God is the light in which I see.
In order to see, you must recognize that light is within, not without. You do not see outside yourself, nor is the equipment for seeing outside you. An essential part of this equipment is the light that makes seeing possible. It is with you always, making vision possible in every circumstance.
…leave behind everything that you now believe, and all the thoughts that you have made up. Properly speaking, this is the release from hell.
If you can stand aside from the ego by ever so little, you will have no difficulty in recognizing that its opposition and its fears are meaningless.
…what is needful is a sense of the importance of what you are doing; its inestimable value to you, and an awareness that you are attempting something very holy. Salvation is your happiest accomplishment. It is also the only one that has any meaning, because it is the only one that has any real use to you at all.
And do not forget that [the thoughts of this world] cannot hold you to the world unless you give them the power to do so. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 44, W-pI.44.2;5:4-5;6:1;8;10:3. See also ACIM Lesson 44 Insights.)
The Course tells us that our experience as a body in the world is a dream that is not real. It only seems real within the dream because we believe the ego thought system that teaches separation is real. The Course is teaching us to withdraw our belief that the ego’s lies are true.
Believing a lie is true does not make it real, although it seems real because of our belief. This lesson teaches us to go deeply within our mind by passing by our mistaken beliefs. They can have no effect on our true Self, Which remains united with God. The practice of passing by mistaken beliefs and opening to the Light of Love within our mind is the most meaningful use of time in the world. It is a practice that saves us from the ego’s limitation to accept the limitless Love we were created to be as God’s Son.
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