²The world you see is but a judgment on yourself. ³It is not there at all. ⁴Yet judgment lays a sentence on it, justifies it and makes it real. ⁵Such is the world you see; a judgment on yourself, and made by you.
³The world the holy see is beautiful because they see their innocence in it. ⁴They did not tell it what it was; they did not make adjustments to fit their orders. ⁵They gently questioned it and whispered, “What are you?” ⁶And He Who watches over all perception answered. ⁷Take not the judgment of the world as answer to the question, “What am I?” ⁸The world believes in sin, but the belief that made it as you see it is not outside you.
⁴You asked this puff of madness [ego] for the meaning of your unholy relationship, and adjusted it according to its insane answer. ⁵How happy did it make you? ⁶Did you meet your brother with joy to bless the Son of God, and give him thanks for all the happiness that he held out to you? ⁷Did you recognize your brother as the eternal gift of God to you? ⁸Did you see the holiness that shone in both you and your brother, to bless the other? ⁹That is the purpose of your holy relationship.
Such is my will for you and your brother, and for each of you for one another and for himself. ²Here there is only holiness and joining without limit. ³For what is Heaven but union, direct and perfect, and without the veil of fear upon it? ⁴Here are we one, looking with perfect gentleness upon each other and on ourselves. ⁵Here all thoughts of any separation between us become impossible. ⁶You who were a prisoner in separation are now made free in Paradise. ⁷And here would I unite with you, my friend, my brother and my Self. (A Course in Miracles, T-20.III.5:2-5;6:3-8;8:4-9;10:1-7. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)
We see what we believe. If we believe we are separate from the holiness of God, we see only sin and separation in the world. Our perception imprisons us in a world where fear and guilt are real. Yet we have the key to unlock our self-made prison door. This key is in our own mind, available to use in every instant.
God gave us the Holy Spirit with the key to freedom—forgiveness. His function is to guide us to Christ’s vision, which shows us the Light beyond the ego’s dark shadows of separation, fear and guilt. As we let the holy Spirit help us forgive our mistaken beliefs, Christ’s vision becomes the way we see our brother.
We see our unity with him and his innocence. In this unity, we see our own innocence. With Christ’s vision, every relationship becomes a lesson in Love. It teaches us what we are. As we join in the holy relationship we are brought to the gates of Heaven. There we are welcomed to the Home God has kept safe for us while we wander in illusions. We are free to be the Love we are.
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