What is the ego? But a dream of what you really are. A thought you are apart from your Creator and a wish to be what He created not. It is a thing of madness, not reality at all.
The ego’s opposite in every way,—in origin, effect and consequence—we call a miracle. And here we find all that is not the ego in this world.
What is a miracle? A dream as well. But look at all the aspects of this dream and you will never question any more. Look at the kindly world you see extend before you as you walk in gentleness. Look at the helpers all along the way you travel, happy in the certainty of Heaven and the surety of peace. And look an instant, too, on what you left behind at last and finally passed by.
The miracle forgives; the ego damns.… Problem and answer lie together here, and having met at last the choice is clear. Who chooses hell when it is recognized? And who would not go on a little while when it is given him to understand the way is short and Heaven is his goal? (A Course in Miracles, C-2.1:4-7;5:1-2;7:1-6;10:1,4-6)
Condemnation hides the face of Christ, the recognition of innocence, from our awareness. Judgment, guilt, fear, sadness, lack of Love draw a veil across the real world of Love, making It unknown to us. We have been given the means to part the veil and move past it into the Light and Love that is our true Home.
We have a mighty Helper Whose purpose is to help us forgive — overlook the illusions of the world — so that we may see the face of Christ, the innocence, in every brother and ourselves. Each time we choose to accept this Help, we take another step on our journey of return to Heaven. This is our practice today.
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