What but Christ’s vision would I use today, when it can offer me a day in which I see a world so like to Heaven that an ancient memory returns to me? Today I can forget the world I made. Today I can go past all fear, and be restored to love and holiness and peace. Today I am redeemed, and born anew into a world of mercy and of care; of loving kindness and the peace of God.
And so, our Father, we return to You, remembering we never went away; remembering Your holy gifts to us. In gratitude and thankfulness we come, with empty hands and open hearts and minds, asking but what You give. We cannot make an offering sufficient for Your Son. But in Your Love the gift of Christ is his. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 306, W-pII.306. See also ACIM Lesson 306 Insights.)
How do we come to our Father with empty hands and open hearts? We have to fully accept that we do not know what anything in the world means. Our judgments and opinions separate us from our brothers, closing our hearts against the unity of Love that joins us with all that is real. Judgments fill our hands with meaningless illusions that do not leave room to receive the gift of truth.
The process of opening our hearts and emptying our hands is the practice of forgiveness. As we let go of our judgments, the veil of separation weakens and we begin to see through it to the eternal presence of changeless Love.
The appeal of happiness and peace that comes with this Love grows stronger. We are less and less willing to settle for the illusions of the ego. All we really want is the gift of Christ’s vision — the recognition that our true Self has always had and still has all of God’s gifts. We accept Christ’s vision for we have opened our hands to receive the gift of oneness and opened our hearts to welcome our brothers as part of our one Self.
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