[The] space you see as setting off all things from one another is the means by which the world’s perception is achieved. ²You see something where nothing is, and see as well nothing where there is unity; a space between all things, between all things and you. ³Thus do you think that you have given life in separation. ⁴By this split you think you are established as a unity which functions with an independent will.
Such is the teaching of the world. ²It is a phase of learning everyone who comes must go through. ³But the sooner he perceives on what it rests, how questionable are its premises, how doubtful its results, the sooner does he question [the world’s] effects. ⁴Learning that stops with what the world would teach stops short of meaning. ⁵In its proper place, it serves but as a starting point from which another kind of learning can begin, a new perception can be gained, and all the arbitrary names the world bestows can be withdrawn as they are raised to doubt. (A Course in Miracles, W-184.2;7. See also ACIM Lesson 184 Insights.)
What the body perceives through its senses is not real, so it is really nothing. The body itself is not real and thus cannot perceive reality. We want these perceptions to be true because they are the means that provide specialness we seek. If we want to awaken to the happiness and Love that is our reality, we must learn to question the reality of the body and its perceptions.
This is what the Course is teaching us. As we learn to let go of our investment in specialness, we find peace. Without specialness, there is no need for form; only the joining in the oneness of universal Love. Without form, there is no conflict.
Our true Self is the Love we seek. As we accept the Holy Spirit’s perceptions in place of our own, our life experience becomes more joyous, peaceful and loving. We ask His help today to see past the body’s perceptions and see our world within the Light of Love.
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