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Study of Text, C 13: XI. The Peace of Heaven, P 3. 1-6-17

XI. The Peace of Heaven, P 3

3 When we are all united in Heaven, you will value nothing that you value here. For nothing that you value here do you value wholly, and so you do not value it at all. Value is where God placed it, and the value of what God esteems cannot be judged, for it has been established. It is wholly of value. It can merely be appreciated or not. To value it partially is not to know its value. In Heaven is everything God values, and nothing else. Heaven is perfectly unambiguous. Everything is clear and bright, and calls forth one response. There is no darkness and there is no contrast. There is no variation. There is no interruption. There is a sense of peace so deep that no dream in this world has ever brought even a dim imagining of what it is.

Journal
I’ve been sitting with this idea of value. The definition of value is to consider (someone or something) to be important or beneficial; have a high opinion of. So to value wholly is to see someone or something as wholly important? Would it mean that there would be no thought of it that was less than important or beneficial? I thought about this and wondered if Jesus is right? Is there anything in my life that I value wholly?

I have a very nice luxury car and I appreciate the comfort and dependability. But do I value it wholly? I can easily imagine living without it, so how valuable could it be to me? I value my home. It is paid for and is in pretty good condition. It is not perfect but very satisfactory. I don’t sit around thinking how much I love it, though I do appreciate it. I have some thoughts about things I would like to change about it. So clearly, I don’t value it wholly.

Things have never been terribly important to me, so how about relationships. I value my children a great deal. I love them and like them and enjoy their company. I appreciate them. I would be devastated to lose any one of them. In fact, the thought of losing one of them breaks my heart and sends me into great fear. Can I wholly value something that creates fear in me? Can I wholly value something that is so fragile it could be lost to me? How about when one of them behaves in a way that causes me distress. Do I value that relationship a little less when that happens?

What would it be like to value something wholly? To know that it is forever what it has always been? That there is no chance of loss? To experience nothing from it except total unending peace and love? What must that be like? This is my true existence, I am told. I have no memory of it, but I do trust Jesus and I trust that this Course is from him, so I believe in total value even though I don’t experience it now. I also accept that partial value doesn’t count for much, and certainly isn’t worth defending.

I am not going to try to achieve this state of total value here in the world because I don’t think it is possible. But I am going to continue to do everything I am guided to do, knowing that eventually I will reach the state of Heaven. Actually, I think that accepting that I am not experiencing anything of true value now will help me in the long run. If I stop trying to find value where there is none, then I will be open to finding it where it is to be found.

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Study of Text, C 13: XI. The Peace of Heaven, P 2. 1-5-17

XI. The Peace of Heaven, P 2

2 God would not have His Son embattled, and so His Son’s imagined “enemy” is totally unreal. You are but trying to escape a bitter war from which you have escaped. The war is gone. For you have heard the hymn of freedom rising unto Heaven. Gladness and joy belong to God for your release, because you made it not. Yet as you made not freedom, so you made not a war that could endanger freedom. Nothing destructive ever was or will be. The war, the guilt, the past are gone as one into the unreality from which they came.

Journal
Again I am looking at the idea that the ego and every effect of separation are gone, do not exist and cannot endanger my freedom. And again I remember that Jesus said that I but do this to myself. I deliberately choose, moment to moment, to believe I am separate from God, or I am choosing to let that idea go and realize I am in God and have never been anywhere else. All along, from the moment of conception to the moment of rejection of the idea of separation, nothing has happened. It would never be the Will of God that I be embattled; therefore, it could never occur.

A couple of days ago I wrote about accepting healing for this painful toothache. I felt strongly that I was supposed to work with this. I still have the problem. The tooth is rotting away from the inside and the dentist said it cannot be saved and must be removed. He gave me these wonderful pain pills and some antibiotics, and I appreciate the magical solution to the magical problem since I seem not to be ready to accept the unreality of the situation. Nothing like pain to reinforce the idea of the body as very real.

But it is not as real as it used to be, even in pain. The pills I take for the pain interfere with my thinking. Yesterday I chose to have the pain subside while I did my writing and posting. I talked to Jesus about it. I explained that I needed a clear head for this work. I also needed to drive to my daughter’s house and I can’t drive while taking the pills, and I certainly can’t help her with the baby while I am fuzzy headed. So yesterday there was no pain until later that day when I got home.

