My body is a wholly neutral thing.
I am a Son of God. And can I be another thing as well? Did God create the mortal and corruptible? What use has God’s beloved Son for what must die? And yet a neutral thing does not see death, for thoughts of fear are not invested there, nor is a mockery of love bestowed upon it. [The body’s] neutrality protects it while it has a use. And afterwards, without a purpose, it is laid aside. It is not sick nor old nor hurt. It is but functionless, unneeded and cast off. Let me not see it more than this today; of service for a while and fit to serve, to keep its usefulness while it can serve, and then to be replaced for greater good.
My body, Father, cannot be Your Son. And what is not created cannot be sinful nor sinless; neither good nor bad. Let me, then, use this dream to help Your plan that we awaken from all dreams we made. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 294, W-pII.294. See also ACIM Lesson 294 Insights.)
Each time we choose the Holy Spirit as our Guide for what to think, say and do, we serve God’s plan for the world’s awakening from the dream of sin and death. In every moment we choose between being truly helpful as Love’s expression in the world or choosing with the ego to increase the fear and guilt in the world. It is a simple choice but one with a profound effect on our experience.
When we choose with the Holy Spirit, we experience increasing peace, joy and Love. Choosing to judge as the ego judges increases our sense of anxiety, loss, fear and guilt. The illusions the ego offers are made to disguise its underlying denial of Love. Our choice to believe the ego’s illusions are true deceives us into believing our individuality in the form of bodies is real.
The Course curriculum teaches us to recognize our self-deceptions and learn that they do not serve us. They hide the Reality of the Love we are from our awareness. Today we open our mind to the Holy Spirit’s loving lessons for we would remember that only Love is real. We want to remember the gifts of peace and joy that are God’s gifts to His Son.
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