God is my Source. I cannot see apart from Him.
Perception is not an attribute of God. ²His is the realm of knowledge. ³Yet He has created the Holy Spirit as the Mediator between perception and knowledge. ⁴Without this link with God, perception would have replaced knowledge forever in your mind. ⁵With this link with God, perception will become so changed and purified that it will lead to knowledge. ⁶That is [perception’s] function as the Holy Spirit sees it. ⁷Therefore, that is its function in truth.
In God you cannot see. ²Perception has no function in God, and does not exist. ³Yet in salvation, which is the undoing of what never was, perception has a mighty purpose. ⁴Made by the Son of God for an unholy purpose, it must become the means for the restoration of his holiness to his awareness. ⁵Perception has no meaning. ⁶Yet does the Holy Spirit give it a meaning very close to God’s. ⁷Healed perception becomes the means by which the Son of God forgives his brother, and thus forgives himself.
You cannot see apart from God because you cannot be apart from God. ²Whatever you do you do in Him, because whatever you think, you think with His Mind. ³If vision is real, and it is real to the extent to which it shares the Holy Spirit’s purpose, then you cannot see apart from God. (A Course in Miracles, W-43.1–3. See also ACIM Lesson 43 Insights.)
In truth, we cannot be apart from God. But in this world we seem to be disconnected from Him. We seek for His Love, and fear His judgment. Yet God does not judge. He knows us as an extension of Himself, one and the same.
While we believe we exist in this world as a separate identity, we need help to forgive our misperceptions. This help is the function of the Holy Spirit. He has been given us to heal our conflicted mind. His true perception shows us that what we believe happened never occurred in truth. We remain irreversibly united with our Father, one with Him and every brother.
The replacement of misperception with true perception is the forgiveness we need to awaken to our true Self. With true perception, we see the Love that is our brother, and recognize it as our own. We give thanks to the Holy Spirit for His help and dedicate today to welcoming His true perception.
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