To give and to receive are one in truth.
Vision depends upon today’s idea. ²The light is in it, for it reconciles all seeming opposites. ³And what is light except the resolution, born of peace, of all your conflicts and mistaken thoughts into one concept which is wholly true? ⁴Even that one will disappear, because the Thought behind it will appear instead to take its place. ⁵And now you are at peace forever, for the dream is over then.
True light that makes true vision possible is not the light the body’s eyes behold. ²It is a state of mind that has become so unified that darkness cannot be perceived at all. ³And thus what is the same is seen as one, while what is not the same remains unnoticed, for it is not there.
This is the light that shows no opposites, and vision, being healed, has power to heal. ²This is the light that brings your peace of mind to other minds, to share it and be glad that they are one with you and with themselves. ³This is the light that heals because it brings single perception, based upon one frame of reference, from which one meaning comes.
Here are both giving and receiving seen as different aspects of one Thought whose truth does not depend on which is seen as first, nor which appears to be in second place. ²Here it is understood that both [giving and receiving] occur together, that the Thought remain complete. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 108, W-108.1:1–4:2. See also ACIM Lesson 108 Insights.)
I remember when I first fell in love I was afraid to use the L-word. It seemed that to say “I love you” would mean a loss of freedom. It would require a commitment that entailed some vague loss of freedom. This reservation reflects the ego’s demand for sacrifice.
Thanks to the Course, I now know that Love is unity with All That is. Accepting Love can only mean gaining the awareness of the Reality of unlimited, eternal Love. There can be no loss in what is eternal and unlimited. When we accept Love, we join in Love’s unity. Now to say “I love you” means to accept our innocence and unity in Love. We are accepting the Self that God created as His one Son. There can be no greater joy than to join in the eternal giving and receiving of Love.
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