“[Your brother] is your savior from your specialness. ²He is in need of your acceptance of himself as part of you, as you for his. ³You are alike to God as God is to Himself. ⁴He is not special, for He would not keep one part of what He is unto Himself, not given to His Son but kept for Him alone. ⁵And it is this you fear, for if He is not special, then He willed His Son to be like Him, and your brother is like you. ⁶Not special, but possessed of everything, including you. ⁷Give him but what he has, remembering God gave Himself to you and your brother in equal love, that both might share the universe with Him Who chose that love could never be divided, and kept separate from what it is and must forever be.”
“The key you threw away God gave your brother, whose holy hands would offer it to you when you were ready to accept His plan for your salvation in the place of yours. ²How could this readiness be reached save through the sight of all your misery, and the awareness that your plan has failed, and will forever fail to bring you peace and joy of any kind? ³Through this despair you travel now, yet it is but illusion of despair. ⁴The death of specialness is not your death, but your awaking into life eternal. ⁵You but emerge from an illusion of what you are to the acceptance of yourself as God created you.” (A Course in Miracles, T-24.II.10;14. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)
Today we traditionally say to everyone, “Happy New Year!” We are learning that our happiness cannot be found in the world of form and differences. But the Source of happiness is with us always.
To recognize our happiness, we need to see that our brothers are one with us, held eternally safe in the Love of God. In this recognition we find happiness beyond this world that words cannot describe. It is joy unspeakable and full of glory.
Today we offer happiness to all our brothers by letting Christ’s vision show us the truth that unites us in the Love of God.
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