It is essential for your progress in this course that you accept today’s idea [I am not a body. I am free.], and hold it very dear. ²Be not concerned that to the ego it is quite insane. ³The ego holds the body dear because it dwells in it, and lives united with the home that it has made. ⁴[The body] is a part of the illusion that has sheltered [the ego] from being found illusory itself.
The Holy Spirit is the home of minds that seek for freedom. ²In Him they have found what they have sought. ³The body’s purpose now is unambiguous. ⁴And it becomes perfect in the ability to serve an undivided goal.
Be free today. ²And carry freedom as your gift to those who still believe they are enslaved within a body. ³Be you free, so that the Holy Spirit can make use of your escape from bondage, to set free the many who perceive themselves as bound and helpless and afraid. ⁴Let love replace their fears through you. ⁵Accept salvation now, and give your mind to Him Who calls to you to make this gift to Him. ⁶For He would give you perfect freedom, perfect joy, and hope that finds its full accomplishment in God. (A Course in Miracles, W-199.3;6:1-4;7. See also ACIM Lesson 199 Insights.)
The body is the ego’s hiding place to keep it from being recognized as an illusion. But the body can be given a different purpose. When we give our mind to the Holy Spirit to guide our thoughts, He will use the body to bring messages of Love and unity to the dream of separation.
We want to be free of the ego’s limitations. Today we choose the Holy Spirit to lead us in the way of Love. Under His guidance we will bring Love’s healing messages to the world.
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