When you are still an instant, when the world recedes from you, when valueless ideas cease to have value in your restless mind, then will you hear His Voice.
Take time today to lay aside your shield which profits nothing, and lay down the spear and sword you raised against an enemy without existence. Christ has called you friend and brother. He has even come to ask your help in letting Him go home today, completed and completely. [Christ] has come as does a little child, who must beseech his father for protection and for love. He rules the universe, and yet He asks unceasingly that you return with Him, and take illusions as your gods no more.
You have not lost your innocence. It is for this you yearn. This is your heart’s desire. This is the voice you hear, and this the call which cannot be denied. The holy Child remains with you. His home is yours. Today He gives you His defenselessness, and you accept it in exchange for all the toys of battle you have made. And now the way is open, and the journey has an end in sight at last. Be still an instant and go home with Him, and be at peace a while.” (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 182, W-pI.182.8:1;11-12. See also ACIM Lesson 182 Insights.)
Our true Self is innocent. This is a fact guaranteed by God because our true Self remains eternally united with Him. It is only our belief that we have separated from God that makes it seem as though we have lost our innocence. This belief causes us to wander in a wilderness of guilt and fear where Love cannot be found. This is not our natural state; it is not our Home.
Yet the innocence of our true Self calls to us to return Home. This call often goes unheard, blotted out by the noise of the world of conflict, differences and lack of Love. This is why it is important to take time daily to step back from this world into the stillness within. We value the Love we are. It is our Source of peace and happiness. In this place we remember our Home. We remember our eternal unity in Love.
Today we practice pausing to still our mind and welcome the Love of our true Self.
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