The Holy Spirit is described as the remaining Communication Link between God and His separated Sons. In order to fulfill this special function the Holy Spirit has assumed a dual function. He knows because He is part of God; He perceives because He was sent to save humanity. He is the great correction principle; the bringer of true perception, the inherent power of the vision of Christ. He is the light in which the forgiven world is perceived; in which the face of Christ alone is seen. He never forgets the Creator or His creation. He never forgets the Son of God. He never forgets you. And He brings the Love of your Father to you in an eternal shining that will never be obliterated because God has put it there.
The Holy Spirit abides in the part of your mind that is part of the Christ Mind. He represents your Self and your Creator, Who are One. He speaks for God and also for you, being joined with Both. And therefore it is He Who proves Them One. He seems to be a Voice, for in that form He speaks God’s Word to you. He seems to be a Guide through a far country, for you need that form of help. He seems to be whatever meets the needs you think you have. But He is not deceived when you perceive your self entrapped in needs you do not have. It is from these He would deliver you. It is from these [illusionary needs] that He would make you safe. (A Course in Miracles, C-6.3-4)
True communication can only occur in the oneness of formless Love. It is the eternal sharing of unlimited Love.
The world we experience is the effect of the ego’s decision to limit love by separating from it. True communication in Love is broken by this limitation. It leaves us feeling that we lack Love. The Course defines sin as lack of love (T-1.IV.3:1), which is experienced as guilt or sin.
The Holy Spirit’s function is to heal this false perception. The core belief in separation is disguised by the ego in many forms. We see it in our judgments about others and ourselves. Even perceiving a brother is a judgment that makes him appear separate from us. It is a reflection of our own belief in being separate. All the “problems” we experience in the world stem from our belief in being separate.
The Holy Spirit understands that we believe we have problems. He knows they are unreal and He understands that we believe they are real. As God’s Voice, the Holy Spirit offers us help to change our interpretation of the problems we perceive. He offers us a way of seeing adapted to where we believe we are in a form that we can accept. This is His function that bridges between His knowing of God’s formless Love and his understanding of our perceptions of differences, separation and lack of Love.
The practice of beginning the day with a willingness to receive Holy Spirit’s Help and asking for His Help when needed throughout the day will help us along the bridge of return to Love. Each time we accept the Holy Spirit’s Help leads us toward the gates of Heaven, where all judgments and beliefs in separation have been let go and we are welcomed into God’s Love.
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