It reminds me of something similar that happened to me. A few years ago I was planning to attend a workshop with Regina Dawn Akers that would last several days.  I began having really bad pain in my lower stomach area and I thought it might be related to my bladder. It only happened when I was sitting but when it came on I could barely stand it. There wasn’t time to go to the doctor and the idea of flying for hours and then sitting for the workshop for days was not good.

On the other hand, I knew I was supposed to be at that workshop. So I talked to Jesus about it. I asked for relief of the pain so that I could go to the workshop and be able to appreciate it, which would not be possible if I was in this much pain while there. The pain completely disappeared. I didn’t have pain sitting on the plane or at any time during the workshop. The flight back was pain free. When the plane touched down at my home airport, the pain came back. The next day I went to the doctor and got medicine for bladder spasms.

I have had a number of other similar experiences. So here is the thing, pain is not real. If it were real it would have been out of my control, and clearly it is not out of my control. When I needed it to be gone, it was gone. I called on Jesus to help me, which is symbolic of calling on Love to help me. It is living from my reality, my true self. This begs the question, “Why don’t I do this all the time? Why don’t I allow full healing?” And honestly, I don’t know.

I do know I was called on to work with this. I am familiar with the feeling and the Voice, enough to recognize it when I hear it, certainly. I don’t feel like it was a waste of time because it did not seem to work. I assume it is the practice I need to get to a place where I am ready to accept that, “Nothing destructive ever was a or will be.” So I am continuing my practice as I have in the past. I am continuing to ask that my mind be healed of the belief in destructive influences. I am grateful for the witnesses to the truth that have been given me. I surrender once again and again until I want nothing except the truth.

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Study of Text, C 13: XI. The Peace of Heaven, P 1. 1-4-17

XI. The Peace of Heaven, P 1

1 Forgetfulness and sleep and even death become the ego’s best advice for dealing with the perceived and harsh intrusion of guilt on peace. Yet no one sees himself in conflict and ravaged by a cruel war unless he believes that both opponents in the war are real. Believing this he must escape, for such a war would surely end his peace of mind, and so destroy him. Yet if he could but realize the war is between real and unreal powers, he could look upon himself and see his freedom. No one finds himself ravaged and torn in endless battles if he himself perceives them as wholly without meaning.

Journal
Two things came to mind as I read this paragraph. First I thought how very accurate that first sentence: Forgetfulness and sleep and even death become the ego’s best advice for dealing with the perceived and harsh intrusion of guilt on peace. I was especially drawn to the idea that the ego mind will offer death as a solution when the mind becomes overwhelmed with fear and guilt.

At first it offers sickness, injury, that sort of thing, because it is being subtle, perhaps not to push us so far that we seriously consider a real solution. I used to be in constant conflict, always on the defensive. What I started to notice is that if I held a grievance for too long, or became emotionally overwrought, I would get sick. This was something I only slowly came to realize, but once I did, I became open to solutions that didn’t hurt so much.

Now that I am very aware of what is happening when I lose my peace, and now that I am closer to ending conflict in my life, the ego has become more open it its attacks. I don’t get extremely upset very often anymore, but when it does happen, what I began to hear from the ego was that it was hopeless and I may as well just die because it was my only way out. It was so blatant an attack that it woke me up to what the ego was doing and I felt at first, appalled, and then pleased. I was pleased because that level of viciousness speaks to the ego’s desperation to keep me identified with it.

The second thing that stood out to me is the solution, recognizing that this is a battle between real and unreal powers. As I have shifted in my understanding and as I have practiced what Jesus is teaching us, I am more willing to accept that Myron and her whole world of endless battles is unreal. At first it seemed like a battle for my soul and the ego was winning. Then it seemed like I was fighting back and that I was winning. Now I see that the battle, if it ever existed at all, was won long ago. Now I am just watching it over and over until I finally tire of it and surrender into Love.

The ego never had any power. It seemed to have power and I seemed to be fighting it only because I gave it power in my mind. Really, it was just a concept, an idea or curiosity that was projected outward and experienced.  Once seen it was rejected and all went back to what it had been and always would be. The part of the mind we call the ego does not in any way influence us. It is simply a choice we make moment to moment. It is completely powerless and we are completely free.

When we choose ego, we are doing it deliberately. When we choose to turn from ego to Holy Spirit instead, we simply choose very deliberately to do that instead. The ego has no power to stop us from what we want. We merely pretend to battle the ego to avoid responsibility for the situation. The thing I remind myself frequently is that this pretend battle is not happening. We are watching and in watching we are deciding when we are through with the idea of separation and don’t want to watch anymore.

