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Accepting Holy Spirit’s Gift of Freedom

Freedom comes as I let the Holy Spirit judge all things for me. The ego has judged all things as separate and alone. The ego’s judgment tries to place its guilt outside itself. That is why it needs an ‘outside.’ On the other hand, the Holy Spirit sees all as one. The Holy Spirit shows me there is no outside. There is no guilt. When I hold hands with the Holy Spirit, all I see is innocence.

There is only one Christ Mind that is real. The Holy Spirit reminds me of the unreality of separation. The Holy Spirit shows me the meaninglessness of a world of separation. It is only when I am willing to go to the Holy Spirit that I will receive the Holy Spirit’s judgment. The Holy Spirit shows me the difference between the real and the unreal, and through this I find freedom from the bondage of the ego thought system of separation.

Today is a day of letting the Holy Spirit judge for me. Today I would practice refraining from judging on my own. Today I would practice holding Holy Spirit’s hand and receiving Christ’s vision. Today I would take one more step towards accepting the freedom that is mine. (Excerpt from ACIM Workbook Daily Lesson 311 Insights.)

It is very helpful to realize that I am accepting freedom when I step back and ask the Holy Spirit to judge all things for me. I am not loosing independence. I am gaining all freedom as I go to Holy Spirit with every fear, with every concern. The truth is I never could be independent of God. Everyone in the world — every Son of God — is still one with God.

We cannot change reality, no matter what images of being alone and separate we imagine to be real. We thought we gained freedom for ourselves by trying to be independent of God. But all we have done is lay a heavy burden of fear, guilt and punishment on ourselves. We are now learning to step back and allow the Holy Spirit to free us by removing all traces of this heavy burden. The Holy Spirit brings us true freedom as we follow His wise and loving guidance.

That is why my only goal is to let Holy Spirit judge everything for me today. I need to be taught the difference between the real and the unreal, truth and illusion. I need to be taught to see past the illusions of separation to the eternal truth that we still are one in God’s Love. This is how I am freed from the ego’s guilt to accept the Holy Spirit’s gift of Love’s oneness.

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