July - September, 2009
Loving thoughts are the only thoughts that are real and true. They point the way to the experience of Love Itself. They are reminders of who we are. They can only be experienced in this present moment. Loving thoughts, being real, do not exist in the past or future because there is no past or future, only the Eternal Now.
When I find myself moving away from the present moment, I also find myself not thinking loving thoughts. The course teaches us that only loving thoughts are real, so therefore when I am not present and not thinking loving thoughts, I am actually not thinking at all. These thoughts may at times seem to be more “positive” or “negative” thoughts, but if they are not rooted in the now (meaning I am totally unaware of my thinking and just letting the “monkey mind” go wild and not being present) they are not real.
Love can only be experienced in this moment. Forgiveness and miracles can only happen now. I sometimes find myself thinking “later on I will work with Holy Spirit on forgiving this.” But healing can only occur in the present, not in the future. Am I willing to be present and experience myself as I truly Am right now? Am I willing to receive and extend miracles now?
I can only hear the Voice for God, the Voice of Love, speak to me and through me in this present moment. This is “presence in the present.” I can only serve the Awakening of the Sonship by first being present in the now.
Through this present moment awareness my mind becomes still and quiet. Peace is the experience I have when my mind is still and quiet. This is experiencing God. The Course says, “This Holy Instant Is Salvation Come.” My salvation comes from being present, being willing to have my mind healed and allowing Holy Spirit to work through me for the salvation of the world.
Lesson 308 in the Workbook for Students (titled “This Instant Is the Only Time There Is”) has a prayer that says, “Thank you for this instant, Father. It is now I am redeemed. This instant is the time You have appointed for Your Son’s release, and for salvation of the world in him.”
Adrienne Dumas is the editor and creator of the free online magazine “The Faeries and Angels Magazine.” She is also a certified Reiki Master, a student of A Course in Miracles and she is currently writing a book about Faeries. You can view the online magazine, which includes articles on ACIM at http://www.freewebs.com/faeriesandangelsmagazine/index.htm
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