My body is a wholly neutral thing.
I am a Son of God. ²And can I be another thing as well? ³Did God create the mortal and corruptible? ⁴What use has God’s beloved Son for what must die? ⁵And yet a neutral thing does not see death, for thoughts of fear are not invested there, nor is a mockery of love bestowed upon it. ⁶Its neutrality protects it while it has a use. ⁷And afterwards, without a purpose, it is laid aside. ⁸It is not sick nor old nor hurt. ⁹It is but functionless, unneeded and cast off. ¹⁰Let me not see it more than this today; of service for a while and fit to serve, to keep its usefulness while it can serve, and then to be replaced for greater good.
My body, Father, cannot be Your Son. ²And what is not created cannot be sinful nor sinless; neither good nor bad. ³Let me, then, use this dream to help Your plan that we awaken from all dreams we made. (A Course in Miracles, W-294)
We are not a body, we are spirit—a Son of God. As God’s creation, we are His extension of Love, and nothing else.
The body has a purpose in the dream. It can be used to as a means to help remove the dream’s barriers to Love. It is a means for communication in the dream of separation. We need this means as a bridge to help us awaken from the dream.
Today we ask the Holy Spirit to help us bring healing forgiveness to the world. As we use the body as a means to extend Love, the body serves a meaningful purpose. This is our vocation.
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