Perception is a choice of what you want yourself to be; the world you want to live in, and the state in which you think your mind will be content and satisfied. It chooses where you think your safety lies, at your decision. It reveals yourself to you as you would have you be. …Perception is a part of what it is your purpose to behold, for means and end are never separate. And thus you learn what seems to have a life apart has none.
You are the means for God; not separate, nor with a life apart from His. His Life is manifest in you who are His Son. Each aspect of Himself is framed in holiness and perfect purity, in love celestial and so complete it wishes only that it may release all that it looks upon unto itself. Its radiance shines through each body that it looks upon, and brushes all its darkness into light merely by looking past [the body] to the Light. The veil is lifted through its gentleness, and nothing hides the face of Christ from its beholders. You and your brother stand before Him now, to let Him draw aside the veil that seems to keep you separate and apart. (A Course in Miracles, T-25.I.3:1-3,5-6;4:1-6. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)
Perception requires a perceiver and an object perceived. Thus it is a mechanism of separation. But under the Holy Spirit’s direction, perception can be used as a means to look past the ego’s image making to see the face of Christ.
The face of Christ is a symbol of the holiness of God’s Son, wholly innocent and perfectly loving. It represents the truth in every brother. This perception can only be seen without the judgment of the ego. It is seen with the judgment of the Holy Spirit, which judges against the unreal and accepts only the reality of Love.
The practice of forgiveness disregards the ego’s judgment and accepts the Holy Spirit’s judgment in its place. Through forgiveness our perception is purified so that only the face of Christ is seen. When perception is wholly purified, it is no longer needed for we have accepted the oneness of Love. This is how we extend God’s Love.
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