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Receiving Love’s Blessings in Quiet

…at times most suitable for silence, give ten minutes set apart from listening to the world, and choose instead a gentle listening to the Word of God. ²He speaks from nearer than your heart to you. ³His Voice is closer than your hand. ⁴His Love is everything you are and that He is; the same as you, and you the same as He.

It is your voice to which you listen as He speaks to you. ²It is your word He speaks. ³It is the Word of freedom and of peace, of unity of will and purpose, with no separation nor division in the single Mind of Father and of Son. ⁴In quiet listen to your Self today, and let Him tell you God has never left His Son, and you have never left your Self.

Only be quiet. ²You will need no rule but this, to let your practicing today lift you above the thinking of the world, and free your vision from the body’s eyes. ³Only be still and listen. ⁴You will hear the Word in which the Will of God the Son joins in His Father’s Will, at one with it, with no illusions interposed between the wholly indivisible and true. ⁵As every hour passes by today, be still a moment and remind yourself you have a special purpose for this day; in quiet to receive the Word of God. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 125, W-125.7:1–9:5. See also ACIM Lesson 125 Insights.)

The body’s eyes are only capable of seeing ego-made illusions of separation. As long as we give credence to the body’s eyes, we will be unaware of Christ’s vision, which shows us the reality of Love’s unity.

When we pause to step back from our attention on the world to be quiet and welcome Christ’s vision, we free ourselves from the limitations of the body’s eyes. We open to the recognition of our true Mind, forever at one with the Mind of God. It’s a simple step that can bring a profound shift in our experience. The chaos of the world fades and the peace and Love of God come forward. We remember how blessed we are as a Son of God.

It takes consistent practice to step away from the habit of paying attention to the world. But by being still, we awaken and let the Love and peace of God fill the part of our mind we have tried to separate off into a make-believe world. We need only be still and welcome this transformation in our mind.

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Walking in Gratitude

³Let us turn to Him Who leads the way and makes our footsteps sure.”

His is the only way to find the peace that God has given us. ²It is His way that everyone must travel in the end, because it is this ending God Himself appointed. ³In the dream of time it seems to be far off. ⁴And yet, in truth, it is already here; already serving us as gracious guidance in the way to go. ⁵Let us together follow in the way that truth points out to us. ⁶And let us be the leaders of our many brothers who are seeking for the way, but find it not.

And to this purpose let us dedicate our minds, directing all our thoughts to serve the function of salvation. ²Unto us the aim is given to forgive the world. ³It is the goal that God has given us. ⁴It is His ending to the dream we seek, and not our own. ⁵For all that we forgive we will not fail to recognize as part of God Himself. ⁶And thus His memory is given back, completely and complete. (A Course in Miracles, W-fl.in.1:3;2:1-3:6)

We have been traveling, using a map app to guide us on our way to our destination. As we travel, the final destination does not change. We may take little side trips along the way, but we are always called back to the path leading to our final destination. This is a great metaphor for the Guidance God gives us, leading us back to our Home with Him in the Heaven of His Love. Along the way we distract ourselves with side trips that seem appealing. But His Voice always calls us back to the Path that leads us back to Love.

Each time we forgive, the path gets brighter, more peaceful and clear. The journey changes from being filled with conflict, unhappiness and darkness to increasing joy, a sense of safety and trust that we are being carried along a journey that frees us from fear and guilt. We grow in our certainty that we are protected by the strength of God’s Love. Our happiness increases as we let that Love guide us in all our relationships, activities, words and thoughts. Love becomes the way we walk in gratitude.

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Choosing the Memory of Love

Today the peace of God envelops me, and I forget all things except His Love.

Father, I wake today with miracles correcting my perception of all things. ²And so begins the day I share with You as I will share eternity, for time has stepped aside today. ³I do not seek the things of time, and so I will not look upon them. ⁴What I seek today transcends all laws of time and things perceived in time. ⁵I would forget all things except Your Love. ⁶I would abide in You, and know no laws except Your law of love. ⁷And I would find the peace which You created for Your Son, forgetting all the foolish toys I made as I behold Your glory and my own.

