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We Want to Remember We Are Love

The attraction of guilt produces fear of love, for love would never look on guilt at all. It is the nature of love to look upon only the truth, for there it sees itself, with which it would unite in holy union and completion. As love must look past fear, so must fear see love not. For love contains the end of guilt, as surely as fear depends on it. Love is attracted only to love. Overlooking guilt completely, it sees no fear. Being wholly without attack, it could not be afraid. Fear is attracted to what love sees not, and each believes that what the other looks upon does not exist. Fear looks on guilt with just the same devotion that love looks on itself. And each has messengers which it sends forth, and which return to it with messages written in the language in which their going forth was asked.

Love’s messengers are gently sent, and return with messages of love and gentleness. The messengers of fear are harshly ordered to seek out guilt,… What fear would feed upon, love overlooks. What fear demands, love cannot even see.

If you send forth only the messengers the Holy Spirit gives you, wanting no messages but theirs, you will see fear no more. The world will be transformed before your sight, cleansed of all guilt and softly brushed with beauty. (A Course in Miracles, T-19.IV.A.10;11:1-2,4-5;15:1-2. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

We perceive what we want to perceive. If we identify with the ego, we will see images that confirm separation is real and harm is possible; with harm possible, guilt and fear are justified.

If we identify with our true Self, the extension of God’s Love, we will perceive only Love reflected in the world. We will see kindness, gentleness, helpfulness, beauty and opportunities to give and receive Love. If this is not what we see, we have chosen to identify with the ego. But we can choose our real Identity at any moment.

We have God’s Teacher in our mind to help us make this choice. He will help us learn that the ego offers nothing of value we really want. As we learn that the ego’s illusions are empty and offer us nothing to treasure, we freely let them go. No one keeps what they recognize as valueless.

Today we ask the Holy Spirit to teach us true perception. We want to see the Reality of Love. We want to experience Love’s blessing. We want to see Love’s reflection everywhere. We want to identify with our true Self.

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