Salvation is for the mind, and it is attained through peace. This [the mind] is the only thing that can be saved and [peace is] the only way to save it.
Everything you perceive as the outside world is merely your attempt to maintain your ego identification, for everyone believes that identification is salvation. …That is why you must realize that your hatred is in your mind and not outside it before you can get rid of it; and why you must get rid of [hatred] before you can perceive the world as it really is.
If you will recognize that all the attack you perceive is in your own mind and nowhere else, you will at last have [recognized] its source [is in the mind], and where it begins it must end. For in this same place also lies salvation. The altar of God where Christ abideth is there. …Christ has placed the Atonement on the altar [in your mind] for you. Bring your perceptions of the world to this altar, for it is the altar to truth. There you will see your vision changed, and there you will learn to see truly. From this place, where God and His Son dwell in peace and where you are welcome, you will look out in peace and behold the world truly. Yet to find the place [of peace], you must relinquish your investment in the world as you project it, allowing the Holy Spirit to extend the real world to you from the altar of God. (A Course in Miracles,T-12.III.5:1-2;7:5,10;10:1-4,5-9. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)
The peace of God is always in us because it is an attribute of our true Self, God’s Son. The world we perceive through our ego identification is a projection of our belief in separation. Though it appears to be outside us, the source of this projection remains in our mind. The source is our belief in separation and it is this belief that must be let go for us to experience the peace of God as our Reality.
Through the practice of bringing all our perceptions to the Holy Spirit in our minds we make way for the Holy Spirit to replace them with His true perception. True perception sees only the truth of Love. When we are not in peace, we can call upon the peace of God within to help us exchange our false perceptions for true perceptions from the Holy Spirit. This is how we bring salvation to our minds.
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