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Relinquishing Our Obsession with Specialness

My sinless brother is my guide to peace. My sinful brother is my guide to pain. And which I choose to see I will behold.

Who is my brother but Your holy Son? ²And if I see him sinful I proclaim myself a sinner, not a Son of God; alone and friendless in a fearful world. ³Yet this perception is a choice I make, and can relinquish. ⁴I can also see my brother sinless, as Your holy Son. ⁵And with this choice I see my sinlessness, my everlasting Comforter and Friend beside me, and my way secure and clear. ⁶Choose, then, for me, my Father, through Your Voice. ⁷For He alone gives judgment in Your Name. (A Course in Miracles, W-351. See also ACIM Lesson 351 Insights.)

It’s time to relinquish our habit of seeing ourselves as separate from God, our brother and the world. The perception of separation reflects our belief that this illusion is real. But God is Love, and Love is one. In truth, we cannot be alone or separate. Our belief in separation costs us awareness of peace and the happiness that comes with giving and receiving Love. It is a steep price to pay for the “reward” of specialness.

By the grace of God, we have the Means within our mind to relinquish our insane obsession with specialness. The Holy Spirit’s sole purpose is to teach us to distinguish the real from the unreal. Today we choose to learn His lessons in Love’s oneness. As we welcome them, we free ourselves from the pain and fear of the ego’s illusions. We reclaim our reality and join in the joyous extension of God’s Love.

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