³The holy instant is this instant and every instant. ⁴The one you want it to be it is. ⁵The one you would not have it be is lost to you. ⁶You must decide when it is. ⁷Delay it not. ⁸For beyond the past and future, where you will not find it, it stands in shimmering readiness for your acceptance. ⁹Yet you cannot bring it into glad awareness while you do not want it, for it holds the whole release from littleness.
Your practice must therefore rest upon your willingness to let all littleness go. ²The instant in which magnitude dawns upon you is but as far away as your desire for it. ³As long as you desire it not and cherish littleness instead, by so much is it far from you. ⁴By so much as you want it will you bring it nearer. ⁵Think not that you can find salvation in your own way and have it. ⁶Give over every plan you have made for your salvation in exchange for God’s. ⁷His will content you, and nothing else can bring you peace. ⁸For peace is of God, and no one beside Him.
The necessary condition for the holy instant does not require that you have no thoughts that are not pure. ²But it does require that you have none that you would keep. (A Course in Miracles, T-15.IV.1:3–9;2;9:1-2. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)
While we identify with the body and the ego thought system, we are choosing limitation and littleness. Our true Self remains one with God, our Creator. We share His magnitude, His limitless Love, His peace and joy.
The price we pay for the wish for littleness is a dream filled with fear and guilt. It is a dream of suffering and loss. Within the dream, safety, happiness and Love only seemingly occur in fleeting moments. Circumstances can change in an instant. By the grace of God, we are not locked into this dream. We awaken from the dream when we let go of our own plans for our safety and happiness.
We have the means to awaken from the dream. The first step is to be willing to turn over all our perceptions to the Holy Spirit for His interpretation. He will show us the Love and the calls for Love. He will help us answer the calls for Love with Love. As we accept His help, we will learn that we are the Love we seek. We will experience the peace and happiness that Love brings.
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