This is salvation’s keynote: What I see reflects a process in my mind, which starts with my idea of what I want. From there, the mind makes up an image of the thing the mind desires, judges valuable, and therefore seeks to find. These images are then projected outward, looked upon, esteemed as real and guarded as one’s own. From insane wishes comes an insane world. From judgment comes a world condemned. And from forgiving thoughts a gentle world comes forth, with mercy for the holy Son of God, to offer him a kindly home where he can rest a while before he journeys on, and help his brothers walk ahead with him, and find the way to Heaven and to God.
Our Father, Your ideas reflect the truth, and mine apart from Yours but make up dreams. Let me behold what only Yours reflect, for Yours and Yours alone establish truth. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 325, W-pII.325. See also ACIM Lesson 325 Insights.)
Forgiving thoughts come from the Mind of Love. They extend only Love, for nothing else is real. Forgiving thoughts include all the attributes of God’s Love — His joy, peace, harmlessness, gentleness and kindness.
If we value the ego’s images of separation, we deny God’s Love. Love is one and cannot be known by a mind that believes separation is real. The world of images we perceive comes from the ego mind that wants separation to be real. Judgment is an ego mechanism to divide and make separation appear to be real.
To function in the ego’s world we judge all things and label them. As long as we value these labels for the images we perceive, we are blind to the oneness of God’s Love. To experience salvation from the loveless ego world, we need to value the Thoughts of Love we share with God. Love is our Home. Love is where we are free to extend Love without limit. It is this limitless joining in Love that brings us joy.
Today we choose Love as our Guide. We offer all our perceptions to the Voice of Love and ask to see all things as Love sees them. We choose to value Love above all else.
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