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Study of Text, C 13: X. Release from Guilt, P 14. 1-3-17

X. Release from Guilt, P 14

14 Praise be to you who make the Father one with His Own Son. Alone we are all lowly, but together we shine with brightness so intense that none of us alone can even think of it. Before the glorious radiance of the Kingdom guilt melts away, and transformed into kindness will never more be what it was. Every reaction you experience will be so purified that it is fitting as a hymn of praise unto your Father. See only praise of Him in what He has created, for He will never cease His praise of you. United in this praise we stand before the gates of Heaven where we will surely enter in our sinlessness. God loves you. Could I, then, lack faith in you and love Him perfectly?

Journal
Here is what I think when I read this. God knows me as He created me. He knows nothing that is out of alignment with that creation. He loves me. Jesus says that he would not love God perfectly if he lacked faith in me. So this would be true for me, too. In order to love God perfectly, I must have faith in my brothers because God created them. So how does this unfold in my life?

Mostly at this point, I observe when I fail to have faith. I see the judgmental thoughts in my mind. I look at my justifications for my faithlessness. Then I ask that my mind be corrected. I ask that I might see my brother differently. I trust that this prayer will be answered, and I trust that I will accept the answer as quickly and completely as I can.

And when I, once again, get distracted by my projections and I start to think someone is guilty, as I remind myself that this cannot be true. I remind myself that this one is part of God’s most holy Son, created in His image, and could only ever be that perfect creation. If I see guilt then it must be a false image I am looking at, a projection of false thoughts I have left unhealed in my mind.

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Study of Text, C 13: X. Release from Guilt, P 13. 1-2-17

X. Release from Guilt, P 13

13 Like you, my faith and my belief are centered on what I treasure. The difference is that I love only what God loves with me, and because of this I treasure you beyond the value that you set on yourself, even unto the worth that God has placed upon you. I love all that He created, and all my faith and my belief I offer unto it. My faith in you is as strong as all the love I give my Father. My trust in you is without limit, and without the fear that you will hear me not. I thank the Father for your loveliness, and for the many gifts that you will let me offer to the Kingdom in honor of its wholeness that is of God.

Journal
When I read that Jesus said his faith and trust in me is without limit, I had to stop and just cry. I have been working on something that feels very hard to me. This means I have been listening to the ego tell me that it is hard, not possible, that I am not worthy; you know, all the stuff the ego says to keep me involved in the illusion. So here is what is going on for me today.

A couple of days ago I started having very bad nerve pain in a tooth. The dentist would say that I need a root canal. A few things fell into place for me. One is that I was reading FB posts and came across one from Lloyd Lapp. Here is the quote he was posting.

“There are those who have reached God directly retaining no trace of worldly limits and remembering their own identity perfectly. These might be called the Teachers of teachers because, although they are no longer visible, their image can yet be called upon. And they will appear when and where it is helpful for them to do so. To those to whom such appearances would be frightening, they give their ideas. No one can call on them in vain. Nor is there anyone of whom they are unaware.” ACIM M -26.2

Here is my comment.
“Life is so different now, Lloyd. I wonder how I could have lived so much of it in total ignorance, believing that only what most people agree on could be true, believing that only what I see with the body’s eyes could be real. I want to tell everyone to stop trying to make the world so small. Why live like that? Everything feels so much more expansive now; everything feels so possible. It makes me cry just thinking of it.”

I started thinking about all the help that is available to us, and about how I don’t very often take advantage of that help. So this is what happened next.

At the same time I was checking out FB, I was organizing my office, going through papers, filing and discarding. I came across a healing prayer. I used to do energy healing and one form I used was LaHo-Chi. It has this beautiful prayer that you say before you do the healing. I read the prayer and was once again touched by its beauty. I will add it at the end of this entry so that you can enjoy it as well.

Reading the prayer, I suddenly realized that it was meant for me to find it now. I put my hand on my face over the tooth, and said the prayer again, calling on healing masters to help me. (No one can call on them in vain. Nor is there anyone of whom they are unaware.) I felt like I was being led to a miracle, and I could accept it if I wanted to.

