My grievances hide the light of the world in me.
My grievances show me what is not there, and hide from me what I [my true Self] would see. Recognizing this, what do I want my grievances for? They keep me in darkness and hide the light. Grievances and light cannot go together, but light and vision must be joined for me to see. To see, I must lay grievances aside.
Today I will recognize where my salvation is. It is in me because its Source is there. It has not left its Source, and so it cannot have left my mind. I will not look for it outside myself. It is not found outside and then brought in. But from within me it will reach beyond, and everything I see will but reflect the light that shines in me and in itself. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 85, W-pI.85.1:1-6;3:2-7. See also ACIM Lesson 85 Insights.)
Salvation is release from the limitations of the ego and belief in separation. Only if separation were real could grievances be justified. Loss and harm are impossible in the oneness of Love. The body is the ego’s idol, a substitute image that hides the Self created by God. The body appears to be capable of being harmed or causing harm, of winning or losing. It is the seat of guilt, shame and fear.
In the Light of Love, Christ’s vision sees past the ego’s loveless images to the presence of Love in everyone. Grievances fade away in the presence of Love’s Light. Anything that disturbs our peace is a sign that we are holding a grievance in our mind. We are believing separation from God is real.
We free ourselves from this false belief by giving priority to Christ’s vision in our mind. His vision shows us that only Love is real. The Love that is our true Self is always at peace and wholly joyous in the eternal extension of Love to Itself. We dedicate today to letting Love’s vision show us the way to freedom from limitation and to accept the one Self we share with all our brothers.
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