Appearances deceive, but can be changed. Reality is changeless. It does not deceive at all, and if you fail to see beyond appearances you are deceived. …Reality is changeless. It is this that makes it real, and keeps it separate from all appearances. It must transcend all form to be itself. It cannot change.
What is temptation but a wish to make illusions real? …Temptation, then, is nothing more than this; a prayer the miracle touch not some dreams, but keep their unreality obscure and give to them reality instead.
There is no miracle you cannot have when you desire healing. But there is no miracle that can be given you unless you want it. Choose what you would heal, and He Who gives all miracles has not been given freedom to bestow His gifts upon God’s Son.
Because reality is changeless is a miracle already there to heal all things that change, and offer them to you to see in happy form, devoid of fear.
Be not made guilty and afraid when you are tempted by a dream of what [your brother] is. But do not give it power to replace the changeless in him in your sight of him. There is no false appearance but will fade, if you request a miracle instead. There is no pain from which he is not free, if you would have him be but what he is. (A Course in Miracles, T-30.VIII.1:1-3,6-9;3:1,4;4:5-7;5:1;6:3-6. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)
Reality is Love because only Love is real. Love has no form and therefore cannot be perceived when we believe appearances are real. When we believe a brother is a body and we are a body, we are blind to the presence of changeless Love. Without awareness of Love, fear is inevitable.
We perceive based on what we believe we are. Appearances fade from view as we accept the Holy Spirit’s lessons which teach us that we are Love and nothing else — our changeless Reality. We welcome the miracle of a changed of mind when we welcome the Holy Spirit’s lesson that shows us the presence of Love beyond the appearances of the world.
There is nothing to fear in Love’s presence. Only the joy that comes as we welcome our unity with our brothers at Home together in God. This is our eternal Reality. As the images of the world no longer deceive us, we see past them. We experience Love’s blessing as we bring Love to the world.
Today we welcome the Holy Spirit’s lessons in Love, for we would remember we are God’s Son in Whom He is well pleased.
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