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Awakening with Happy Laughter

Robert:
God’s Will for us is perfect happiness. This happiness is not based on form because all form is temporary. Because God is eternal, the happiness He wills for us is eternal.

The forms we see in the world can never be the cause of true happiness. But our perception of the world can reflect the true happiness we see within. When we feel true happiness within, changing forms do not matter. This brings us the experience of safety because we recognize that forms cannot affect the truth within us.

Today my prayer is to see all things as Holy Spirit sees. Thus will I be anchored in Love’s happiness, calm and undisturbed, shining in the reflection of Love’s presence. This is how I will exchange the ego’s dream for the happy dream of the real world, free of the past and ready to remember my Home.

Mary:
This morning we read A Course in Miracles Chapter 22, Section IV: The Branching of the Road. It feels like the message in this section reflects the purpose of this next stage of our life in Florida. A theme kept flowing through both of our minds: Letting the veil be lifted with happy laughter.

This theme seems to be the cornerstone of our journey at this stage in our life. We feel that we are being guided to a location that provides the setting for easy letting the veil be lifted with happy laughter. We are now looking at properties in Ponce Inlet, which is quite near the beach. This quiet, rather isolated beach seems to stimulate quiet reflection. We are taking it a step at a time, remembering that our only job is to let ourselves be led, moment by moment.

The thought of letting the veil be lifted with happy laughter rings true in my heart and brings me to a place of inner joy. It is quite an interesting journey we are on. I feel an inner enthusiasm as we walk this journey together. The truth is we are one Light; there is no distance between us. In happy laughter, we awaken from the dream of separation.

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Sustained by the Love of God

Mary:
This morning we were guided to read A Course in Miracles Workbook, Lessons 49 and 50. What stood out to me was this: “Put not your faith in illusions. They will fail you. Put all your faith in the Love of God within you; eternal, changeless and forever unfailing. This is the answer to whatever confronts you today.” (W-pI.50.4:1-4)

This is a helpful reminder to me to open my mind to what is eternal, not to what is constantly changing. As I open to the eternal, I feel the peace that is always there. I feel the confidence that nothing changes in God; nothing changes in Love. I am gently reminded that this is Where I am always.

From this place of remembering, I can look at all the changes that seem to be happening in the outer world with an inner smile, knowing that what really sustains me always is the Love of God. In this state of mind, I can feel the constant calm and be truly helpful.

Robert:
When I remember I am sustained by the Love of God, I am at peace. I know all my needs are met so my peace cannot be disturbed. Today I will use “I am sustained by the Love of God” as a mantra to remind me of Where I am in truth.

From that state of mind I am open to the flow of Holy Spirit’s inspiration in all my doing. I know I am not alone. I know I don’t have to figure out anything on my own. All that needs doing will flow freely from God’s sustaining Love. With this practice I will have a day of joy.

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The Certainty of Our Safety

Holy Spirit to Robert:
Rest in the peace of God…. Rest… rest… rest…. Let yourself feel the safety of being in God…. Let yourself feel the joy of being in His Love…. Let yourself feel His peace embrace you and fill you…. Accept it as yours….

Feel His peace and Love and joy flow through you to all the world…. Into the certainty of this Presence invite all to join you in remembering your Home….

This is why you are here…. The only meaning in all the forms of the world is in their service to this remembering…. Let yourself be in Love… and let Love guide all your ways, all your thoughts, all your doing…. Thus will you learn that you are Love and nothing else.

Holy Spirit o Mary:
You can relax now… Breathe deeply… and let yourself become aware of the Love that you are… Let yourself feel how safe you are… Let deep peace fill your being… Let all your living flow from this awareness of peace.

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We Go Together, You and I

Mary:
This morning we had our weekly Saturday morning teleconference working with course 918: The Power of Prayer and Meditation. The points to practice that stood out the most to me were, “We go together, you and I” and the importance of giving time in quiet to God.

The world is so filled with busyness and turmoil that I need constant reminders to step back and listen. I go with the flow more easily when I remember that the only purpose that means anything is to let go of my belief in separation and allow myself to return to the awareness of the oneness of Love’s Presence.

Each moment I am being given another opportunity to relax and let myself be guided by my inner Teacher rather than following the constant flow of desire that comes from the ego mind. Right now I feel so grateful to participate in the symphonic flow of awakening as we all follow Holy Spirit’s plan.

Robert:
What stood out to me in today’s teleconference session is that to be open to the Will of God I must be willing to let go of the past. This is why forgiveness is the central message of the Course. Forgiveness is another word for letting go of the past. The ego uses the past as a barrier against God’s present Love. The more I am able to be free from images of the past, the more I am receptive to God’s beneficent and loving Will.

