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Finding a Tranquil State of Mind

First, [teachers of God] must go through what might be called “a period of undoing.” ²This need not be painful, but it usually is so experienced. ³It seems as if things are being taken away, and it is rarely understood initially that their lack of value is merely being recognized. ⁴How can lack of value be perceived unless the perceiver is in a position where he must see things in a different light?

…the teacher of God [must] understand that he did not really know what was valuable and what was valueless. ³All that he really learned so far was that he did not want the valueless, and that he did want the valuable. ⁴Yet his own sorting out was meaningless in teaching him the difference. ⁵The idea of sacrifice, so central to his own thought system, had made it impossible for him to judge. …⁸He must learn to lay all judgment aside, and ask only what he really wants in every circumstance.

…tranquility is their result; the outcome of honest learning, consistency of thought and full transfer. ⁵This is the stage of real peace, for here is Heaven’s state fully reflected. (A Course in Miracles, M-4.I-A.3:1-4;7:2-5,8;8:4-5)

The key to reaching a tranquil state of mind is relinquishing all judgment to the Holy Spirit. He knows the difference between illusions and reality; the ego does not. The practice of consistently asking for the Holy Spirit’s guidance is our way Home. By dedicating each day as we awake, and pausing when we can throughout the day to check in with Him, we will learn to distinguish what is valuable from what is valueless.

This practice of forgiveness opens our mind to Christ’s vision. We perceive a forgiven world, free of our projected judgments. As we forgive the world for all we thought it was, we forgive ourselves for our misperceptions. It is a journey of thought that leads to the tranquility of changeless Love.

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Remembering the Love in Which We Live

The past is over. It can touch me not.

Unless the past is over in my mind, the real world must escape my sight. ²For I am really looking nowhere; seeing but what is not there. ³How can I then perceive the world forgiveness offers? ⁴This the past was made to hide, for this the world that can be looked on only now. ⁵It has no past. ⁶For what can be forgiven but the past, and if it is forgiven it is gone.

Father, let me not look upon a past that is not there. ²For You have offered me Your Own replacement, in a present world the past has left untouched and free of sin. ³Here is the end of guilt. ⁴And here am I made ready for Your final step. ⁵Shall I demand that You wait longer for Your Son to find the loveliness You planned to be the end of all his dreams and all his pain? (A Course in Miracles, W-289. See also ACIM Lesson 289 Insights.)

Forgiveness is a gift we give to ourselves and the world. It releases the heavy baggage of past thoughts of guilt and fear. These thoughts are nothing more than stories in our mind that tell us of harm and loss. They are not true.

Nothing has happened to change God’s one Son from being the Love he was created to be. We are His Son. His universe of Love is our home, now and forever. To claim this gift, we need only let go of the baggage we bring from the past. It is a story that is not true based on illusions that could never be real.

Today we ask the Holy Spirit to help us see the Love in which we live. We want to remember the Love of our brothers and our Father.

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Accepting the Certainty of God’s Love

I will accept Atonement for myself.

Here is the end of choice. ²For here we come to a decision to accept ourselves as God created us. ³And what is choice except uncertainty of what we are? ⁴There is no doubt that is not rooted here. ⁵There is no question but reflects this one. ⁶There is no conflict that does not entail the single, simple question, “What am I?”

Yet who could ask this question except one who has refused to recognize himself?

Nothing the world believes is true. ²It is a place whose purpose is to be a home where those who claim they do not know themselves can come to question what it is they are. ³And they will come again until the time Atonement is accepted, and they learn it is impossible to doubt yourself, and not to be aware of what you are.

Only acceptance can be asked of you, for what you are is certain.

…our mission is:

³I will accept Atonement for myself, for I remain as God created me.

⁴We have not lost the knowledge that God gave to us when He created us like Him. ⁵We can remember it for everyone, for in creation are all minds as one. (A Course in Miracles, W-139.1:1–2:1;7:1–8:1;11:2-5. See also ACIM Lesson 139 Insights.)

Accepting Atonement means we accept that we are Love and nothing else. We know that this is true for everyone because only Love is real. With this acceptance we are at peace, for we are certain nothing can change God’s eternal Love.

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Accepting a Transformed Vision

My sight goes forth to look upon Christ’s face.

I ask Your blessing on my sight today. ²It is the means which You have chosen to become the way to show me my mistakes, and look beyond them. ³It is given me to find a new perception through the Guide You gave to me, and through His lessons to surpass perception and return to truth. ⁴I ask for the illusion which transcends all those I made. ⁵Today I choose to see a world forgiven, in which everyone shows me the face of Christ, and teaches me that what I look upon belongs to me; that nothing is, except Your holy Son.

