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Welcoming the Joyous Present

³The holy instant is the opposite of the ego’s fixed belief in salvation through vengeance for the past. ⁴In the holy instant it is understood that the past is gone, and with its passing the drive for vengeance has been uprooted and has disappeared. ⁵The stillness and the peace of now enfold you in perfect gentleness. ⁶Everything is gone except the truth.

What God has given you is truly given, and will be truly received. ²For God’s gifts have no reality apart from your receiving them. ³Your receiving completes His giving. ⁴You will receive because it is His Will to give. ⁵He gave the holy instant to be given you, and it is impossible that you receive it not because He gave it. ⁶When He willed that His Son be free, His Son was free. ⁷In the holy instant is His reminder that His Son will always be exactly as he was created. ⁸And everything the Holy Spirit teaches is to remind you that you have received what God has given you.

There is nothing you can hold against reality. ²All that must be forgiven are the illusions you have held against your brothers. ³Their reality has no past, and only illusions can be forgiven. ⁴God holds nothing against anyone, for He is incapable of illusions of any kind. ⁵Release your brothers from the slavery of their illusions by forgiving them for the illusions you perceive in them. (A Course in Miracles, T-16.VII.6:3-6;8:1–9:5. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

Every time our peace is disturbed, it is because we are holding some thought about a past experience. Only when we believe separation is real do we believe that there is a time that is past and a time that is future which is different from the present. In the reality of God’s Love, there is no time, no past, no future. This is the lesson the holy instant offers.

As we open our mind to the Holy Spirit’s Voice, He will help us see the joyous present moment in which the wholeness of God’s Love is undisturbed. In Love’s changelessness, we are perfectly safe. There is no cause for fear nor guilt. Love is all that is real.

Today we welcome the Holy Spirit vision which shows us the joyous present of our Father’s Love.

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