My mind holds only what I think with God.
That is a fact, and represents the truth of What you are and What your Father is. It is this thought by which the Father gave creation to the Son, establishing the Son as co-creator with Himself. It is this thought that fully guarantees salvation to the Son. For in his mind no thoughts can dwell but those his Father shares. Lack of forgiveness blocks this thought from his awareness. Yet it is forever true.
Let us begin our preparation with some understanding of the many forms in which the lack of true forgiveness may be carefully concealed. Because [forms] are illusions, they are not perceived to be but what they are; defenses that protect your unforgiving thoughts from being seen and recognized. Their purpose is to show you something else, and hold correction off through self-deceptions made to take its place.
And yet, your mind holds only what you think with God. Your self-deceptions cannot take the place of truth. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Review IV, W-pI.rIV.1:2-4:2. See also ACIM Lesson 141 Insights.)
The thoughts of our true Self which come from the Mind at one with God’s Mind must be thoughts of Love. God is only Love and so our true Self is only Love. What we see in the world of separation seems to be anything but Love — fear, anger, lack and loss, loneliness and depression seem to be the norms in this world. But these are just the ego’s smokescreen to distract our attention from the reality of Love. Love is still present but we are unaware of It.
We perceive the world because we have accepted the ego thought system that denies Love’s presence. What we see represents the unforgiveness of the ego’s judgment against our Creator’s Love.
To return to awareness of Love’s presence, we need to forgive the world for what we think it is. This forgiveness is done through many steps. Every day and every hour we are presented with a choice: To give credence to the images of separation or to accept the Holy Spirit’s vision that shows us the Love beyond the appearance of separation.
Every perceived slight, sense of loss, feeling of threat, disappointment or disapproval is an opportunity to forgive and see it differently with the Holy Spirit’s help. Each time we accept His help and change our mind we come closer to accepting our true mind which holds only the Thoughts we share with God. Today we practice choosing the Holy Spirit’s perception instead of the ego’s projections.
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