Today our sight is blessed indeed. ²We share one vision, as we look upon the face of Him Whose Self is ours. ³We are one because of Him Who is the Son of God; of Him Who is our own Identity. (A Course in Miracles, W-269. See also ACIM Lesson 269 Insights.)

The ego uses the body as an instrument for judgment. First it sees itself as separate. Then it judges the body for what it seems to do and say. It judges what happens to the body and what bodies do to other bodies. This emphasis maintains fear and guilt. It blocks awareness of the oneness of God’s Love.

Today we are called to emphasize a different focus. Now we are to let the Holy Spirit help us recognize the Love beyond appearances of bodies. As we learn to see with the eyes of Christ, we see our unity. The appearance of bodies is looked past. The Holy Spirit helps us see that everyone is united with us in God’s Love.

Together we are God’s one Son. As we accept this vision, we see a transformed world.

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Choosing the Happiness That Is Our Inheritance

I have already chosen what You will.

Father, I thought I wandered from Your Will, defied it, broke its laws, and interposed a second will more powerful than Yours. ²Yet what I am in truth is but Your Will, extended and extending. ³This am I, and this will never change. ⁴As You are One, so am I one with You. ⁵And this I chose in my creation, where my will became forever one with Yours. ⁶That choice was made for all eternity. ⁷It cannot change, and be in opposition to itself. ⁸Father, my will is Yours. ⁹And I am safe, untroubled and serene, in endless joy, because it is Your Will that it be so.

Today we will accept our union with each other and our Source. ²We have no will apart from His, and all of us are one because His Will is shared by all of us. ³Through it we recognize that we are one. ⁴Through it we find our way at last to God. (A Course in Miracles, W-329. See also ACIM Lesson 329 Insights.)

God’s Will is that His creations be happy. We share His Will with everyone. The appearance of unhappiness only shows us that we believe an illusion of our self is real. This illusion occurs in a dream that is the effect of denying God’s Will. We can dream of a different will but we cannot make it true.

Because we were created to share God’s eternal joy, we always have the option to accept our true Will to be happy that we share with Him. Today we ask the Holy Spirit to help us remember our oneness with everyone and know that we are safe in the Love of our Creator.

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Creating a Healthy Habit That Leads to Joy

I rule my mind, which I alone must rule.

I have a kingdom I must rule. ²At times, it does not seem I am its king at all. ³It seems to triumph over me, and tell me what to think, and what to do and feel. ⁴And yet it has been given me to serve whatever purpose I perceive in it. ⁵My mind can only serve. ⁶Today I give its service to the Holy Spirit to employ as He sees fit. ⁷I thus direct my mind, which I alone can rule. ⁸And thus I set it free to do the Will of God.

Father, my mind is open to Your Thoughts, and closed today to every thought but Yours. ²I rule my mind, and offer it to You. ³Accept my gift, for it is Yours to me. (A Course in Miracles, W-236. See also ACIM Lesson 236 Insights.)

Habits can help us function in our daily life. But they can also limit us to patterns that are not in our best interest. The habit of believing the ego is our identity keeps us trapped in a dream of separation. Habits can be changed but this change requires vigilance to break free from the trance that keeps us repeating the past.

We have the ability to redirect our mind to follow our Guide Who will always direct us to what is in our best interest. Today we are called to welcome the Holy Spirit’s lead in our mind. As we let Him direct our thoughts, we will see only cause for Love.

Either we will join in the Love we recognize in our brothers or we will answer calls for Love with Love. We have this option in every moment. It is the choice that leads us to remembering we are the Self God created one with Him. It is the path to joy.

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A Dedication to Being Love Today

Truth answers every call we make to God, responding first with miracles, and then returning unto us to be itself.

Forgiveness, truth’s reflection, tells me how to offer miracles, and thus escape the prison house in which I think I live. ²Your holy Son is pointed out to me, first in my brother; then in me. ³Your Voice instructs me patiently to hear Your Word, and give as I receive. ⁴And as I look upon Your Son today, I hear Your Voice instructing me to find the way to You, as You appointed that the way shall be:

⁵“Behold his sinlessness, and be you healed.” (A Course in Miracles, W-357. See also ACIM Lesson 357 Insights.)

Our brother is our savior because how we perceive him shows us what we think we are. As we learn to see him as the holy Son of God he is, we learn that we are one with Him as God’s Son.

Today we ask the Holy Spirit to help us see as He sees. As we see a forgiven world with Christ’s vision, we will learn of Christ within ourselves. Forgiveness clears away our barriers to Love. We would see a world of Love and learn that we are Love. This is our dedication for today.

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