Christ’s is the vision I will use today.
Each day, each hour, every instant, I am choosing what I want to look upon, the sounds I want to hear, the witnesses to what I want to be the truth for me. Today I choose to look upon what Christ would have me see, to listen to God’s Voice, and seek the Witnesses to what is true in God’s creation. In Christ’s sight, the world and God’s creation meet, and as they come together all perception disappears. His kindly sight redeems the world from death, for nothing that He looks on but must live, remembering the Father and the Son; Creator and creation unified.
Father, Christ’s vision is the way to You. What He beholds invites Your memory to be restored to me. And this I choose, to be what I would look upon today. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 271, W-pII.271. See also ACIM Lesson 271 Insights.)
It doesn’t seem that we choose to see danger, sickness, attack, fear and guilt in the world. No one in their right mind would knowingly choose this. But the ego has cleverly hidden this insane choice with an image we have come to believe is what we are—the body.
The body is an ego construct stemming from the ego’s dedication to separation from God. It is a substitute for the Self God created one with Himself. When we choose the body as our identity, the world we experience of pain, guilt and fear comes with that choice. The body was made to see only “proof” that separation is real. It was made specifically to make us unconscious to the presence of Spirit and Love’s oneness.
As long as we identify with the body, we block Christ’s vision which would show us the presence of Love everywhere. Christ’s vision does not see bodies nor forms. It sees only the Love It is reflected back to It. To make way for Christ’s vision to enter our conscious mind, we must be willing to question all our perceptions.
When we bring our perceptions to the Holy Spirit with an open mind, He offers us Christ’s vision. With this vision, the forms of the world are recognized as meaningless and ineffectual. Beyond them His vision shows us the Reality of Love. Each time we accept Christ’s vision, our peace of mind grows stronger. We are more joyous, for we are experiencing the presence of Love that never left us. Today we choose Christ’s vision as our Guide, for we want the joy of Heaven.
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