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Let Truth Return to Our Minds

What am I and where am I in truth? When I am willing to go within and let the Truth be shown to me, I see that this same Truth applies to everyone in the dream that I see as outside myself through the body’s eyes. In truth, I am Spirit. I am the Spirit of Love and peace and joy. I am as God created me. And this one Identity applies to everyone I see in the dream.

When I am willing to go within and receive the Truth, all problems disappear because I am brought to the awareness that anything not of Love could never be. Peace and happiness reigns in this state of mind. The Light has come and I see past the images of separation in the world.

So today my practice is to ask frequently, “What am I and where am I in Truth?” And then step back and let the truth return to my mind. From this state of mind, I see clearly that only Love is real. I join with the Truth in everyone. Here is where peace is found. Letting the truth return to my mind is all that is important for today.

Today is another day to practice making no decisions on my own. To do this, I need to be vigilant for peace. Peace and understanding go together. As I stay in peace, my mind is open to Holy Spirit’s inspiration. And my doing will be motivated by Love.

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Waken Gently with Joy

God willed [His Son] waken gently and with joy, and gave him means to waken without fear.

Accept the dream He gave instead of yours. …Rest in the Holy Spirit, and allow His gentle dreams to take the place of those you dreamed in terror and in fear of death. (A Course in Miracles T-27.VII.13:5,14:1,3)

The ego would have us believe that God is to be feared. This is simply a projection of the ego belief in the reality of separation and the guilt that is its consequence. This passage from the Course is an assurance that fear of God is never justified. In fact, He has given us the means to awaken without fear, to let the dream end gently. The Holy Spirit offers us the means to forgive or let go of the idea that separation could ever occur. As we let the Holy Spirit help us forgive, we make way for the Holy Spirit’s happy dream in which we recognize the innocence of every brother and ourselves.

Today our practice is to stay in peace where the Holy Spirit will help us let go of the mistaken belief in guilt. In peace, we will see the truth in our brother and ourselves. In peace, the Holy Spirit will help us let go of the barriers to love we have made, and we will remember the joy of unity in the reality of Love.

 

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Welcoming Holy Spirit’s Gifts

The Holy Spirit’s gifts are always there, waiting for us to be willing to receive them. His gifts of Light and joy and peace change the way we view the world. Today is a day of welcoming His gifts so that we will remember the real Home we all share in God.

What a beautiful way to spend Christmas day — receiving God’s gifts and sharing them with all. We are all one with God’s Love and now is the time to remember it. O holy day! O happy day! Let us celebrate this joyful day of remembering the truth and share it with the world.

Christmas comes from the tradition of celebrating a mass for Christ — of celebrating the innocence and Love and peace of Christ. As we learn in the Course, this Christ is the truth in all of us. Let us today celebrate the truth in our brothers by accepting Holy Spirit’s help to see with the vision of Christ. What greater gift can we give to our brothers and ourselves than to see the truth in us all.

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Choose to Rest in the Truth

Every day there seems to be a tug of war between which part of my mind I’m going to give attention to. Am I going to continue with the old habit of subscribing to the ego thought system? Or am I going to shift my attention to the Holy Spirit, the truth in my mind? The first option always brings uncertainty and at least an underlying, if not overt fear and guilt. The second option brings deep peace, confidence and the joy of knowing that I am Love and nothing else.

Looking at the consequences of these options, the obvious choice is to welcome the truth in my mind and disregard the ego thought system. With the strength of the Holy Spirit in me, I can reverse the old habit and choose to rest in the truth in my mind. This is my practice today.

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Welcoming God’s Judgment

Time pauses as eternity comes near, and silence lies across the world that everyone may hear this Judgment of the Son of God:

Holy are you, eternal, free and whole, at peace forever in the Heart of God. Where is the world, and where is sorrow now?

What is your judgment of the world, teacher of God? Have you yet learned to stand aside and hear the Voice of Judgment in yourself? Or do you still attempt to take His role from Him? Learn to be quiet, for His Voice is heard in stillness. And His Judgment comes to all who stand aside in quiet listening, and wait for Him.

You who are sometimes sad and sometimes angry; who sometimes feel your just due is not given you, and your best efforts meet with lack of appreciation and even contempt; give up these foolish thoughts! They are too small and meaningless to occupy your holy mind an instant longer. God’s Judgment waits for you to set you free. (A Course in Miracles M-15.1:10-12;2:9-13;3:1-3)

Recognizing what God’s Judgment really is makes my heart sing. It means I am accepting the truth of What I am. It is a complete reversal of the world’s thinking, which is always depressing because it is the denial of Love. Welcoming God’s Judgment means welcoming Love. There is nothing else I really want.

It is very helpful for me to remember that I am at peace forever in the Heart of God. It is particularly helpful to return to this when I think something in the world is not going to my liking. Remembering frequently that I am at peace forever in the Heart of God is my practice for today. Because we are one, this is true for the whole Sonship. This goes a long way toward undoing the dream stories of the world. God’s one Son is at peace forever in the Heart of God. And for this I give thanks.

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Accepting the Light of Our Source

Why wait for Heaven? Those who seek the light are merely covering their eyes. The light is in them now. Enlightenment is but a recognition, not a change at all. Light is not of the world, yet you who bear the light in you are alien here as well. The light came with you from your native home, and stayed with you because it is your own. It is the only thing you bring with you from Him Who is your Source. It shines in you because it lights your home, and leads you back to where it came from and you are at home. (A Course in Miracles W-pI.188.1)

Our practice for today is to accept the Light of peace that is already in our minds, waiting to return us to our eternal Home… To receive the Light of peace, we must be willing to go to that sacred place in our minds where peace resides… Our practice today is to step back and let peace lead the way… Our practice today is to let the memory of God return us to the awareness that we are at Home right now… As we practice receiving peace, we naturally extend it to the whole Sonship.

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Open-Mindedness Invites the Truth

Open-mindedness comes with lack of judgment. As judgment shuts the mind against God’s Teacher, so openmindedness invites Him to come in.…

How do the open-minded forgive? They have let go all things that would prevent forgiveness. They have in truth abandoned the world, and let it be restored to them in newness and in joy so glorious they could never have conceived of such a change. Nothing is now as it was formerly. Nothing but sparkles now which seemed so dull and lifeless before. And above all are all things welcoming, for threat is gone. No clouds remain to hide the face of Christ. (A Course in Miracles M-4.X.1:2-3;2:1-7)

Waking up comes down to simply breaking an old habit — the habit of judging what everything means. Fortunately, we don’t have to stick with the old habit. Even though our initial response in the moment might come from the old habit of judgment, we are always free to step back from judgment and open our minds to another way of seeing. This is the process of forgiveness.

As we let go of judgment, a world of happiness and peace, of loving union, replaces the constant need to protect and strive. With open-mindedness, we are shown that we have everything we need — we have all the Love of God. There is nothing else. Today our practice is to hold our minds open to the Holy Spirit’s way of seeing.

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