In order to see, you must recognize that light is within, not without. ²You do not see outside yourself, nor is the equipment for seeing outside you. ³An essential part of this equipment is the light that makes seeing possible. ⁴It is with you always, making vision possible in every circumstance.
…leave behind everything that you now believe, and all the thoughts that you have made up. ⁵Properly speaking, this is the release from hell. ⁶Yet perceived through the ego’s eyes, it is loss of identity and a descent into hell.
If you can stand aside from the ego by ever so little, you will have no difficulty in recognizing that its opposition and its fears are meaningless.
…what is needful is a sense of the importance of what you are doing; its inestimable value to you, and an awareness that you are attempting something very holy. ²Salvation is your happiest accomplishment. ³It is also the only one that has any meaning, because it is the only one that has any real use to you at all.
²Try to think of light, formless and without limit, as you pass by the thoughts of this world. ³And do not forget that they cannot hold you to the world unless you give them the power to do so. (A Course in Miracles, W-44.2;5:4–6:1;8:1-3;10:2-3. See also ACIM Lesson 44 Insights.)
Here is a process that has the potential to return our awareness to the fact that we live in the Love of God. We have accepted a false idea that having an identity we can call our own will bring us happiness. But in truth, our experience has shown that it brought the opposite: fear, guilt, chaos, uncertainty and ultimately death.
This is the world the wish for specialness made up. Only illusions seem to die or suffer. But our true Self dwells in the heart of God, safe and whole.
Today we choose to let the Light of Love illuminate our perceptions. Its Light will reveal the unity we share with every brother in our oneness held in the Love of God.
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