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Willingness to Accept Holy Spirit’s Help

It has never really entered your mind to give up every idea you ever had that opposes knowledge. You retain thousands of little scraps of fear that prevent the Holy One from entering. Light cannot penetrate through the walls you make to block it, and it is forever unwilling to destroy what you have made. No one can see through a wall, but I can step around it. Watch your mind for the scraps of fear, or you will be unable to ask me to do so. I can help you only as our Father created us. I will love you and honor you and maintain complete respect for what you have made, but I will not uphold it unless it is true. I will never forsake you any more than God will, but I must wait as long as you choose to forsake yourself. Because I wait in love and not in impatience, you will surely ask me truly. I will come in response to a single unequivocal call. (A Course in Miracles, T-4.III.7. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

Every image of separation that we believe is real is a scrap of fear that binds us to the ego’s world. It maintains a wall between our true Self, which is united with God and His Love, and what we believe we are. We have been believing in a false image of our self. Fortunately, beliefs can be changed. They are not set in stone, although the ego diligently tries to convince us that they are unchangeable.

To heal the mistaken beliefs that are the basis of our fears, we need help from outside the ego’s fearful world. We have been given the Holy Spirit in our mind to heal these false beliefs. But He cannot heal what we are not willing to have healed.

Today we practice being vigilant to identify our fear based thoughts. We remind ourselves, “This thought is a lie.” We express our willingness to receive the Holy Spirit’s lesson by reminding ourselves, “I am willing to let it go.” This is how we welcome the Holy Spirit’s loving gift of healing.

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Returning to Our Foundation as Love

Your peace lies in its limitlessness. Limit the peace you share, and your Self must be unknown to you.

Only you can deprive yourself of anything. Do not oppose this realization, for it is truly the beginning of the dawn of light. Remember also that the denial of this simple fact takes many forms, and these you must learn to recognize and to oppose steadfastly, without exception. This is a crucial step in the reawakening. The beginning phases of this reversal are often quite painful, for as blame is withdrawn from without, there is a strong tendency to harbor [blame] within. It is difficult at first to realize that this is exactly the same thing, for there is no distinction between within and without.

If your brothers are part of you and you blame them for your deprivation, you are blaming yourself. And you cannot blame yourself without blaming them. That is why blame must be undone, not seen elsewhere. Lay it to yourself and you cannot know yourself, for only the ego blames at all. Self-blame is therefore ego identification, and as much an ego defense as blaming others. You cannot enter God’s Presence if you attack His Son. (A Course in Miracles, T-11.IV.3:1-2;4:1-5:6. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

The fact that separation is impossible means that every brother is one with us. There is no “other” to blame. The attempt to blame is an ego defense to escape from its perceived guilt. But guilt can only be justified in the made-up world of separation. Our attempts to blame are based upon the fearful thought that we have succeeded in separating from God’s Love. The ego uses blame to reinforce the belief that separation is real.

The practice of asking the Holy Spirit to heal our fear-based thoughts neutralizes the basis for blame. Without the presence of fear in our mind, the oneness of Love floods our mind. On the foundation of the Love we are, the thought of blame cannot occur. We see our brother as one with us and remember that together we are one with our Father. We accept the salvation inherent in our Creation as God’s one Son.

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Freeing Ourselves from the Prison of Guilt

I will accept my part in God’s plan for salvation.

Today is a day of special dedication. We take a stand on but one side today. We side with truth and let illusions go.

We have a mighty purpose to fulfill, and have been given everything we need with which to reach the goal. Not one mistake stands in our way. For we have been absolved from errors. All our sins are washed away by realizing they were but mistakes.

The guiltless have no fear, for they are safe and recognize their safety. They do not appeal to magic, nor invent escapes from fancied threats without reality. [The guiltless] rest in quiet certainty that they will do what it is given them to do. They do not doubt their own ability because they know their function will be filled completely in the perfect time and place.

Here is an offer guaranteeing you your full release from pain of every kind, and joy the world does not contain. You can exchange a little of your time for peace of mind and certainty of purpose, with the promise of complete success. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 98, W-pI.98.1:1-3;2:3-3:4;6:1-2. See also ACIM Lesson 98 Insights.)

The self we think we are is a fabrication of the ego thought system of separation. Our belief in being a separate self imprisons us in a world where guilt and sin appear to be real. Our part in God’s plan for our salvation is to be willing to offer all our belief in guilt and sin to the Holy Spirit for His loving correction. On our own we do not know how to free ourselves from the bondage of guilt.

But the Holy Spirit remembers the truth of What we are while recognizing that we accept illusions in place of truth. He is able to teach us to recognize these illusions are not true. He is a Bridge between the fabricated world we believe in and the Truth that we remain God’s Love, perfectly safe and living in the Heart of peace.

Each time we practice offering our guilty and fearful thoughts to the Holy Spirit to undo on our behalf, we are accepting God’s plan for our salvation.

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Being a Channel for Love’s Blessing

You are one Self, united and secure in light and joy and peace. You are God’s Son, one Self, with one Creator and one goal; to bring awareness of this oneness to all minds, that true creation may extend the allness and the unity of God. You are one Self, complete and healed and whole, with power to lift the veil of darkness from the world, and let the light in you come through to teach the world the truth about yourself.

