The way to recognize your brother is by recognizing the Holy Spirit in him. I have already said that the Holy Spirit is the Bridge for the transfer of perception to knowledge…
The Holy Spirit is the idea of healing. Being thought, the idea gains as it is shared. Being the Call for God, it is also the idea of God. Since you are part of God it is also the idea of yourself, as well as of all His creations. The idea of the Holy Spirit… is strengthened by being given away. It increases in you as you give it to your brother. Your brother does not have to be aware of the Holy Spirit in himself or in you for this miracle to occur. He may have dissociated the Call for God, just as you have. This dissociation is healed in both of you as you become aware of the Call for God in him, and thus acknowledge Its being.
See him through the Holy Spirit in his mind, and you will recognize Him in yours. What you acknowledge in your brother you are acknowledging in yourself, and what you share you strengthen.
The Holy Spirit has the task of undoing what the ego has made. He undoes it at the same level on which the ego operates, or the mind would be unable to understand the change. (A Course in Miracles, T-5.III.1:1-2;2;3:4-5;5:5-6. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)
If we perceive anyone as a body, we are not recognizing him as he is. The body is a construct of the ego, an illusion that distracts us from recognizing the truth in our brother. His truth is the same as our own — an eternal extension of God’s Love, and nothing else. The Holy Spirit is God’s call to remind us of the truth in our brother and ourselves. It is this truth that unites us.
What we perceive is always a reflection in what we believe we are. As we let the Holy Spirit guide our perception, our minds are healed of the false belief that our brother is separate and different from ourselves. Beliefs are held in our mind. As the Holy Spirit heals our beliefs, we recognize His presence in our brother and accept our true Self and our unity with every brother.
Holy Spirit, guide my seeing today, for I would recognize my brother truly, and remember my Self as God created It.
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