Everyone here has entered darkness, yet no one has entered it alone. Nor need he stay more than an instant. For he has come with Heaven’s Help within him, ready to lead him out of darkness into light at any time. The time he chooses can be any time, for help is there, awaiting but his choice. And when he chooses to avail himself of what is given him, then will he see each situation that he thought before was means to justify his anger, turned to an event which justifies his love. He will hear plainly that the calls to war he heard before are really calls to peace. He will perceive that where he gave attack is but another altar where he can, with equal ease and far more happiness, bestow forgiveness. And he will reinterpret all temptation [to see separation] as just another chance to bring him joy.
How can a misperception be a sin? Let all your brother’s errors be to you nothing except a chance for you to see the workings of the Helper given you to see the world He made instead of yours. (A Course in Miracles, T-25.III.6:1-7:2. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)
It is time to see the world anew. It is time to stop interpreting anything based upon our past learning. All that we have taught ourselves is false. Yet we have a Teacher within Whose function is to teach us what is true. But we must be willing to be taught.
Any moment that we are not supremely happy and at peace is an indication that we are misperceiving. We need to ask our inner Teacher to correct our misperception. If we are willing, we will see past our brother’s behavior; we will see past appearances to the truth that only Love is real. Every seeming disturbance is a call to be reminded that only Love is there. If we are willing to receive the Answer to that call, our natural response will be to forgive and extend Love.
That means that if we are willing, the Holy Spirit will show us that a racist attitude is a call for love coming from belief in lack of Love. Likewise, anger, guilt, shame, pain, depression, etc., are all calls for Love. As we let the Holy Spirit correct our misperceptions, which come from belief in separation, we return to God’s joy and peace.
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