The next thing that happened is that I spoke to a friend and I told her about the prayer. I told her that I called on the LaHo-Chi and the LaHo-Chi masters and the Angels of Light to heal me. I told her that this was a denial of the ego laws, that I am under no laws but God’s and that Love heals in every circumstance and without exception. It was one of those times when I was spoken through, and I was as surprised at the passion and certainty as I am sure she was.

The pain continued and I continued to know that eventually it must subside as the tooth was healed. The ego was having a field day of course. It insisted that this could not happen and that I was not worthy of this. It offered lots of objections and tried to distract. Then it tried to take over through making plans to see the dentist…  just in case. And of course I would go to the dentist if that was necessary, but I wasn’t buying it yet. Still, it was discouraging as the next day I continued to have pain and into the night.

This morning I talked to Jesus about it. I asked him for reassurance that my desire to accept the miracle of healing was not my ego’s idea and I received the assurance that he wants this for me and was directing me to this miracle. Then I started doing my morning work. I started with today’s lesson that says that I give everything all the meaning it has for me. I read what I had written before about this lesson and it felt very relevant to me right now. (http://forgivenessisthewayhome.org/2017/01/lesson-2-4/) Here is one paragraph as an example.

Clearly, there is no reason in the world to not be at peace all the time. I am in charge of how I feel. If I am unhappy it can only be because I want to be unhappy, because I have given everything I see all the meaning it has for me. As I learn this lesson, I see my way out of the ego belief in suffering. Suffering is a choice I make, a desire, something I want. It is the only way it could occur in my life.

In light of the Lesson, I give everything all the meaning it has for me, then yes, I suffer because of the meaning I have given something. I have a damaged tooth because of meaning I gave to the body. It was to be a separation device and a way to punish myself for my sins. Well it was working, but now I am giving it a new meaning. The body with its separation effects will become witness to the miracle I choose instead. Whatever I make to prove separation, the Holy Spirit will use to undo separation if that is my choice. I am not separate from God.

As I read this lesson and my journal, I began to feel more confident about the whole thing. Then I went on to read Chapter 1 of the Text. (http://forgivenessisthewayhome.org/2012/09/principle-of-miracles-1/)  This is the oft quoted principle that tells us there is no order of difficulty in miracles. Could that be any more perfect as an antidote to the ego’s nay-saying? As I read what I had written in my journal before, I had to cry again. It was more encouragement. I wrote about a previous healing and how I used Lesson 190 to achieve it.

Jesus is with me on this 100% as this mornings paragraph from Chapter 13 is telling me that, “My faith in you is as strong as all the love I give my Father. My trust in you is without limit, and without the fear that you will hear me not.” (And so more crying. Ha ha.) So what is happening now with my tooth?

I am experiencing the effect of my conflicted thinking. One moment there is pain and the next the pain is gone; back and forth, just like my thinking. But I have faith in Jesus and because he has faith in me, my faith in myself is increasing. Where my faith falters, I trust that Jesus will strengthen me.

When I woke up this morning to more pain I was feeling very discouraged. I let my emotions surface and cried for awhile. Then I let Jesus show me my fear. It wasn’t fear of pain or fear of damage to the truth. All that can be dealt with. It was fear that I cannot, will not do this, will not allow the miracle of love to heal me. It is the fear that the truth is not true and today will be the day I prove that.

It felt like I would be personally responsible for not saving the world. Rather than being the light of the world, I would be the darkness that forever overwhelmed the light. I saw that, recognized it as more ego guilt resulting from asking the ego what this meant, and then I did the Rules for Decision to undo it. Thank you Jesus for that wonderful process. Regardless of how this situation turns out, now I know that I could not be guilty.

LaHo-Chi Prayer

Divine Source Mother, Father, God, we call ourselves
forward into the Light. We call for a clearing. We call for
the illuminate radiant form of our souls, through the Light
of the Christ and the Holy Spirit, to guide, direct, and take
us into the spiritual heart of God; and to bring forth the joy,
the peace, and the loving, within ourselves individually and
together.

We call forth the co-operative Spirit of Unity, the Light,
Love and Wisdom of the LaHo-Chi, the LaHo-Chi Master,
the Angels of Pure Consciousness, and all beings of the Light
of the highest, to assist us individually and together. We
call forth the healing and that which is our next step in
spiritual growth for our highest good.

We give thanks to the Holy Spirit for our transmutation
and transformation through the Divine Light.

We give thanks for perfect alignment within our spirit, soul,
and personality. We come together in one unifying energy as
one heart, one mind, and one Light. Amen, Amen, Amen.

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