It is impossible not to believe what you see, but it is equally impossible to see what you do not believe. ²Perceptions are built up on the basis of experience, and experience leads to beliefs. ³It is not until beliefs are fixed that perceptions stabilize. ⁴In effect, then, what you believe you do see. ⁵That is what I meant when I said, “Blessed are ye who have not seen and still believe,” for those who believe in the resurrection will see it. ⁶The resurrection is the complete triumph of Christ over the ego, not by attack but by transcendence. ⁷For Christ does rise above the ego and all its works, and ascends to the Father and His Kingdom.
⁹Let the Christ in you interpret for you, and do not try to limit what you see by narrow little beliefs that are unworthy of God’s Son. ¹⁰For until Christ comes into His Own, the Son of God will see himself as Fatherless.
I am your resurrection and your life. ²You live in me because you live in God. ³And everyone lives in you, as you live in everyone. ⁴Can you, then, perceive unworthiness in a brother and not perceive it in yourself? ⁵And can you perceive it in yourself and not perceive it in God? ⁶Believe in the resurrection because it has been accomplished, and it has been accomplished in you. ⁷This is as true now as it will ever be, for the resurrection is the Will of God, which knows no time and no exceptions. ⁸But make no exceptions yourself, or you will not perceive what has been accomplished for you. (A Course in Miracles, T-11.VI.1;3:9–4:8. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)
Today I had an experience which demonstrated that we see what we believe. I was looking for a box to pack a piece of office equipment in preparation to move our office. I believed the box was white with black type on it. I went to the storeroom where I believed the box was. I looked throughout the room and did not see the box, yet I remembered seeing it there recently. I walked away wondering how I could have missed it. I paused and was inspired to go back and look again. There was the box in plain sight. But the box was a brown with black type, not white as I believed it was.
This is an example of what Jesus is asking us to do. We need to let the Christ in our mind help us look beyond our beliefs to the truth of our unity with our Creator and all His Creations. We need to give the Christ priority as the Interpreter of what we perceive. This is the key to undoing our mistaken beliefs to reveal the eternal truth of our oneness in the Universe of Love.
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