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Shifting from an Unholy to a Holy Relationship

The holy relationship is the expression of the holy instant in living in this world.

The holy relationship, a major step toward the perception of the real world, is learned. It is the old, unholy relationship, transformed and seen anew. The holy relationship is a phenomenal teaching accomplishment. In all its aspects, as it begins, develops and becomes accomplished, it represents the reversal of the unholy relationship.

You have received the holy instant, but you may have established a condition in which you cannot use it. As a result, you do not realize that [the holy instant] is with you still. And by cutting yourself off from its expression, you have denied yourself its benefit. You reinforce this every time you attack your brother, for the attack must blind you to yourself. And it is impossible to deny yourself, and to recognize what has been given and received by you.

You and your brother stand together in the holy presence of truth itself. Here is the goal, together with you. Think you not the goal itself will gladly arrange the means for its accomplishment? (A Course in Miracles, T-17.V.1:1;2:1-4;13:1-14:3. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

The holy instant is a moment in which we have accepted the Holy Spirit’s vision of oneness. We have been willing, if only for an instant, to set aside our judgments and our insistence in maintaining separation. Though we may return to identifying with a separate identity in the dream of separation, the experience of the holy instant remains with us. The memory of this experience fades as we again become engrossed in the dream.

The application of the experience of the holy instant to an unholy relationship shifts it to the goal of holiness, oneness. This is a complete reversal of the goal of the unholy relationship. The relationship as it is no longer meets this goal of holiness.

Yet under the Holy Spirit’s guidance, this relationship newly dedicated to holiness is now a classroom to practice recognizing our unity with our brother instead of seeing our brother as different and even an adversary. The Holy Spirit uses this classroom to help us break the habit of believing in separation. He teaches us to see the truth of holiness in our brother and let go of our judgments that separate us.

Gratitude for the truth in our brother grows stronger as we recognize more and more that our brother is one with us in God’s Love. Today let us choose to accept the Holy Spirit’s help to look upon the loving Truth in our brother.

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