would let Love Light our way.
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