³The only purpose worthy of your mind this world contains is that you pass it by…
Pause and be still a little while, and see how far you rise above the world, when you release your mind from chains and let it seek the level where it finds itself at home. ²[Your mind] will be grateful to be free a while. ³It knows where it belongs. ⁴But free its wings, and it will fly in sureness and in joy to join its holy purpose. ⁵Let it rest in its Creator, there to be restored to sanity, to freedom and to love.
…when your eyes are opened afterwards, you will not value anything you see as much as when you looked at it before. ³Your whole perspective on the world will shift by just a little, every time you let your mind escape its chains. ⁴The world is not where it belongs. ⁵And you belong where it would be, and where it goes to rest when you release it from the world. ⁶Your Guide is sure. ⁷Open your mind to Him. ⁸Be still and rest.
Protect your mind throughout the day as well. ²And when you think you see some value in an aspect or an image of the world, refuse to lay this chain upon your mind, but tell yourself with quiet certainty:
³This will not tempt me to delay myself.
⁴The world I see holds nothing that I want. (A Course in Miracles, W-128.2:3;6;7:2–8:4. See also ACIM Lesson 128 Insights.)
Every day in this world there are stories of disaster, deprivation and disease. Our only purpose in the world is to not fall for these stories. They are not real. They have no effect whatsoever on our true Self, which remains united with the Love of our Creator.
This Love is one and eternal. It never changes, cannot be lost, and flows freely through the universe without limit. This is our shared Identity.
We can train ourselves to pass by the stories of this world by reminding ourselves not to be tempted to believe them. As we accept the Love that is our Identity, we can observe the images of this world and let them pass by. We remain in peace in the oneness of the Love of our Creator.
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