Every brother you meet becomes a witness for Christ or for the ego, depending on what you perceive in him. Everyone convinces you of what you want to perceive, and of the reality of the kingdom you have chosen for your vigilance. Everything you perceive is a witness to the thought system you want to be true. Every brother has the power to release you, if you choose to be free.” (ACIM T-11.VI.18:1-4)
Do I want to see God’s Kingdom or the ego’s kingdom? Asking myself this frequently today will help me recognize that I am making a choice every moment. Am I seeing through the ego’s eyes or through Holy Spirit’s eyes? My willingness to be vigilant helps me see past the ego’s illusions of separation and differences to the oneness and Love of God’s Kingdom.
Another way to ask the question of what do I want is, “Do I want the truth or do I want deception?” It’s the same question. The ego is the temptation to deceive myself into believing that separation is real. The good news is is that I don’t have to choose self-deception. The truth is forever in my mind. God’s Kingdom is in me as it is in everyone.
In the section, “The ‘Dynamics’ of the ego,” (T-11.VI) A Course in Miracles makes it clear that I need to look at the self-deceptions, the illusions that I have chosen to believe are real. It is only by looking at them through the Light of Holy Spirit that I can learn that they are truly nothing. With that recognition, I easily let them go. This is my practice today.
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