The overlooking of the battleground is now your purpose.
Be lifted up, and from a higher place look down upon it. From there will your perspective be quite different. Here in the midst of it, it does seem real. Here you have chosen to be part of it. Here murder is your choice. Yet from above, the choice is miracles instead of murder. And the perspective coming from this choice shows you the battle is not real, and easily escaped. Bodies may battle, but the clash of forms is meaningless. And it is over when you realize it never was begun. How can a battle be perceived as nothingness when you engage in it? (A Course in Miracles, T-23.IV.4:7;5:1-10. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)
A common practice for dealing with angry children is to have them take a time out. The perception of the world of form as real is an out picturing of the ego’s anger against God, Who would not respond to the ego’s demand for specialness. When we identify with the ego, we are joining with the ego’s temper tantrum. We need to take a time out.
This is why we need to frequently take time to rise above the battleground in our minds with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will help us settle into peace. As we join with the Holy Spirit’s peace, we share His vision which shows us that nothing is really happening in the seeming battleground below. Empty images are recognized for what they are.
This recognition clears the way for the eternal Light of Love to shine through the dark shadows of the ego’s fear and anger. We make way for miracles to heal our minds so we can return to dwell in the peace of God.
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