…in the holy instant, free of the past, you see that love is in you, and you have no need to look without and snatch love guiltily from where you thought it was.
All your relationships are blessed in the holy instant, because the blessing is not limited. ²In the holy instant the Sonship gains as one, and united in your blessing it becomes one to you. ³The meaning of love is the meaning God gave to it. ⁴Give to it any meaning apart from His, and it is impossible to understand it. ⁵God loves every brother as He loves you; neither less nor more. ⁶He needs them all equally, and so do you. ⁷In time, you have been told to offer miracles as I direct, and let the Holy Spirit bring to you those who are seeking you. ⁸Yet in the holy instant you unite directly with God, and all your brothers join in Christ. ⁹Those who are joined in Christ are in no way separate. ¹⁰For Christ is the Self the Sonship shares, as God shares His Self with Christ.
Think you that you can judge the Self of God? ²God has created It beyond judgment, out of His need to extend His Love. ³With love in you, you have no need except to extend it. (A Course in Miracles, T-15.V.9:7–11:3. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)
The ego’s constant chatter in our mind is always rehashing the past or projecting a future base on “memories” from the past. This is how it keeps us distracted from recognizing the oneness of changeless Love in the eternal present. Change is the hallmark of the ego thought system.
With the help of the Holy Spirit, we can pause, step back from the chatter and welcome the peace of our true Self. In the stillness we find the steady presence of Love that never changes. It unites us as the Christ which is the Self we share with every brother. We join with Love’s only need — to extend Itself.
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