The real world is a state in which the mind has learned how easily do idols go when they are still perceived but wanted not. How willingly the mind can let them go when it has understood that idols are nothing and nowhere, and are purposeless. For only then can guilt and sin be seen without a purpose, and as meaningless. (A Course in Miracles, T-30.V.5:2-4. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)
An idol is a false image, a dream of separation and differences. It is the opposite of the oneness of Love. Dreams can only offer substitutes for reality, but never Reality Itself. Substitutes will never make us truly happy and can never be eternal. What is not eternal is not real.
We have deceived ourselves into thinking that forms in the world have value. Yet looked at honestly, nothing in the world has brought us lasting happiness. As we recognize this, we see that the images of the world have no real value to us. Perceiving no value in them, we easily let go of false images.
Today we ask the Holy Spirit to help us recognize the valueless for what it is so we can lay it down. Thus do we make way for the happy dream that forgiveness brings. As we follow the Holy Spirit’s lead, we can be truly helpful in the awakening from the dream of separation.
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