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Healing Our Relationships

Select one brother, symbol of the rest, and ask salvation of him. See him first as clearly as you can, in that same form to which you are accustomed. See his face, his hands and feet, his clothing. Watch him smile, and see familiar gestures which he makes so frequently. Then think of this: What you are seeing now conceals from you the sight of one who can forgive you all your sins; whose sacred hands can take away the nails which pierce your own, and lift the crown of thorns which you have placed upon your bleeding head. Ask this of him, that he may set you free:

Give me your blessing, holy Son of God. I would behold you with the eyes of Christ, and see my perfect sinlessness in you.

And He will answer Whom you called upon. For He will hear the Voice for God in you, and answer in your own. Behold him now, whom you have seen as merely flesh and bone, and recognize that Christ has come to you. Today’s idea is your safe escape from anger and from fear. Be sure you use it instantly, should you be tempted to attack a brother and perceive in him the symbol of your fear. And you will see him suddenly transformed from enemy to savior; from the devil into Christ. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 161, W-pI.161.11-12. See also ACIM Lesson 161 Insights.)

Today we practice this process, given us by Holy Spirit, to heal all our relationships. We are willing to let our projections be transformed into extensions of Love. We welcome Holy Spirit’s freedom to escape from all anger and fear. We are willing to see past bodies to see with the eyes of Christ. We are willing to see every brother’s innocence. Thus will we heal our relationships.

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Remembering God’s Oneness with Every Brother

The holiest of all the spots on earth is where an ancient hatred has become a present love. …What hatred has released to love becomes the brightest light in Heaven’s radiance. And all the lights in Heaven brighter grow, in gratitude for what has been restored.

Around you angels hover lovingly, to keep away all darkened thoughts of sin, and keep the light where it has entered in. Your footprints lighten up the world, for where you walk forgiveness gladly goes with you.

Now is the temple of the living God rebuilt as host again to Him by Whom it was created. Where He dwells, His Son dwells with Him, never separate. (A Course in Miracles, T-26.IX.6:1,5-6;7:1-2;8:1-2. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)

Today we practice opening our minds to receive the truth about every brother. Beyond our projections of separation lie the face of Christ and memory of God. In deep gratitude we open our minds to see what forgiveness offers us…

Simple, uncomplicated Love replaces the shadow thoughts of the false ego mind… We relax and welcome the truth that every brother in this world remains one with God, one with all Love… Peace and happiness return as we return to the awareness of Love’s Presence…

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Receiving and Extending Miracles

Behold the store of miracles set out for you to give. Are you not worth the gift, when God appointed it be given you? Judge not God’s Son, but follow in the way He has established. Christ has dreamed the dream of a forgiven world. It is His gift, whereby a sweet transition can be made from death to life; from hopelessness to hope. Let us an instant dream with Him. His dream awakens us to truth. His vision gives the means for a return to our unlost and everlasting sanctity in God. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 159, W-pI.159.10. See also ACIM Lesson 159 Insights.)

God has given us enlightenment, but it is our job to accept what has been given. We accept enlightenment as we allow ourselves to be open-minded by remembering we do not know what anything means. As we step back from thought patterns we have held in the past and open up to Holy Spirit’s thought reversal, we receive the miracles that are waiting for us.

Holy Spirit’s miracles show us the truth of every brother behind the dream of separation. Miracles show us that every brother is the pure Light of God in Eternity. Miracles show us the forgiven world. Today we would accept Holy Spirit’s transformed perception. We receive the vision of innocence and apply it to every brother we meet or even think of. This is how we return to our everlasting union in the one Mind of God.

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Accepting Holy Spirit’s Happy Dream

Salvation is a paradox indeed! What could it be except a happy dream? It asks you but that you forgive all things that no one ever did; to overlook what is not there, and not to look upon the unreal as reality. You are but asked to let your Will [God’s Will] be done, and seek no longer for the things you do not want. And you are asked to let yourself be free of all the dreams of what you never were, and seek no more to substitute the strength of idle wishes for the Will of God.

