How long does it take to experience a holy instant? Only an instant! But as we are engaged in the dreaming of the world, it seems that it requires a lot of attention to “prepare” for the holy instant. This is only because of unwillingness to let go of our investment in the values of the world.
The holy instant is experienced when my mind is at peace. But believing the forms of the world have value brings conflict with it. The more value I give to form in the world, the less willing I am to recognize that no form has value. Yet I have Help available to me in my mind to help me look past the surface of the form to the real content, or the lack of it. If I am willing, the Holy Spirit will always show me the real value, the content, behind the form.
To receive this gift, I need to bring my mind to the center of peace within. I need to be willing to come with empty hands, without requirements that dictate how the answer should come to me. This is what forgiveness does. It removes my attachment to forms.
A Course in Miracles tells me that vigilance is required to remember peace. The payoff is that I open my mind and heart to the Source of real happiness. I open my mind to the true Answer that frees me from the bondage of valuing the valueless forms of the world.
So today is another day for me to practice giving my attention to peace and letting my mind be open to the Holy Spirit’s vision that shows me the real value beyond the forms of the world. This is how I open to the holy instant.
The holy instant is always there in my mind, waiting to be accepted. It is only when I take the time to open to the holy instant that I experience its blessings. This is my practice for today — to provide a clean and open space for the holy instant. In this clean and open space lies the answer to every perceived problem.
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