And when the evening comes today, we will remember nothing but the peace of God. ²For we will learn today what peace is ours, when we forget all things except God’s Love. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson, W-346.1:1–2:2. See also ACIM Lesson 346 Insights.)

The ego uses memory as a weapon to defend against God. But it is selective memory. It selects only the illusions it has made to remember and keep them in the past. It draws upon these memories to interpret the illusions it perceives in the present. And it uses these memories to project a future like the past. The one memory that it must not allow is the memory of God’s Love.

We can use selective memory differently. When we use memory to remember God’s Love, memories of the past fade into the nothingness from which they came. The brilliance of God’s Love fills our mind and shines away the darkness of the ego’s denial of Love.

Today we choose to select the memory of Love to awaken from the dark dream of lovelessness. In the brilliant Light of Love we see the presence of Love everywhere, in every brother and in all things. What once blocked awareness of Love’s reality is dispelled and we live in the presence of God’s peace where we dwell with Him eternally.

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Opening Our Channels to Love’s Flow

²Your Friend goes with you. ³You are not alone. ⁴No one who calls on Him can call in vain. ⁵Whatever troubles you, be certain that He has the answer, and will gladly give it to you, if you simply turn to Him and ask it of Him. ⁶He will not withhold all answers that you need for anything that seems to trouble you. ⁷He knows the way to solve all problems, and resolve all doubts. ⁸His certainty is yours. ⁹You need but ask it of Him, and it will be given you.

We trust our ways to Him and say “Amen.” ²In peace we will continue in His way, and trust all things to Him. ³In confidence we wait His answers, as we ask His Will in everything we do. ⁴He loves God’s Son as we would love him. ⁵And He teaches us how to behold him through His eyes, and love him as He does. ⁶You do not walk alone. ⁷God’s angels hover near and all about. ⁸His Love surrounds you, and of this be sure; that I will never leave you comfortless. (A Course in Miracles, W-ep.1:2-9;6:1-8)

The central focus of the Course curriculum is to teach us to rely on the Voice for God to help us in every moment of every day. There is nothing that He will not help us with if we ask with an open mind. There is nothing else that can help, for nothing but God is real. His Voice speaks to us of our Reality and teaches us to recognize illusions as meaningless and ineffectual.

We have put our confidence in the ego thought system, which offers nothing but illusions. As we practice the thought system of A Course in Miracles, we learn to put our confidence in what is truly helpful — the Voice for God, the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, Who is with us 24-7. Our willingness welcomes His lessons. Each time we learn to forgive a mistaken belief, the channel for the flow of God’s Love opens wider. The peace that comes with this flow deepens and our happiness increases.

Let’s join together in the shared intent of following the lead of Love, moment by moment.

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Extending Love Without Limit

²I am as God created me. ³His Son can suffer nothing. ⁴And I am His Son.

Then, with this statement firmly in your mind, try to discover in your mind the Self Who is the holy Son of God Himself.

Seek Him within you Who is Christ in you, the Son of God and brother to the world;…

⁴Deep in your mind the holy Christ in you is waiting your acknowledgment as you. ⁵And you are lost and do not know yourself while He is unacknowledged and unknown.

Seek Him today, and find Him. ²He will be your Savior from all idols you have made. ³For when you find Him, you will understand how worthless are your idols, and how false the images which you believed were you. ⁴Today we make a great advance to truth by letting idols go, and opening our hands and hearts and minds to God today. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 110, W-110.6:2–8:1;9:4–10:4. See also ACIM Lesson 110 Insights.)

In this world it seems that “life” includes inevitably some form of suffering. But what suffers is not God’s Son. It is an illusion of a separate identity that cannot exist in the oneness of God’s changeless Love. The Son He created remains eternally united with His Creator. This is our true Identity which cannot suffer because God does not suffer. God knows only the peace and joy of eternally extending Love. As His Son, we are part of this extension.

