Robert:
Waking up seems hard to do only because I have so diligently buried the guilt and fear that come with believing I am separate and alone. The ego would have me believe that I must figure out how to wake up; I must analyze and dissect my thoughts and feelings ad infinitum. This is an ego trick to keep me within the closed loop of ego thinking.
The ego is incapable of finding its way out of its self-created box. This is why forgiveness is not my job. Willingness to accept forgiveness is my job. This means I must be willing to offer all my thoughts, all my interpretations in every moment to the Holy Spirit with an open mind, willing to receive His interpretation.
It is the Holy Spirit’s function to judge, not mine. The Holy Spirit’s judgment is very simple: It’s either real or not real. When my mind is open, the Holy Spirit can teach me what is unreal. What I recognize as unreal I will automatically let go, without effort. I do not need to know all the unconscious “memories” I am carrying with me. They will fade away as I practice letting Holy Spirit be my interpreter in every moment. The Holy Spirit knows the past is gone and therefore meaningless. As I let the Holy Spirit interpret for me, I will learn the past is gone and can have no effect in the present.
Today I will practice again keeping my mind open to the Holy Spirit’s interpretation in every moment.
Mary:
The following prayer from Lesson 291 shows me how I can be truly helpful in this dream to help Holy Spirit’s plan of awakening to the truth:
This day my mind is quiet, to receive the Thoughts You offer me. And I accept what comes from You, instead of from myself. I do not know the way to You. But You are wholly certain. Father, guide Your Son along the quiet path that leads to You. Let my forgiveness be complete, and let the memory of You return to me. (A Course in Miracles, W-pII.291.2
What is coming to me again and again in many different ways is that there is no ‘outside world.’ There is no ‘past’ nor ‘future.’ There is only Love right now, which is eternal. The thoughts that come from the ego mind are just junk thoughts. I do not need to hold on to them and believe in them. My job now is simply to hand them over as they come up and let them be cleaned away by the Holy Spirit. By letting my mind be cleaned of false ideas, the way is made to receive Holy Spirit’s clear direction, Holy Spirit’s peace and happiness.
Today is another day of letting my mind be cleaned. A picture comes into my mind of Mr. Clean being the Holy Spirit. I ask Mr. Clean to wash away every thought that comes up that is not Love. And He smiles happily at my request because He is perfectly equipped for the task.
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