Daily Inspiration for Living A Course in Miracles

Tweet

Subscribe

Previous Article • Next Article

View all articles • Article index

Awakening to Safety from Dreams of Fear

Like any good teacher, the Holy Spirit knows more than you do now, but He teaches only to make you equal with Him. You had already taught yourself wrongly, having believed what was not true. You did not believe in your own perfection. Would God teach you that you had made a split mind, when He knows your mind only as whole? What God does know is that His communication channels are not open to Him, so that He cannot impart His joy and know that His children are wholly joyous. Giving His joy is an ongoing process, not in time but in eternity. God’s extending outward, though not His completeness, is blocked when the Sonship does not communicate with Him as one. So He thought, “My children sleep and must be awakened.

How can you wake children in a more kindly way than by a gentle Voice that will not frighten them, but will merely remind them that the night is over and the light has come? You do not inform them that the nightmares that frightened them so badly are not real, because children believe in magic. You merely reassure them that they are safe now. Then you train them to recognize the difference between sleeping and waking, so they will understand they need not be afraid of dreams. And so when bad dreams come, they will themselves call on the light to dispel them.

The Holy Spirit makes no distinction among dreams. He merely shines them away. His light is always the Call to awaken, whatever you have been dreaming. Nothing lasting lies in dreams, and the Holy Spirit, shining with the light from God Himself, speaks only for what lasts forever. (A Course in Miracles, T-6.V.1-2;4:4-7. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

Our world certainly does not feel like a safe place. There seem to be threats to our existence everywhere. But the Holy Spirit assures us that our true Self, the Son of God, is safe now and eternally. We don’t realize this because we do not know the difference between dreams and reality. This world is not our home; it is not our reality. It is nothing more than a dream.

While we dream of a world of fear and guilt, the Holy Spirit is in our mind to teach us how to distinguish truth from fantasy. We can awaken from our dream by being vigilant for the lead of the Holy Spirit in our mind. As we learn His gentle, loving lessons, the Light of Love dawns upon our minds. The dark dreams of loss and death are shined away as we learn that only Love is real. God’s Love is What we are, now and forever. Love is the answer to every perceived problem. In Its Light, we awaken to our safety in the arms of God.

© 2020, Pathways of Light. http://www.pathwaysoflight.org
You may freely share copies of this with your friends, provided this copyright notice and website address are included.

Tell a friend about this article.

Printable Page

<< Back to main page of Daily Inspiration.

Has this page been helpful to you?
Your contribution to support this site is greatly appreciated. To make a tax deductible contribution with a credit/debit card, click here.
Click here to donate from your PayPal account.
Or send a check to Pathways of Light, 12530 Lions Chase Court, Huntley, IL 60142.