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The Forgiven World

Holy Spirit to Mary:
You can remember that the past is gone and that you are in Heaven now. The way you do this is to hand over all your thoughts to Me. I will show you the difference between the real and the unreal. As you see separation’s unreality, peace will return to your conflicted mind. You need no longer struggle with illusions. Just hand them over and be open to receiving the truth.

The Light has come. As you allow the veil to be lifted, the truth that is always there is allowed to return to your mind. Fear disappears and what is true remains. The Love and peace of God are true for eternity and you along with every brother deserve to return to what is true. Let today be a day of practice in allowing Me to return your mind to what is forever true. Forgiveness is the means. Let that time be now.

Robert:
What stood out to me today as we read A Course in Miracles, Chapter 17, Section II. The Forgiven World, was this:

The real world is attained simply by the complete forgiveness of the old, the world you see without forgiveness. The Great Transformer of perception will undertake with you the careful searching of the mind that made this world, and uncover to you the seeming reasons for your making it. In the light of the real reason that He brings, as you follow Him, He will show you that there is no reason here at all. (T-17.II.5:1-3)

This makes it very clear to me that to experience the real world of complete forgiveness, I need the real reason that the Holy Spirit brings. Within the thought system of separation there is no reason. So while I am aligned with the thought of separation, I have no reason to use for forgiveness. If I attempt to search my mind on my own, it simply becomes the ego examining itself. Then this self-examination is used for self-judgment, since that is all the ego does.

Forgiveness requires the help of the Holy Spirit. As I am willing to bring all my thoughts and perceptions to the Holy Spirit, He will work with me to show me the mistaken ideas and uncover the seeming reasons on which these perceptions are based. As I allow myself to accept His real reason, I will learn that there is no reason for any of my perceptions. With this recognition, these perceptions will be easily let go, making way for perception of the real world. Thank you, Holy Spirit, for being ever present, ready to offer your kind and gentle transformation.

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Accepting Happiness

Mary:
In our morning reading, we read A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 105. What stood out to me was this:

As Heaven’s peace and joy intensify when you accept them as God’s gift to you, so does the joy of your Creator grow when you accept His joy and peace as yours. True giving is creation. It extends the limitless to the unlimited, eternity to timelessness, and love unto itself. It adds to all that is complete already, not in simple terms of adding more, for that implies that it was less before. It adds by letting what cannot contain itself fulfill its aim of giving everything it has away, securing it forever for itself. (W-pI.105.4)

I am seeing that it is my job to accept the peace and joy that is extended to me by God, and that inherent in receiving His gift is extending it. Receiving and extending God’s peace and joy is a pretty happy job. The ego’s “gifts” always lead to sorrow, depression and pain. Hmmm. Let me think… Which gifts do I choose to accept today, the ego’s or God’s? Putting it that way, it seems obvious that the way to true and everlasting happiness is to accept God’s gifts instead of the ego’s.

My prayer is that I practice accepting God’s gifts of peace and joy today and, like the ripples on the water, that I let them extend to everyone I meet or think of today. I choose to accept the happiness God gives me today. What a nice job to have.

Robert:
Forgiveness is the key to happiness. It is unforgiveness that refuses to accept God’s gifts. Judgment stands as a barrier to the awareness of Love’s presence. So every situation in my life offers me another opportunity to either recognize the gift of Love or to recognize a barrier I have put up against it. Thus every moment is a gift. I’m always free to accept the gift.

Today is a day filled with blessing opportunities. With Holy Spirit’s help I will accept the gift offered me in each moment.

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The Peace of Your True Self

Holy Spirit to Robert:
Every day can be a restful day. When you place your trust in God, you will be at rest because you will be accepting God’s peace.

The ego does not trust God because it sees God as its enemy. So when you align yourself with the ego, rest is impossible. Your experience becomes a string of problems and challenges to be overcome. The last thing the ego wants is the peace of God, because the full acceptance of God’s peace would be the end of the ego. So when you align yourself with the ego you are choosing against rest and for conflict. This is indeed very wearying.

Today practice stepping back into peace in all your doing. It is indeed possible to be in the middle of the appearance of chaos while being centered in peace. Peace is your natural state. The practice of stepping back into peace is the practice of remembering your Self. In this dream world there will always be temptation to perceive images as real, even for the most advanced teacher of God. Your job in the journey of awakening is to recognize the temptation and step back into peace. In peace you are able to see and accept the true perception that will show you where real meaning lies.

Step back and rest in God today.

Holy Spirit to Mary:
What do you really need? Your real need in every situation is to remember the truth about yourself and others that appear to be around you in the dream. Your real need is to return to the truth that you are Love and nothing else, and that everyone is Love and nothing else.

As you go through your day today, ask yourself frequently, “What is my real need?” Then step back and let your true Self give you the answer. Let yourself rest in the peace and comfort of your true Self. Let the simple, uncomplicated Love that you are very gently return to your awareness and you will see that all your real needs are being met right now. And gratitude will fill your heart and mind.

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Care and Support Surrounds You

Holy Spirit to Robert:
From the image you think you are you cannot comprehend the care and support that surrounds you. Through the perception of this self-image, you see images of limitation, lack and vulnerability. Believing these images, you think you need to plan for your protection and safety.

