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How to Be Happy

The world’s salvation awaits your forgiveness [seeing the Love beyond the ego’s perceptions], because through it does the Son of God escape from all illusions, and thus from all temptation. The Son of God is you.

Only by fulfilling the function given you by God will you be happy. That is because your function is to be happy by using the means [forgiveness] by which happiness becomes inevitable. There is no other way. Therefore, every time you choose whether or not to fulfill your function, you are really choosing whether or not to be happy.

Let us remember this today. Let us remind ourselves of it in the morning and again at night, and all through the day as well. Prepare yourself in advance for all the decisions you will make today by remembering they are all really very simple. Each one will lead to happiness or unhappiness. Can such a simple decision really be difficult to make? Let not the form of the decision deceive you. Complexity of form does not imply complexity of content. It is impossible that any decision on earth can have a content different from just this one simple choice [between Love and illusion]. That is the only choice the Holy Spirit sees. Therefore it is the only choice there is.

Let me forgive and be happy. (, A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 64,W-pI.64.3:3-5:10;6:4. See also ACIM Lesson 64 Insights.)

Our deeply ingrained identification with the body limits our perception to the ego’s domain. The body’s eyes were made to perceive illusions and exclude Reality. Fortunately the Holy Spirit can give the body another purpose. Guided by the Holy Spirit, the body becomes the means to let go of the meaning the ego gives to form.

Through the body we experience fear and guilt. These emotions become signals that we are misperceiving. If we use these signals as reminders to turn to the Holy Spirit for help to see as He sees, we open our minds to true forgiveness. The Holy Spirit will show us the Love beyond the images of separation. As we accept His vision, we experience the joy of remembering the Love we are.

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