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The Happy Path to Salvation

…there are only two parts of your mind. ³One is ruled by the ego, and is made up of illusions. ⁴The other is the home of the Holy Spirit, where truth abides. ⁵There are no other guides but these to choose between, and no other outcomes possible as a result of your choice but the fear that the ego always engenders, and the love that the Holy Spirit always offers to replace it.

Thus, it must be that your function is established by God through His Voice, or is made by the ego which you have made to replace Him.”

²Think also about the many forms the illusion of your function has taken in your mind, and the many ways in which you tried to find salvation under the ego’s guidance. …⁸Yet the ego is the only alternative to the Holy Spirit’s Voice.

You will listen to madness or hear the truth. …⁶On one side stand all illusions. ⁷All truth stands on the other. ⁸Let us try today to realize that only the truth is true.

²My happiness and function are one, because God has given me both. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 66, W-66.7:2–8:1;9:2,8;10:1,6-8;11:2. See also ACIM Lesson 66 Insights.)

What we believe will bring us happiness we believe is our salvation. The ego directs us on fruitless searches for forms we believe will make us happy—the right relationship, the right job, the right car, status, house and on and on.

Yet none of these forms last. Even if we obtain a form we believe will make us happy, we need to constantly defend it and “nurture” it to keep it for ourself alone. Thus even achieving what will bring us happiness brings fear with it. This is inevitable because illusions are inherently unstable.

Of one thing we can be certain—the changeless Love of God. It is our true Self, unlimited and fully satisfying. Instead of fear, it brings us joy. Instead of uncertainty, it brings us contentment and peace. Instead of searching for completion, it brings the knowledge that we are whole and safe in the Heart of God.

Today we choose the Holy Spirit to guide our thoughts and actions, remembering it is the path to truth, our salvation.

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