You are one Self, in perfect harmony with all there is, and all that there will be. You are one Self, the holy Son of God, united with your brothers in that Self; united with your Father in His Will. Feel this one Self in you, and let It shine away all your illusions and your doubts. This is your Self, the Son of God Himself, sinless as Its Creator, with His strength within you and His Love forever yours. You are one Self, and it is given you to feel this Self within you, and to cast all your illusions out of the one Mind that is this Self, the holy truth in you. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 95, W-pI.95.12-13. See also ACIM Lesson 95 Insights.)

We have hidden our true Self beneath layers of beliefs built upon the idea that separation is real. We see a world of forms that portray separation and reinforce our beliefs. We see this world because we believe it.

But beyond this dream is the universe of Love’s oneness, undisturbed by the chaos of the dream. Our true Self is this universe — the oneness of God’s changeless, universal Love. Here is perfect peace and the joy of continuous sharing of His Love.

We pause today to let ourselves settle into the quiet center of peace, beneath the clouds of mistaken beliefs in separation. These beliefs have no strength to deny us our peace when we are willing to let them pass by. As we settle into the peace within, we know our safety and our wholeness. We feel the strength and limitlessness of Love flowing through us extending to infinity, bringing Love’s blessing with it. We are blessed as we let Love reach through us to bless the world. We are safe. We are Home, and we are confident that we are loved.

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Letting the Christ in Us Take the Lead

The Christ in you is very still. He looks on what He loves, and knows it as Himself. And thus does He rejoice at what He sees, because He knows that it is one with Him and with His Father.

Rejoice you have no eyes with which to see; no ears to listen, and no hands to hold nor feet to guide. Be glad that only Christ can lend you His, while you have need of them. They are illusions, too, as much as yours. And yet because they serve a different purpose, the strength their purpose holds is given them. And what they see and hear and hold and lead is given light, that you may lead as you were led.

The Christ in you is very still. He knows where you are going, and He leads you there in gentleness and blessing all the way. His Love for God replaces all the fear you thought you saw within yourself. (A Course in Miracles, T-24.V.1:1-3;5:1-6:3. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

Because the body is an illusion, we do not really have eyes, ears, hands nor feet. But we believe we do. The Christ in us is a symbol representing our true Self forever united in the oneness of God’s Love. When we put Christ in charge, our body is used for Christ’s singular purpose — to join with the truth of what we are, along with every brother. With this as our purpose, illusions fade away and fear goes with them. Peace takes their place, for nothing is seen that can possibly disrupt our unity with God.

We welcome Christ’s lead today by frequently asking in our mind, “What would the Christ in me do in this situation, or with this thought?” We let Him take the lead and bring our brother’s with us on our journey of awakening.

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Choosing to See with the Eyes of Love

I am under no laws but God’s.

Here is the perfect statement of my freedom. I am under no laws but God’s. I am constantly tempted to make up other laws and give them power over me. I suffer only because of my belief in them. They have no real effect on me at all. I am perfectly free of the effects of all laws save God’s. And His are the laws of freedom.

For specific forms in applying this idea, these would be useful:

My perception of this shows me I believe in laws that do not exist.
I see only the laws of God at work in this.
Let me allow God’s laws to work in this, and not my own. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 88, W-pI.88.3-4. See also ACIM Lesson 88 Insights.)

God is only Love, so His laws are the laws of Love. Love is one. When we accept Love as our Reality, we overlook the forms of this world as meaningless and experience the presence of Love everywhere, in all things. Nothing else is real. In this awareness, we know the the Light is ever present in our mind. It is What we are.

When we believe that we can harm or be harmed, that loss is possible, we are believing in made-up laws that have no effect on the reality of Love we are. It is these mistaken beliefs that are undone when we choose salvation — we choose Reality instead of illusions.

The affirmations provided with this lesson help us choose the reality of Love’s oneness. They help us choose to see with the eyes of Love.

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Awakening to the Life We Live in God

…this course was sent to open up the path of light to us, and teach us, step by step, how to return to the eternal Self we thought we lost.

I take the journey with you. For I share your doubts and fears a little while, that you may come to me who recognize the road by which all fears and doubts are overcome. We walk together. I must understand uncertainty and pain, although I know they have no meaning. Yet a savior must remain with those he teaches, seeing what they see, but still retaining in his mind the way that led him out, and now will lead you out with him. God’s Son is crucified until you walk along the road with me.

My resurrection comes again each time I lead a brother safely to the place at which the journey ends and is forgot. I am renewed each time a brother learns there is a way from misery and pain. I am reborn each time a brother’s mind turns to the light in him and looks for me. I have forgotten no one. Help me now to lead you back to where the journey was begun, to make another choice with me. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Review V, W-pI.rV.5:4-7:5. See also ACIM Lesson 171 Insights.)

Jesus, our elder brother, knows that he is one with our Father and only Love is real. He can share our doubts and fears. Thus, because does not believe them, he can teach us using symbols we can understand to help us let go of our mistaken beliefs. He is part of our one Self, God’s one Son, and thus is in our mind, always available as our Counselor and Teacher. While we believe we are on our own, we need this help because our mistaken belief system denies the truth.

When we believe separation is real, the world we perceive is an image of the crucifixion of God’s Son. It denies the Life we live in God, offering an illusion of existence it calls “life.” With Jesus’ help as a channel of the Holy Spirit, we can undo our false beliefs and awaken to the Life we live in God — a Life of perfect Love, peace and joy.

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