Forget not that the choice of sin [separation] or truth, helplessness or power, is the choice of whether to attack or heal. For healing comes of power, and attack of helplessness. Whom you attack you cannot want to heal. And whom you would have healed must be the one you chose to be protected from attack. And what is this decision but the choice whether to see him through the body’s eyes, or let him be revealed to you through [spiritual] vision? How this decision leads to its effects is not your problem. But what you want to see must be your choice. This is a course in cause and not effect.
…as you look on the effects of sin [separation] in any form, all you need do is simply ask yourself:
Is this what I would see? Do I want this?
Elusive happiness, or happiness in changing form that shifts with time and place, is an illusion that has no meaning. Happiness must be constant, because it is attained by giving up the wish for the inconstant. Joy cannot be perceived except through constant vision. And constant vision can be given only those who wish for constancy. The power of the Son of God’s desire remains the proof that he is wrong who sees himself as helpless. Desire what you want, and you will look on it and think it real. No thought but has the power to release or kill. And none can leave the thinker’s mind, or leave him unaffected. (A Course in Miracles, T-21.VII.7;8:3-4;13. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)
The choice to see with the vision of our true Self is the choice for happiness and peace. It is the choice to accept the power of God in us. It is the choice to accept our Self.
Our true Self’s vision sees the oneness we share with God and all our brothers. It sees the Love and innocence in every brother. This vision sees no need to defend because it knows oneness is our only reality. When we accept this vision, we accept our healing. We release ourselves from the belief in powerlessness and vulnerability. We no longer need to defend, but join with the Love in our brothers, ready to accept God’s Love as ours.
Today we choose the vision of our true Self.
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