God is my strength. ²Vision is His gift.
³Let me not look to my own eyes to see today. ⁴Let me be willing to exchange my pitiful illusion of seeing for the vision that is given by God. ⁵Christ’s vision is His gift, and He has given it to me. ⁶Let me call upon this gift today, so that this day may help me to understand eternity.
God is my Source. ²I cannot see apart from Him.
³I can see what God wants me to see. ⁴I cannot see anything else. ⁵Beyond His Will lie only illusions. ⁶It is these I choose when I think I can see apart from Him. ⁷It is these [illusions] I choose when I try to see through the body’s eyes. ⁸Yet the vision of Christ has been given me to replace [the body’s eyes]. ⁹It is through this vision that I choose to see.
God is the light in which I see.
²I cannot see in darkness. ³God is the only light. ⁴Therefore, if I am to see, it must be through Him. ⁵I have tried to define what seeing is, and I have been wrong. ⁶Now it is given me to understand that God is the light in which I see. ⁷Let me welcome vision and the happy world it will show me. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 59, W-59.2–4. See also ACIM Lesson 59 Insights.)
We have trained ourselves to trust that what the body’s eyes show us is real. We have also taught ourselves that what cannot be sensed through the body is unreal and should not be trusted. This is part of the ego thought system which denies the reality of Love and offers made-up images as a substitute for God’s Creation. By definition, what is made up is not real.
We have wrapped ourselves in an illusionary world as a defense against the reality of God’s Love. The ego would like us to believe that this defense is impenetrable. Yet the vision of Christ has been given us in our mind. It is the means we have to see beyond the ego’s defenses.
Broadway theaters sometimes use a veil as a backdrop with images projected on it that can be changed for each scene. But if the space behind the veil is lit, the projections on the veil fade and what is behind the veil can be easily seen.
The Light of God illuminates what is beyond the veil. Christ’s vision uses this light to show us that beyond the veil and all its changing images lies the changeless, eternal, all encompassing Love of God. Today we practice opening our mind to Christ’s vision, for we want to remember the truth that we are God’s Son, eternally united with Him. We remain safe in His changeless Love.
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