Robert:
Today we read in the Text of A Course in Miracles that the memory of God comes to the quiet mind because there is no conflict in God. It is interesting to observe how many of my thoughts are based in conflict — conflicting ideas, conflicting motives, conflicting images, conflicting beliefs and more. Any perception of form is inherently a thought of conflict. All forms are distinguished by differences between them.
Love, being formless, is conflict free. What is one cannot conflict with itself. When I see with the eyes of Love, I see everyone as one with me and so there is no conflict. When I identify anyone with a body, including myself, conflict is inevitable. I am seeing the limitless, formless Son of God as limited to a body.
The Course tells us not to mistake the body for the Son of God. If I am not in peace, then I must be believing that conflict is possible, which means that I am believing in an illusion of the Son of God, not in the reality of Love’s oneness. So today is another day to practice monitoring my level of peace. When I observe any disturbance, it is time to step back and ask the Holy Spirit to help me see with Love’s vision. This is how I forgive the past and accept Love as my reality now.
Mary:
I am seeing that letting my mind quiet is the key to happiness. My mind quiets only when I am willing to step back from the ego’s constant perception of differences. Taking time out from focusing on what the body’s eyes see and joining with the Holy Spirit, I am once again returned to the peaceful awareness that only Love is real. I need a lot of practice because it still seems far to easy to get lost in the images of separate bodies with separate interests.
Because of this, I recognize that I need to monitor all through the day where my mind is. Have I joined with the ego or the Holy Spirit in this moment? When I see that I have joined with the ego, my job is not to blame myself or make myself guilty, but rather to hand these ego thoughts over to the Holy Spirit to be transformed by the Light into true perception. Because I need the constant practice, today is another opportunity to let my mind be healed and brought to the quietness and peace of the Holy Spirit. As I let my mind quiet, I am returned to a sense of well being and happiness. And I give thanks.
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