I am the light of the world.
²How holy am I, who have been given the function of lighting up the world! ³Let me be still before my holiness. ⁴In its calm light let all my conflicts disappear. ⁵In its peace let me remember Who I am.
Forgiveness is my function as the light of the world.
²It is through accepting my function that I will see the light in me. ³And in this light will my function stand clear and perfectly unambiguous before my sight. ⁴My acceptance does not depend on my recognizing what my function is, for I do not yet understand forgiveness. ⁵Yet I will trust that, in the light, I will see [my function] as it is. (A Course in Miracles, W-81.1;3. See also ACIM Lesson 81 Insights.)
The Light of Love is in everyone and everywhere. While we believe separation is real, we cannot see this Light. We have taught ourselves to trust what the body’s eyes show us. But the ego made them unable to see Love’s Light because it denies Love.
Denial has no effect on the reality of Love and the Light it radiates without limit. We become the Light of the world when we forgive our wish to be separate and special. We cannot ask the ego to teach us how to forgive. The ego knows forgiveness would dispel it.
But we have a Teacher we can trust to show us how to forgive, to see past the images of the dream. With His help we become aware of Love’s presence. As we welcome Love, It guides our thoughts and deeds. We become a Light in the world where the Light has been denied.
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