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Letting Light Show Us We Live in Love

In order to see, you must recognize that light is within, not without. ²You do not see outside yourself, nor is the equipment for seeing outside you. ³An essential part of this equipment is the light that makes seeing possible. ⁴It is with you always, making vision possible in every circumstance.

…leave behind everything that you now believe, and all the thoughts that you have made up. ⁵Properly speaking, this is the release from hell. ⁶Yet perceived through the ego’s eyes, it is loss of identity and a descent into hell.

If you can stand aside from the ego by ever so little, you will have no difficulty in recognizing that its opposition and its fears are meaningless.

…what is needful is a sense of the importance of what you are doing; its inestimable value to you, and an awareness that you are attempting something very holy. ²Salvation is your happiest accomplishment. ³It is also the only one that has any meaning, because it is the only one that has any real use to you at all.

²Try to think of light, formless and without limit, as you pass by the thoughts of this world. ³And do not forget that they cannot hold you to the world unless you give them the power to do so. (A Course in Miracles, W-44.2;5:4–6:1;8:1-3;10:2-3. See also ACIM Lesson 44 Insights.)

Here is a process that has the potential to return our awareness to the fact that we live in the Love of God. We have accepted a false idea that having an identity we can call our own will bring us happiness. But in truth, our experience has shown that it brought the opposite: fear, guilt, chaos, uncertainty and ultimately death.

This is the world the wish for specialness made up. Only illusions seem to die or suffer. But our true Self dwells in the heart of God, safe and whole.

Today we choose to let the Light of Love illuminate our perceptions. Its Light will reveal the unity we share with every brother in our oneness held in the Love of God.

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Stepping Out of the Ego’s Shadow

God’s answer is some form of peace. All pain is healed; all misery replaced with joy. All prison doors are opened. And all sin is understood as merely a mistake.

Father, today we will forgive Your world, and let creation be Your Own. ²We have misunderstood all things. ³But we have not made sinners of the holy Sons of God. ⁴What You created sinless so abides forever and forever. ⁵Such are we. ⁶And we rejoice to learn that we have made mistakes which have no real effects on us. ⁷Sin is impossible, and on this fact forgiveness rests upon a certain base more solid than the shadow world we see. ⁸Help us forgive, for we would be redeemed. ⁹Help us forgive, for we would be at peace.

(A Course in Miracles, W-359. See also ACIM Lesson 359 Insights.)

It is time for us to step out of the shadows of the ego’s thought system. The ego is the denial of the Light, the Love that is all of reality. The effect of its thought system is a world of illusion. Without Light, vision is impossible. Illusions are made up to replace what can be seen in the Light of Love.

The way to step out of the shadows is through forgiveness. As we forgive our mistaken beliefs, Love dawns upon our minds. Peace replaces the chaos of the ego’s illusions. We are grateful for the Help we are given to guide us to forgive and remember the Love we are.

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Hearing the Call of Our One Self

‘I am spirit’ identifies you with your one Self. ²It accepts no split identity, nor tries to weave opposing factors into unity. ³It simply states the truth. ⁴Practice this truth today as often as you can, for it will bring your mind from conflict to the quiet fields of peace.

²You are the spirit lovingly endowed with all your Father’s Love and peace and joy. ³You are the spirit which completes Himself, and shares His function as Creator. ⁴He is with you always, as you are with Him.

³He will offer all His strength to every little effort that you make. ⁴Give Him the minutes which He needs today, to help you understand with Him you are the spirit that abides in Him, and that calls through His Voice to every living thing; offers His sight to everyone who asks; replaces error with the simple truth.

²Spirit am I, a holy Son of God, free of all limits, safe and healed and whole, free to forgive, and free to save the world.

⁵The Holy Spirit gives you peace today. ⁶Receive His words, and offer them to Him. (A Course in Miracles, W-97.1:1-4;2:2-4;4:3-4;7:2;8:5-6. See also ACIM Lesson 97 Insights.)

Spirit is one, held safely in God’s Love. It shares all of His attributes. To affirm “I am Spirit” is to accept our Identity as God’s Son. As we accept this, we see every brother as part of our one Self. In our unity we share all His Love and peace and joy. This is our Reality. It is the gift our Father gave to us, His Son.

With this as our Identity, we are free to forgive our mistaken belief in being unique and different. The joy of our one Self calls to us to awaken to our Reality and experience the peace of being eternally held in God’s Love.

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Resting in Love’s Certainty

What makes this world seem real except your own denial of the truth that lies beyond? ²What but your thoughts of misery and death obscure the perfect happiness and the eternal life your Father wills for you? ³And what could hide what cannot be concealed except illusion? ⁴What could keep from you what you already have except your choice to see it not, denying it is there?

The Thought of God created you. ²It left you not, nor have you ever been apart from it an instant. ³It belongs to you. ⁴By it you live. ⁵It is your Source of life, holding you one with it, and everything is one with you because it left you not. ⁶The Thought of God protects you, cares for you, makes soft your resting place and smooth your way, lighting your mind with happiness and love. ⁷Eternity and everlasting life shine in your mind, because the Thought of God has left you not, and still abides with you.

Who would deny his safety and his peace, his joy, his healing and his peace of mind, his quiet rest, his calm awakening, if he but recognized where they abide?

