My body is a wholly neutral thing.
I am a Son of God. ²And can I be another thing as well? ³Did God create the mortal and corruptible? ⁴What use has God’s beloved Son for what must die? ⁵And yet a neutral thing does not see death, for thoughts of fear are not invested there, nor is a mockery of love bestowed upon it. ⁶Its neutrality protects it while it has a use. ⁷And afterwards, without a purpose, it is laid aside. ⁸It is not sick nor old nor hurt. ⁹It is but functionless, unneeded and cast off. ¹⁰Let me not see it more than this today; of service for a while and fit to serve, to keep its usefulness while it can serve, and then to be replaced for greater good.
My body, Father, cannot be Your Son. ²And what is not created cannot be sinful nor sinless; neither good nor bad. ³Let me, then, use this dream to help Your plan that we awaken from all dreams we made. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 294, W-294. See also ACIM Lesson 294 Insights.)
In the world we are so identified with the body as our identity that its difficult to conceive of an existence without a body as real. The thought of separation (ego) made the body as a barrier to prevent our awareness of our Self, the Son of God. We cannot have the specialness separation offers and be awake in the oneness of God’s Love.
The idea of cutting loose from the body as our identity terrifies the ego because it would mean its end. It does not want us to know that it would really mean our awakening to our true Identity which has existed unchanged since before time began. We will remember that we remain as God created us.
The Holy Spirit has a different use for the body. Instead of using it as a barrier against the awareness of Love’s presence, He uses the body as a teaching aid to help us learn where our true Identity lies. Every encounter we perceive with the body is a teaching opportunity for the Holy Spirit to help us see beyond what the body can perceive. Each time we accept His help we take another step on the path to enlightenment, the path to our existence as Love.
The choice to accept the Holy Spirit’s help is the choice to be happy. It is the choice to know of our safety and peace, eternally protected by the power of God. Our true Identity is as invincible as God, for God has shared all of Himself with His Creation. Today we choose the Holy Spirit’s purpose for the body with willingness to accept His help throughout the day.
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