You are the dreamer of the world of dreams. No other cause it has, nor ever will. Nothing more fearful than an idle dream has terrified God’s Son, and made him think that he has lost his innocence, denied his Father, and made war upon himself. So fearful is the dream, so seeming real, he could not waken to reality without the sweat of terror and a scream of mortal fear, unless a gentler dream preceded his awaking, and allowed his calmer mind to welcome, not to fear, the Voice that calls with love to waken him; a gentler dream, in which his suffering was healed and where his brother was his friend. God willed he waken gently and with joy, and gave him means to waken without fear.
Accept the dream He gave instead of yours. It is not difficult to change a dream when once the dreamer has been recognized. Rest in the Holy Spirit, and allow His gentle dreams to take the place of those you dreamed in terror and in fear of death. He brings forgiving dreams, in which the choice is not who is the murderer and who shall be the victim. In the dreams He brings there is no murder and there is no death. The dream of guilt is fading from your sight, although your eyes are closed. A smile has come to lighten up your sleeping face. The sleep is peaceful now, for these are happy dreams. (A Course in Miracles, T-27.VII.13-14. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)
God has given us the means to release ourselves from the experience of being a victim of a world of forces outside ourselves that can make us happy or sad, peaceful or fearful. This precious gift is the Holy Spirit in our mind, ever present and ready to show us a way to see the world differently. The Holy Spirit knows that only Love is real. Any other perception is just the result of believing in a false world of separation that could never be true.
We can open ourselves to the freedom of God’s Love by being willing to receive the Holy Spirit’s kind and gentle lessons that show us that the fearful and shameful things we see through the body’s eyes are only feverish dreams. The Holy Spirit will show us the Love beyond the fear, the innocence beyond the guilt. We need only be willing to take all our perceptions to the Holy Spirit with willingness to accept His help to see them differently. What He will show us will bring joy to our hearts and peace to our troubled minds. It’s worth the practice.
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