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Unlocking Our Self-Made Prison

How can illusions satisfy God’s Son?

Father, the truth belongs to me. My home is set in Heaven by Your Will and mine. Can dreams content me? Can illusions bring me happiness? What but Your memory can satisfy Your Son? I will accept no less than You have given me. I am surrounded by Your Love, forever still, forever gentle and forever safe. God’s Son must be as You created him.

Today we pass illusions by. And if we hear temptation call to us to stay and linger in a dream, we turn aside and ask ourselves if we, the Sons of God, could be content with dreams, when Heaven can be chosen just as easily as hell, and love will happily replace all fear. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 272, W-pII.272. See also ACIM Lesson 272 Insights.)

The fact that we experience ourselves as a body functioning in the world demonstrates that we have chosen dreams in place of the truth. Fortunately dreams are only illusions and do not change Reality. The Son of God, Who is our true Self, remains at Home in Heaven. We have chosen dreams of fear and guilt where division is the rule that governs the world we see.

True happiness is impossible in this world because it denies the Source of happiness. This choice for denial can be reversed. The body is not our identity. It does not imprison us in the world. We have the key to unlock the prison door.

We can choose to choose again. We can accept God’s gift of Heaven that is ours now and forever. We can choose to overlook the false images that seem to make separation real. We do this with the Holy Spirit’s help. We need to let Him show us the oneness of Love that unites us with every brother. With His help, Love becomes our guide and we look past illusions to see Love everywhere.

Today we choose to follow the Holy Spirit’s lead. He knows the way to Heaven and the joy and peace that is our birthright. The Holy Spirit is the key that unlocks the self-made prison door. The door swings open and we walk freely into the Heaven of God’s Love. We choose to follow the way to Heaven today.

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