The lilies [holiness] that your brother offers you are laid upon your altar, with the ones you offer him beside them. ²Who could fear to look upon such lovely holiness? ³The great illusion of the fear of God diminishes to nothingness before the purity that you will look on here. ⁴Be not afraid to look. ⁵The blessedness you will behold will take away all thought of form, and leave instead the perfect gift forever there, forever to increase, forever yours, forever given away.
Now are we one in thought, for fear has gone. ²And here, before the altar to one God, one Father, one Creator and one Thought, we stand together as one Son of God. ³Not separate from Him Who is our Source; not distant from one brother who is part of our one Self Whose innocence has joined us all as one, we stand in blessedness, and give as we receive. ⁴The Name of God is on our lips. ⁵And as we look within, we see the purity of Heaven shine in our reflection of our Father’s Love.
Now are we blessed, and now we bless the world. ²What we have looked upon we would extend, for we would see [Love] everywhere. (A Course in Miracles, W-187.9:1–11:2. See also ACIM Lesson 187 Insights.)
We are called to be true to our Self. This Self was created by Love as Its extension. It is one now and forever. This is What we have always been. But we have dreamed of a different life in which there is no connection between the images we see. Everything is separate. It is a dream of loneliness, fear and guilt.
This dream has no effect on the Self we are. It is time to awaken to our true Self and know that we are Love. We have been given the Holy Spirit to help us see past the dream and remember the Love we are. We choose Love to be our Guide today, for we would bring blessing to the world. And with this Thought, we know that we are blessed.
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