Since God’s Will for me and everyone is perfect happiness, I really do want God’s Will for me. Today is another day to practice being mindful of my judgments and to offer them to the Holy Spirit for release so that I can experience Love’s Presence.

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Our Real Mission

Mary:
This morning we read the beginning of part of A Course in Miracles Text, Chapter 25 (on pages 518-520). What stands out to me the most is, “The body needs no healing. But the mind that thinks it is a body is sick indeed! And it is here [in the mind] that Christ sets forth the remedy. His purpose folds the body in His light, and fills it with the holiness that shines from Him. And nothing that the body says or does but makes Him manifest. To those who know Him not, it carries Him in gentleness and love, to heal their minds. Such is the mission that your brother has for you. And such it must be that your mission is for him.” (T-25.Int.3)

This makes it very clear to me that my purpose is to focus on the Christ in every brother. My two choices are either I focus on the body or I focus on the Christ. Focusing on the body leads to hell (separation) and focusing on the Christ leads to Heaven (the recognition of Oneness). When I think of it this way, it encourages me to remember that seeing the Christ is my real mission while it still appears that I am in a body. This is how I learn through the Holy Spirit to see oneness. Looking past bodies to the Light is how the veil [of separation] is lifted to see the face of Christ in everyone I meet. This is my practice for today. This is how I wake up from the dream of death. Thank God I have so much help.

Robert:
What stood out to me in today’s reading was, “Perception is a choice of what you want yourself to be; the world you want to live in, and the state in which you think your mind will be content and satisfied.” (T-25.I.3:1-2)

Perception always shows me what I want to be real. It always filters out what does not conform to what I want. That is why the Course focuses on helping me to recognize what I really want is Love’s extension, and what I have chosen is a substitute for Love. Having wholeheartedly embraced the ego thought system and its substitute for Heaven, the reality of Heaven in incomprehensible.

But the good news is that I have a Teacher in my mind to teach me that what I have chosen is not real and is not what I really want and that I can learn to recognize and choose what I really want.

Today is a day to practice choosing Holy Spirit as my Guide for seeing. Its purpose is always to show me the steps to Heaven. Holy Spirit will show me the reality of Love in all my brothers. It will teach me that I am eternally safe. And I will experience the blessing of knowing that I am Love and seeing only Love.

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Step Back, Let Go, Let Spirit Flow

Mary:
In our reading this morning, this is what stood out to me: “Let me not see an illusion of myself in this. As I look on this, let me remember my Creator. My Creator did not create this as I see it.” (W-pI.84.2:2-4)

These three sentences can be very helpful for me to remember to allow the veil to be lifted by the Holy Spirit as I focus on different tasks during the day. I’m being encouraged in this lesson to see past illusion to the truth in every circumstance. I’m being encouraged not to exclude somethings from Holy Spirit’s beneficent Light. My prayer today is that I make best use of the day by allowing myself to see everything as my Creator sees it. This is good practice in letting go and letting God and returns me to my true function.

Robert:
Yesterday I was asked to step back and let Holy Spirit lead the way. The results of this practice were inspired and inspiring.

I was working on a video project. As I focused from a place of peace and openness, thoughts came into my mind that led me to try things I have never done before. The end result was beyond what I had imagined could be done. It came together with ease and a natural flow.

This experience inspires me to keep practicing. When I let go of my own agenda, I am gracefully led every step of the way. I learned that I don’t need to rely on my engineer mind that analyzes the past to devise a solution to a perceived need. These efforts on my own simply extend the struggle and repeat the past in another form. But when I step back and let Spirit lead the way, the graceful flow teaches me the value of making no decisions on my own. It teaches me that my salvation is in following Love’s Presence, which always uses every circumstance as an expression of Love.

Today again I will practice stepping back and letting Love lead the way.

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Opening to Your Constant Companion

Holy Spirit to Mary:
Remember you are not alone. You have a constant Companion Who goes with you wherever you go. Practice opening to your constant Companion and receiving the gifts of peace and Love. Practice listening in quiet today.

Holy Spirit to Robert:
Today practice stepping back to let Me lead the way. Let Me guide your thoughts, your words, your actions. I will use them to extend the Love that is your Self. And you will see the Love reflected back, reminding you of What you are. You teach yourself that you are Love by expressing Love in all your doing. You do this by letting Me lead the way. Together we will have a day of joyous Love and laughter.

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