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The Path of Light That Leads to Joy

The ego does constant battle with the Holy Spirit on the fundamental question of what your function is. ²So does it do constant battle with the Holy Spirit about what your happiness is. ³It is not a two-way battle. ⁴The ego attacks and the Holy Spirit does not respond. ⁵He knows what your function is. ⁶He knows that it is your happiness.

…God has given you your function. ²We have seen that there are only two parts of your mind. ³One is ruled by the ego, and is made up of illusions. ⁴The other is the home of the Holy Spirit, where truth abides. ⁵There are no other guides but these to choose between, and no other outcomes possible as a result of your choice but the fear that the ego always engenders, and the love that the Holy Spirit always offers to replace it.

Thus, it must be that your function is established by God through His Voice, or is made by the ego which you have made to replace Him.

²Think also about the many forms the illusion of your function has taken in your mind, and the many ways in which you tried to find salvation under the ego’s guidance. …⁸Yet the ego is the only alternative to the Holy Spirit’s Voice.

You will listen to madness or hear the truth. (A Course in Miracles, W-66.2;7:1-8:1;9:2,8;10:1. See also ACIM Lesson 66 Insights.)

The ego offers many illusions to distract us from realizing the price we pay for wanting specialness. The ego has nothing real to offer and so its offerings are nothing. But by accepting the ego’s offerings, we become unaware of all that is real. We sacrifice everything to gain nothing of real value.

But by the grace of God, we are not left without help to escape from the ego-made world. The Holy Spirit can communicate to us through the confusion we have accepted by our wish for specialness. His message is that our true happiness is our reality. Our only function is to share the Love we are and this sharing brings indescribable joy.

Right now, in this instant, we can choose to follow the Holy Spirit’s lead. We need only to follow the path of Light He offers us. It leads us Home.

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