Be glad indeed salvation asks so little, not so much. It asks for nothing in reality. And even in illusions it but asks forgiveness be the substitute for fear. Such is the only rule for happy dreams. (A Course in Miracles, T-30.IV.7,8:4-7. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)

The justification for forgiveness is the recognition that the harm we thought we experienced never really happened. To come to this recognition, we need Help — the Holy Spirit, the Voice for God. Reminding ourselves that what we experience is an illusion can be a helpful start. But unless we fully recognize that nothing really did happen, affirming that it is an illusion can be a denial of an unconscious belief that separation is real.

It is this false belief that separation is real that needs to be corrected with the help of Holy Spirit. It cannot be corrected from within the belief system of being a separate identity in a world of form. The practice of bringing all our upsets, our guilt, our sense of lack and loss, to the Holy Spirit, with willingness to receive His gentle correction, is how we learn to recognize illusions for what they are — nothing. 

Today we choose to let Holy Spirit be our Guide in all our doing so that we may learn to recognize illusion for what it is and accept the happy dream.

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You Are Changeless Peace

God does not change His Mind about you, for He is not uncertain of Himself. …When anything threatens your peace of mind, ask yourself, “Has God changed His Mind about me?” Then accept His decision, for it is indeed changeless, and refuse to change your mind about yourself. God will never decide against you, or He would be deciding against Himself. (A Course in Miracles, T-10.in.3:1,9-11. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)

If our peace is disturbed in any way, it can only be because we are believing in a false image of what we are that is disconnected from God. The truth of what we are is eternally contained in God’s peace and Love.

A disturbance to our peace can be used as a signal that we need to bring our thoughts to our true Self, the Holy Spirit, to have them corrected. As we accept the Holy Spirit’s loving correction, the peace of God returns to our awareness.

We dedicate today to be mindful of our state of peace and bringing any perception of a disturbance to the Holy Spirit to be corrected. This is how we will learn that we are changeless peace.

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Choosing Happiness

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 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.

Today, then, let us practice with these thoughts:
Let me not forget my function.
Let me not try to substitute mine for God’s.
Let me forgive and be happy. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 64, W-pI.64.4,6:1-4. See also ACIM Lesson 64 Insights.)

We all have the means to be happy right now. We choose happiness by choosing to let go of believing that we are separate from God’s Love. We have convinced ourselves that we are a separate identity, housed in a body and separate from all other identities. This is a self deception, a lie. Yet belief in it makes a world of separate bodies seem very real.

Fortunately we have the Voice for God in our minds, available to us in every instant. We choose to accept our function when we choose to let go of our own interpretations and let Holy Spirit replace them with His vision. The Holy Spirit, our true Self, sees past appearances to the only thing that is real — Love.

As we accept His vision we choose happiness, for happiness is an attribute of Love. Because Love is changeless and eternal, this happiness is eternal. Changing appearances have no effect on the happiness that we experience when we accept the Love we are.

Today’s practice is to choose the Holy Spirit’s guidance moment by moment.

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Make Way for Holy Spirit’s Peace

His Voice awaits your silence, for His Word can not be heard until your mind is quiet for a while, and meaningless desires have been stilled. Await His Word in quiet. There is peace within you to be called upon today, to help make ready your most holy mind to hear the Voice for its Creator speak.

He speaks from nearer than your heart to you. His Voice is closer than your hand. His Love is everything you are and that He is; the same as you, and you the same as He. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 125, W-pI.125.6.2-4;7:2-4. See also ACIM Lesson 125 Insights.)

As making way to receive Holy Spirit’s peace becomes our highest priority, we receive all the help we need. Our path is make straight with no obstacles to bar our way. We follow in the way we are guided, feeling His gentleness and Love… All this comes to us make way for Holy Spirit’s peace.

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