Mary:
in reading A Course in Miracles this morning, this is what stood out:
When you are still an instant, when the world recedes from you, when valueless ideas cease to have value in your restless mind, then you will hear His Voice. So poignantly He calls to you that you will not resist Him longer. In that instant He will take you to His home, and you will stay with Him in perfect stillness, silent and at peace, beyond all words, untouched by fear and doubt, sublimely certain that you are at home. (W-pI.182.8)
In many places the Course talks about joining with Jesus or the Holy Spirit. It is when we are willing to join with the Light in us that we receive true healing. Being willing to lay down the ego’s constant chatter and open to the Holy Spirit’s gift of peace is how I return to my true Home. Giving time to this is how I allow the Holy Spirit to heal my mind and show me how to be truly helpful. This is my opportunity today. And I give thanks.
Robert:
The ego values independence. Garfield stated this perfectly in a cartoon when he said, “I need my space.” When we identify with the ego as our identity, we think we need our space. We put up myriad defenses to protect ourselves from intrusions, be they physical, emotional or ideological. Our “space” is defined by our beliefs.
The ego’s biggest perceived threat is the Will of God because the ego “will” opposes God’s Will. Yet the Course tells us that our true will and God’s Will are one and the same. So the ego is in opposition to our real will, what we truly want. The ego is afraid of God’s Will because it perceives God’s Will as His attempt to control us.
Yet the Course tells us that God’ Will for us is perfect happiness. So when we choose to identify with the ego, we are choosing against our happiness. The key to accepting our true will and our happiness is forgiveness. When we let go of valuing specialness, valuing a separate identity, we will experience the unlimited happiness that is God’s gift.
Today I will remind myself to bring all my interpretations and judgments to the Holy Spirit for correction. Thus will I learn to not value the valueless.
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