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Remembering We Are Home in God

Today I let Christ’s vision look upon all things for me and judge them not, but give each one a miracle of love instead.

So would I liberate all things I see, and give to them the freedom that I seek. ²For thus do I obey the law of love, and give what I would find and make my own. ³It will be given me, because I have chosen it as the gift I want to give. ⁴Father, Your gifts are mine. ⁵Each one that I accept gives me a miracle to give. ⁶And giving as I would receive, I learn Your healing miracles belong to me.

Our Father knows our needs. ²He gives us grace to meet them all. ³And so we trust in Him to send us miracles to bless the world, and heal our minds as we return to Him. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 349, W-349. See also ACIM Lesson 349 Insights.)

When we look upon the world with Christ’s vision, we see Love in everyone and in all things. The body’s eyes cannot show us this, for they were made to see only the illusions produced by the ego thought system. The body’s eyes show us nothing that is real. They seem real only because we believe the ego is our identity.

But as we give our attention to Christ’s vision, we see the reality of Love shine through the smokescreen of the ego’s illusions. We increasingly recognize illusions for what they are and welcome the Love that we share with everyone. God has given us the means to awaken from the ego’s dream.

Today we practice stepping back from the images of the world to let Christ’s vision show us the presence of Love in each now moment. With this practice we experience the Love that is ever present in the world. Love guides our thoughts, words and deeds. We feel the strength of Love surrounding us and extending through us to all. Our Home in Love seems increasingly real to us while the world diminishes in its importance. We know we are safe, we are loved, we are at Home in God.

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Reclaiming Our Identity in God

My mind is part of God’s. I am very holy.

Today’s idea does not describe the way you see yourself now. ²It does, however, describe what vision will show you. ³It is difficult for anyone who thinks he is in this world to believe this of himself. ⁴Yet the reason he thinks he is in this world is because he does not believe it.

You will believe that you are part of where you think you are. ²That is because you surround yourself with the environment you want. ³And you want it to protect the image of yourself that you have made. ⁴The image is part of this environment. ⁵What you see while you believe you are in it is seen through the eyes of the image. ⁶This is not vision. ⁷Images cannot see.

The idea for today presents a very different view of yourself. ²By establishing your Source it establishes your Identity, and it describes you as you must really be in truth. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 35, W-35.1:1–3:2. See also ACIM Lesson 35 Insights.)

It is difficult for us to accept that our mind is part of God’s and we are very holy because we believe we are an image disconnected from God. This image is neither holy nor unholy because it is an illusion. An illusion is neither bad nor good, it is nothing.

In order to accept the truth of what we are, we have to let go of our belief in a false image of our identity. This is threatening to our seeming existence. If we believe our identity is a body, the loss of the body is the loss of our identity. This is why death is frightening.

In the ego’s dream of separation. It seems that without a body, we do not exist. This is typical of the ego’s distortions. In reality, the body does not exist at all. Our true Identity is held perfectly secure in the Mind of God, changeless and unchangeable. We cannot lose the Identity God created as His Son. This Identity shares God’s holiness.

Today’s lesson is a step toward recognizing the Self that is our true Identity. Our Identity is eternally at peace, joyful and loving as God is. We welcome it now.

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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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