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Setting Ourselves Free to Be Our True Self

Let me remember what my purpose is.

If I forget my goal I can be but confused, unsure of what I am, and thus conflicted in my actions. No one can serve contradict­ing goals and serve them well. Nor can he function without deep distress and great depression. Let us therefore be determined to remember what we want today, that we may unify our thoughts and actions meaningfully, and achieve only what God would have us do this day.

Father, forgiveness is Your chosen means for our salvation. Let us not forget today that we can have no will but Yours. And thus our purpose must be Yours as well, if we would reach the peace You will for us. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 257, W-pII.257. See also ACIM Lesson 1 Insights.)

In every moment we choose between two goals. If we choose the ego’s goal, we are choosing independence from God’s Will. This choice produces a world of lovelessness, fear and guilt. If we choose our true Will, which is God’s Will, we choose the Love and peace of Heaven. Confusion comes when we believe we have a choice between purposes. But this choice is between Reality and illusion. Our belief in this choice deceives us, making it seem like it’s a real choice. Actually it’s a choice between everything and nothing.

While we perceive ourselves to be in the ego’s world of separation, we have a special purpose that will set us free. Forgiveness is this purpose. When we forgive, we let go of mistaken beliefs by letting the Holy Spirit show us the reality of Love beyond the appearances in the world. As we accept His help, we free ourselves from the ego’s dream of limitation, lack and lovelessness. We awaken to the Will we share with God and remember only Love is real.

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