Today’s affirmation is a step in letting go our mistaken attachment to the ego’s image of our identity. It is reclaiming the Self we never lost and disclaiming the ego. We are not a body, we are not the ego. Our true Self is forever extending the Love that created It as God’s Son. Today we accept that we are worthy of our inheritance from our Creator by sharing It with the world. We are Love, extending Love without limit.

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Touching Base with the Love We Are

Christ is reborn as but a little Child each time a wanderer would leave his home. ²For he must learn that what he would protect is but this Child, Who comes defenseless and Who is protected by defenselessness. ³Go home with Him from time to time today. ⁴You are as much an alien here as He.

Take time today to lay aside your shield which profits nothing, and lay down the spear and sword you raised against an enemy without existence. ²Christ has called you friend and brother. ³He has even come to ask your help in letting Him go home today, completed and completely. ⁴He has come as does a little child, who must beseech his father for protection and for love. ⁵He rules the universe, and yet He asks unceasingly that you return with Him, and take illusions as your gods no more.

You have not lost your innocence. ²It is for this you yearn. ³This is your heart’s desire. ⁴This is the voice you hear, and this the call which cannot be denied. ⁵The holy Child remains with you. ⁶His home is yours. ⁷Today He gives you His defenselessness, and you accept it in exchange for all the toys of battle you have made. ⁸And now the way is open, and the journey has an end in sight at last. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 182, W-182.10:1–12:8. See also ACIM Lesson 182 Insights.)

In this world it seems that harm is not only possible but inevitable. Death is the one thing that seems certain in this world. When is only a matter of time. Yet the world along with time and death are all illusions. Only our belief in them makes them seem real.

The Christ in our mind remembers the Love we are and our eternal link with our Creator. To free ourselves from the world’s illusions, we need to practice opening to the Christ within, the part of our mind that knows of our innocence and the Love we are. The practice of frequently being still, even for a moment, throughout the day helps us remember our safety and the changelessness of Love.

Love needs no defense. It needs only to be extended without limit. The Source of Love is limitless and it can be given without limit. It can never be lost, though it can be forgotten while we believe in the ego’s dream of separation. We need frequent reminders of What and Where we are in truth. We welcome these reminders each time we are still and welcome the truth that only Love is real.

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We Put Love in Charge of Our Thoughts

²My mind holds only what I think with God.

³That is a fact, and represents the truth of What you are and What your Father is. ⁴It is this thought by which the Father gave creation to the Son, establishing the Son as co-creator with Himself. ⁵It is this thought that fully guarantees salvation to the Son. ⁶For in his mind no thoughts can dwell but those his Father shares. ⁷Lack of forgiveness blocks this thought from his awareness. ⁸Yet it is forever true.

²Because [forms] are illusions, they are not perceived to be but what they are; defenses that protect your unforgiving thoughts from being seen and recognized. ³Their purpose is to show you something else, and hold correction off through self-deceptions made to take its place.

…place [God’s] Mind in charge of all the thoughts you will receive that day.

They will not come from you alone, for they will all be shared with Him. ²And so each one will bring the message of His Love to you, returning messages of yours to Him. ³So will communion with the Lord of Hosts be yours, as He Himself has willed it be. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Review IV, W-rIV.in.2:2-8;3:2-3;5:4–6:3. See also ACIM Lesson 121 Insights.)

Most of the thoughts of which we are aware come from the ego. They are formations based on the past, used either to justify guilt or anger or to project a future like the past. These thought forms are illusions, but our belief in them makes them seem real. They cast a shadow on the present making us unaware our real Thoughts we share with God.

It is essential to the ego that this shadow be maintained so it floods our mind with a constant stream of meaningless thoughts to hide our only real Thoughts, the Thoughts of Love we share Him. To dispel the shadow of the ego, we need to put Love in charge of all our thoughts. The ego’s thoughts keep us in darkness. We want to welcome the Light of Love. We want the peace of God. Today we practice stepping back and letting Love lead the way.

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