Learn now, without despair, there is no hope of answer in the world. But do not judge the lesson that is but begun with this.… For from this lowest point will learning lead to heights of happiness, in which you see the purpose of the lesson shining clear, and perfectly within your learning grasp.
Who would be willing to be turned away from all the roadways of the world, unless he understood their real futility?
The learning that the world can offer but one choice [illusion], no matter what its form may be, is the beginning of acceptance that there is a real alternative instead.
There is a choice that you have power to make when you have seen the real alternatives. …the power of decision cannot lie in choosing different forms of what is still the same illusion and the same mistake.
Forgive yourself your madness, and forget all senseless journeys and all goal-less aims. They have no meaning. You can not escape from what you [truly] are. For God is merciful, and did not let His Son abandon Him. For what He is be thankful, for in that is your escape from madness and from death. Nowhere but where He is can you be found. There is no path that does not lead to Him. (A Course in Miracles, T-31.IV.4:3,8;5:1;6:1;8:1,3;11. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)
We all must reach the point at which we recognize that lasting peace and happiness cannot be found in any form the world offers. The world we experience as a body is illusion. They can never satisfy because they cannot provide the one thing that we all seek for in our hearts. We seek to know the eternal Reality of Love. This is where lasting peace and happiness are found and known.
The recognition that there is no hope to find satisfaction for our heart’s desire in the world is a turning point that offers the opportunity to let go of seeking where Love cannot be found. Our mind opens to the Holy Spirit’s lessons which lead us beyond the world to clearly know that we are Love, we are loved and we are loving.
This is the one lesson that gives meaning to our journey in the world. This learning is what time is for. It is the escape from fear and guilt and the return to the peace of God. It is a journey from despair to hope, and on to certainty that we are the Love we have sought. We are eternally at Home in God’s Love.
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