All this worry and concern comes from a belief that you are not as God created you. Yet what God created is unchangeable, like Himself. You are invulnerable. You carry within you all the Love and strength of God. And this Love joins you with All that Is. There is nothing outside of Love, nothing outside of You.

Open your heart… Bathe in the loving peace that surrounds you and is you… Offer this loving peace to everyone you meet or think of… Offer this Love and peace to the images you perceive…

With this practice the seeming density of these images will fade and the Light of Love will shine through more and more brightly. The world you perceive will glow more brightly as you accept the Love that is given you, that is you. The Light has come.

Holy Spirit to Mary:
The choice you have today is between your judging what anything means on your own or letting the Holy Spirit bring you Christ’s vision. Practice stepping back, pausing and being open to the vision the Holy Spirit will bring you as you are willing. Today, practice opening to Holy Spirit’s perspective as often as you can. Step back and listen. You will be glad you did.

Receiving the Holy Spirit’s perspective consistently is what brings you true happiness and joy. And this is also how you can be of greatest service to every person you meet today. Enjoy your practice. It is worth the vigilance.

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Our One Assignment

Mary:
This morning we read in A Course in Miracles, Manual for Teachers , section 27: “What is death?” (pages 66-67) What stood out to me was this:

Teacher of God, your one assignment could be stated thus: Accept no compromise in which death plays a part. Do not believe in cruelty, nor let attack conceal the truth from you. What seems to die has but been misperceived and carried to illusion. Now it becomes your task to let the illusion be carried to the truth. Be steadfast but in this; be not deceived by the “reality” of any changing form. Truth neither moves, nor wavers, nor sinks down to death and dissolution. And what is the end of death? Nothing but this; the realization that the Son of God is guiltless now and forever. (M-27.7:1-8)

Here I am being told that I have one assignment and that is to let illusion be carried to truth. This is what forgiveness is. Letting go of belief in separate bodies is my one assignment. Jesus tells us that there is only one problem and one solution. The problem is the belief in separate bodies and the solution is to forgive this belief or let it go.

I cannot do this alone. I need the clarity of Holy Spirit to show me that all illusions of separate forms are equally untrue. My part is to be willing to hand my perception of every form of separation to the Holy Spirit, where it will be undone for me. Each perception of separation is a barrier to my awareness of Love’s Presence. My job is to not keep these perceptions and make them real, but to be willing for the Holy Spirit to once again show me that only Love is real.

This is my practice for today — to forgive the world from what I ever thought it was, and let my mind be healed of belief in separation. I am thankful that the Holy Spirit is right there in my mind to help me remember to laugh at the ego’s foolish belief in separation. And I give thanks.

Holy Spirit to Robert:
Do not use time to make the world seem real and stand as a barrier against Love’s Presence. Time is a mechanism of separation made by the ego. If you feel rushed, hurried or impatient, you have decided time is real. Step back and offer this thought and feeling to the Holy Spirit. Open your heart and mind to the Holy Spirit’s peace.

Nothing that disturbs your peace is worthy of you, God’s holy Son. God’s will for you is perfect peace and He has deemed you worthy of it. Walk in peace today and you will experience Love’s Presence in each now moment.

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Accept and Extend Love

Holy Spirit to Mary:
Let yourself remember that you rest in Love today… Let yourself remember that Love extends only Love… Let Love be your Guide today… Be still and listen… Accepting and extending Love is the answer to every problem you perceive today.

Holy Spirit to Robert:
You experience blessing by giving blessing. Offer blessing today by joining with the Love in you and seeing with the vision of Love. You will experience the joy of Love as you join with the Love in your brothers. And in your joining, your brothers will be reminded of the Love in them and feel the joy of Love. Remember Love by offering Love and this will be a blessed day.

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Be Led by Love Today

Holy Spirit to Robert:
Remember that the ego is the denial of Love. All it will ever offer you are forms to substitute for Love. Since all your strength is in God, in Love, The denial of Love is the denial of strength. So the ego thought system is always presenting images of weakness, frailty, loss and death. This is all the ego has to offer, since the ego is the denial of Love.

The principal ego symbol of the denial of Love is the body. It is an image of separation and isolation. Being only an image, the body has no meaning or function of its own. When you believe you are a body, separate and alone, you have taught yourself that you are not as God created you. It is this lesson you must unlearn to make way for the awareness of your Self to return.

This is why A Course in Miracles puts so much emphasis on the statement, “I am not a body. I am free. I am still as God created me.” Remembering this brings release from the limited image you have believed you are. When you remember you are as God created you, you are free of all guilt and all fear.

Let today be a day for practicing remembering “I am not a body. I am free. I am still as God created me.” When you think of anyone else, tell them in your mind, “You are not a body. You are free. You as still as God created you.” Whether you are applying that statement to yourself or another, you are teaching yourself that you are free of the dream of separation and remain safe at Home in God’s Love.

Holy Spirit to Mary:
Are you willing to remember the truth? Then be willing to join with Me in the Light of Love… Be willing to join with me by accepting God’s gift of peace… Let go of all that you are holding on to… Let go of everything you think you know… Let go of the past and let go of the future… Just soften and let everything fall away…

You want only the truth and so you are willing to let truth in… You are willing to let your awareness of oneness in… Let yourself be led by the truth of oneness today… Let yourself accept peace and know that you are safe in God’s oneness… As part of Love, you accept Love and extend Love… You let yourself be led by Love today.

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