Mary:
From our reading today in A Course in Miracles, this stood out to me:
Be innocent of judgment, unaware of any thoughts of evil or of good that ever crossed your mind of anyone. Now do you know him not. But you are free to learn of him, and learn of him anew. Now is he born again to you, and you are born again to him, without the past that sentenced him to die, and you with him. Now is he free to live as you are free, because an ancient learning passed away and left a place for truth to be reborn. (T-31.I.13)
Today is a day of practice in opening to the truth. It takes constant vigilance because as I watch my thoughts, I see how often I bring the past into the present. Letting go of this habit is of primary importance as I walk along the road to truth with the Holy Spirit as my Guide. Watching the meaning that I give to things with Holy Spirit really helps me see the barriers to Love that I put up so often.
Today I have another opportunity to let go of judgment — deciding what anything means on my own. The Holy Spirit is right there in my mind waiting to correct my mistaken perceptions. The truth is there is nothing anywhere but Love. It is when I think I see something else that I need a change of mind. The opportunity I have today is to let my mind be transformed by the Holy Spirit. And I give thanks.
Robert:
Today I was reminded of my experience as a young child playing in my sandbox. I would get into a zone, a concentrated focus of playing that I was building roads and bridges, driving vehicles and making “engine sounds” as I made believe I was in this little world I was making. I was barely aware of there being anything outside the sandbox. It became my world. When my mother called me to dinner from just 30 feet away, she had to yell loudly to get my attention, for I had nearly tuned out the outer world completely.
This is a great metaphor for the experience of being in this world. God and the Holy Spirit are almost completely shut out. God’s Voice calls to me from nearer than my heart, yet seems distant and barely noticed because I have given my full attention to a fantasy world I am playing in. Just as I could step out of the sandbox and out of that fantasy to return home for dinner, it is possible to step out of the dream of separation, but this time to return to my Home in Heaven. I just need to be willing to loosen my attention on the dream and open my mind to the Holy Spirit’s call.
Today I will practice stepping out of the “sandbox” and refocusing my attention on the Holy Spirit’s dream of awakening that will lead me back to my true Home.
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