In this world you can become a spotless mirror, in which the Holiness of your Creator shines forth from you to all around you. ²You can reflect Heaven here. ³Yet no reflections of the images of other gods must dim the mirror that would hold God’s reflection in it. ⁴Earth can reflect Heaven or hell; God or the ego. ⁵You need but leave the mirror clean and clear of all the images of hidden darkness you have drawn upon it. ⁶God will shine upon it of Himself. ⁷Only the clear reflection of Himself can be perceived upon it.
Could you but realize for a single instant the power of healing that the reflection of God, shining in you, can bring to all the world, you could not wait to make the mirror of your mind clean to receive the image of the holiness that heals the world.
The response of holiness to any form of error is always the same. ²There is no contradiction in what holiness calls forth. ³Its one response is healing, without regard for what is brought to it. ⁴Those who have learned to offer only healing, because of the reflection of holiness in them, are ready at last for Heaven. ⁵There, holiness is not a reflection, but rather the actual condition of what was but reflected to them here [in the world]. ⁶God is no image, and His creations, as part of Him, hold Him in them in truth. ⁷They do not merely reflect truth, for they are truth. (A Course in Miracles, T-14.IX.5;7:1;8. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)
Everything we perceive in the world is a projection. We cannot even see our own face without looking in a mirror. What we reflect in the world reflects what we believe we are. If we identify with the ego, the world reflects the ego’s denial of Love. We see it played out in images of attack, defense, guilt and fear. If we identify with our true Self, the world reflects the presence of Love. We see a world of kindness, helpfulness, patience and the free flow of Love’s expression.
In every moment we choose what we reflect in the world by what we identify with. In the coming year, let us join together in the resolution to reflect the Self that God created one with Him. We make way for this clear reflection by forgiving our mistaken identification with the ego. We resolve to let the Holy Spirit help us forgive the world for all we have believed it was. With each belief forgiven, we become a brighter mirror that reflects the healing of our mind and shares it with the world.
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