We count on God, and not upon ourselves, to give us certainty. ²And in His Name we practice as His Word directs we do. ³His sureness lies beyond our every doubt. ⁴His Love remains beyond our every fear. ⁵The Thought of Him is still beyond all dreams and in our minds, according to His Will. (A Course in Miracles, W-165.1:1–3:1;8. See also ACIM Lesson 165 Insights.)

All unhappiness, fear and guilt come from denying the Love that is our Identity. Our belief in the “reality” of the images in the world blinds us to the Light of Love that is ever present. Forgiveness dispels our mistaken beliefs.

Today we ask the Holy Spirit to lift us above the battleground so we can see past our errors. With His help we will remember the Love that is all that is real. We will remember that our Home is in the safety of Love’s changeless unity. We rest in the certainty of our Father’s Love.

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Forgiving Our Belief in Differences

You who were created by love like itself can hold no grievances and know your Self. ²To hold a grievance is to forget who you are. ³To hold a grievance is to see yourself as a body. ⁴To hold a grievance is to let the ego rule your mind and to condemn the body to death. ⁵Perhaps you do not yet fully realize just what holding grievances does to your mind. ⁶It seems to split you off from your Source and make you unlike Him. ⁷It makes you believe that He is like what you think you have become, for no one can conceive of his Creator as unlike himself.

…he who holds grievances denies he was created by love, and his Creator has become fearful to him in his dream of hate. ⁵Who can dream of hatred and not fear God?

²It is as sure that those who hold grievances will suffer guilt, as it is certain that those who forgive will find peace. ³It is as sure that those who hold grievances will forget who they are, as it is certain that those who forgive will remember.

…think of yourself as completely at peace with everyone and everything, safe in a world that protects you and loves you, and that you love in return. ⁵Try to feel safety surrounding you, hovering over you and holding you up. ⁶Try to believe, however briefly, that nothing can harm you in any way. (A Course in Miracles, W-68.1;2:4-5;3:2-3;6:4-6. See also ACIM Lesson 68 Insights.)

We can experience peace that cannot be disturbed. Only our wish to have a unique identity prevents us from knowing this reality. There are no differences in the uniformity of God’s Love. We were created by this Love, as this Love.

Today we ask the Holy Spirit to help us forgive our belief in differences. As we let differences go, we welcome Love’s peace. We embrace the Love that unites us with every brother. Gratitude fills our heart as we remember we are Love and nothing else. In Love’s oneness we find great peace and happiness.

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Remembering Our Life in Love’s Oneness

⁷Your gratitude is due to Him alone Who made all cause of sorrow disappear throughout the world.

…Who offers you the certain means whereby all pain is healed, and suffering replaced with laughter and with happiness.

Walk, then, in gratitude the way of love. ²For hatred is forgotten when we lay comparisons aside. ³What more remains as obstacles to peace? ⁴The fear of God is now undone at last, and we forgive without comparing. ⁵Thus we cannot choose to overlook some things, and yet retain some other things still locked away as “sins.” ⁶When your forgiveness is complete you will have total gratitude, for you will see that everything has earned the right to love by being loving, even as your Self.

Our gratitude will pave the way to Him, and shorten our learning time by more than you could ever dream of. ²Gratitude goes hand in hand with love, and where one is the other must be found. ³For gratitude is but an aspect of the Love which is the Source of all creation. (A Course in Miracles, W-195.1:7;2:2;8;10:1-3. See also ACIM Lesson 195 Insights.)

Only when differences are believed to be real are comparisons justified. But in Love’s oneness, there are no differences. Love does not compare nor judge. It sees only Itself everywhere. This is what our true Self knows.

Our function in this world is to let go of our belief in differences. As we let the Holy Spirit show us the consistency of Love that is always behind appearances of differences, we forgive the world for all we thought it was.

Today we are willing to bring our perceptions to the Holy Spirit for His loving correction. We want to remember the oneness of Love in which we live.

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Love’s Reality Is Ever Present

²The world I see holds my fearful self-image in place, and guarantees its continuance. ³While I see the world as I see it now, truth cannot enter my awareness. ⁴I would let the door behind this world be opened for me, that I may look past it to the world that reflects the Love of God.

²Behind every image I have made, the truth remains unchanged. ³Behind every veil I have drawn across the face of love, its light remains undimmed. ⁴Beyond all my insane wishes is my will, united with the Will of my Father. ⁵God is still everywhere and in everything forever. ⁶And we who are part of Him will yet look past all appearances, and recognize the truth beyond them all.

²In my own mind, behind all my insane thoughts of separation and attack, is the knowledge that all is one forever. (A Course in Miracles, W-56.3:2-4;4:2-6;5:2. See also ACIM Lesson 56 Insights.)

Everything we experience as a body reinforces our belief that separation is real. It is this belief that must be undone for us to experience our reality as one in God’s Love. Only in His Love will we find deep and lasting peace, happiness and Love beyond description. Though we have convinced ourselves that separation is real, we still remain safe in God’s Love.

He has not and cannot abandon us because He created His Son one with Himself. Today we practice reminding ourselves that beyond the world we perceive through a body is the oneness of God’s Love. Here we are safe. Nothing exists that can disturb the peace that God shares with His Son. We remind ourselves frequently today that beyond all appearances the reality of Love is ever present.

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