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The Practice That Returns Us to Love

You see what you expect, and you expect what you invite. Your perception is the result of your invitation, coming to you as you sent for it. …Two ways of looking at the world are in your mind, and your perception will reflect the guidance you have chosen.

When you want only love you will see nothing else. The contradictory nature of the witnesses you perceive is merely the reflection of your conflicting invitations. You have looked upon your mind and accepted opposition there, having sought it there. But do not then believe that the witnesses for opposition are true, for they attest only to your decision about reality, returning to you the messages you gave them. Love, too, is recognized by its messengers. If you make love manifest, its messengers will come to you because you invited them.

The power of decision is your one remaining freedom as a prisoner of this world. You can decide to see it right. …You cannot really give anything but love to anyone or anything, nor can you really receive anything but love from them. (A Course in Miracles, T-12.VII.5:1-2,6;8;9:1-2,4. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

Because only Love is real, we can only really give or receive Love. But we have chosen to accept a guide in our mind that denies Love and so we see a dream world of separation and lovelessness. Fortunately we have the power of decision to choose the Guide to Love Who will lead us through the confusing quagmire of opposition in our mind.

To heal our mind, we need to choose the Guide to Love in our mind every day, all day. The practice of questioning the meaning of everything we perceive and asking for the Holy Spirit’s reinterpretation will ultimately lead us back to the full remembrance that only Love is real.

Our perceptions in the world will be increasingly less captivating. Their seeming importance fades as we focus more consistently on the presence of Love’s Light in our mind. The peace and joy that come with giving Love precedence in our mind motivates us to choose Love more and more. This practice returns us Home to Love.

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