I am affected only by my thoughts.
It needs but this to let salvation come to all the world. ²For in this single thought is everyone released at last from fear. ³Now has he learned that no one frightens him, and nothing can endanger him. ⁴He has no enemies, and he is safe from all external things. ⁵His thoughts can frighten him, but since these thoughts belong to him alone, he has the power to change them and exchange each fear thought for a happy thought of love. ⁶He crucified himself. ⁷Yet God has planned that His beloved Son will be redeemed.
Your plan is sure, my Father,—only Yours. ²All other plans will fail. ³And I will have thoughts that will frighten me, until I learn that You have given me the only Thought that leads me to salvation. ⁴Mine alone will fail, and lead me nowhere. ⁵But the Thought You gave me promises to lead me home, because it holds Your promise to Your Son. (A Course in Miracles, W-338. See also ACIM Lesson 338 Insights.)
The ego feeds us a constant stream of thoughts based on past memories. These thoughts affect us only when we engage with them, believing they have some meaning. The Course is teaching us that the past is gone and thoughts about the past are thoughts about nothing in truth.
It seems we wander through these thoughts following a meaningless journey leading nowhere. These journeys carry a sense of vulnerability and a need to defend against potential harm. These journeys carry a sense of worthlessness leading us on quests to find worth in some special form that never lasts.
But we can choose a journey that leads to awakening to our true value as part of God’s singular Thought of Love. By the grace of His Love, we have been given a Guide to help us learn to sort out the meaningless from the meaningful, the loveless from the loving.
When we discipline our mind to engage with only loving thoughts, we leave the past behind us. Thoughts of the past lose their appeal. The radiant Light of Love draws us to It. As we consistently give attention to Thoughts of Love, anxiety and fear fade away to be replaced by peace and joy. We remember we are Love and nothing else. We remember we are at Home in the Love of God.
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