All idols of this world were made to keep the truth within from being known to you, and to maintain allegiance to the dream that you must find what is outside yourself to be complete and happy. ²It is vain to worship idols in the hope of peace. ³God dwells within, and your completion lies in Him. ⁴No idol takes His place. ⁵Look not to idols. ⁶Do not seek outside yourself.
Let us forget the purpose of the world the past has given it. ²For otherwise, the future will be like the past, and but a series of depressing dreams, in which all idols fail you, one by one, and you see death and disappointment everywhere.
To change all this, and open up a road of hope and of release in what appeared to be an endless circle of despair, you need but to decide you do not know the purpose of the world.
⁵Let Him remind you of His Love for you, and do not seek to drown His Voice in chants of deep despair to idols of yourself. ⁶Seek not outside your Father for your hope. ⁷For hope of happiness is not despair. (A Course in Miracles, T-29.VII.6:1–8:1;10:5-7. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)
The wish to be unique and special denies the Source of true happiness. The ego thought system is a demand to be unique and special. Only in dreams can this appear to be true. The ego offers myriad forms it tells us will make us happy. They may seem to give us moments of pleasure, but they do not last.
The way to open the door to lasting happiness is to acknowledge that, on our own, we do not know what the world is for. With an open mind, we can turn to the Holy Spirit in our mind. He is the Voice for Truth. He will help us realize that we live in God’s Love. Love’s oneness is our Reality. God’s joy is His gift to His Son, our true Self.
Today we can put ourselves on the path to lasting happiness by frequently pausing to remember we do not know what anything is for. Then ask the Holy Spirit to show us the real meaning. He will help us see that all circumstances are opportunities to join with Love. Appearances of attack are calls for Love. When we answer these calls, we remember the Love that we are as God’s one Son.
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