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The little mind believes that it has attacked its Source, has made a world and life apart from All That Is. This is a fabrication built on the mistaken idea that it could be possible to be split from its Creator, from Love. The little mind has forgotten the truth—and that only truth is true. Its belief in its sad little story has covered over the beauty and light of the real mind, that remains forever with its Source.

The little mind identifies so strongly with all the is unlike Love. It believes that to identify with Love, is to lose “everything” even its little life. Though it sees a fearful story wherever it goes,
it tries to paint loveliness over the dark and hateful scenes. It tries to mask fear with a picture of happiness. It tries to make worldly goals the epitome of worth and happiness. Yet in never understands why it remains fearful and unsure, feeling isolated and obscure, unloved and unwanted. It tries to hide its guilt in a dream filled with values that are meaningless to Love.

As you choose, so will you “see.” When you choose a hallucination, so will it appear to you, seemly solid or real. When you choose for Love, so will It becomes evident in your “world.”
Love is never gone, nor dispersed. When you choose for Love, you are willing to drop the barriers to awareness of Love. You are Willing with Love, and you are being your natural state. Love is your natural state of being. When you try to be anything other than Love, you find yourself in conflict, pain and despair. Therefore, be kind, be loving and you will be happy, in peace, in Love, whole and complete.

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What is Salvation?

As I listened during today’s lesson: “Holding grievances is an attack on God’s plan for salvation.
“What is salvation, Father? Tell me, that I may understand,” this is what I “heard.”

Spirit: Salvation is to be freed from illusions, from insane plans for survival, from investment in false dreams.
Salvation is love. When you accept the Presence of Love, the false falls away. In Love’s Presence, there is no cause (for guilt/fear) and no need for illusion or lies.

Salvation is the healing of a mind made mad. It is accepting the truth and nothing added to the truth. The impossible stories that mind thought up, vanish in the light of Love.

The idols that you have dreamed to protect the body are nothing. The body is nothing for is is not real. Only the eternal is real. As God’s Son you are real, Love created you like Itself. Choose to release the dream you have made. Choose to release the idols that you thought would protect you.
Release the belief that you can be harmed, and have harmed others. Love can never harm. Love only extends, gives Itself. Love gives love to all.

Do not be chained to the past—-the past is gone. It is a fantasy of mind insane with pain of guilt. The past is nothing, for it was “made” from nothing. It has no value, it holds no treasure. It’s purpose in the ego mind is to distort the now, making the future like the past.

To me, Spirit tells ideas so simply. Only the insane mind thinks such ideas are lies, made to trap and kill. Letting go of what is not real cannot be fearful. Holy Spirit is the only one that undoes the false thoughts I have made. He reveals to me what is Real. Holy Spirit is the only one that can shine the light that I may recognize the truth, the love that is in my mind, that I am One with.

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A Senseless Game

The other morning, I gave myself “time” to be still and listen to my Inner Teacher.  I have made up the story that I do not have enough time to listen every morning when “I have to get the body ready for work.” This is a story that I need to question! I feel great comfort when I do choose to listen, still I will allow the little mind to be in charge and deny the peace and comfort that comes with listening to Spirit. I seem to struggle to let go of “my problems” of the outside world, when it really is no struggle at all. The false mind loves conflict (struggle) for that seems to make it real and it’s world real. I share with you the message that Spirit gave me, to help me remember what is false and what is true.

Dear One, As you deny your feelings, they cannot be given to me for healing.
Is this what you really want? You are playing a senseless game. When you deny some feeling (having judged it as wrong) you are making some illusion real to yourself. You do not really want more illusions. Playing with illusions only adds to your guilt and fear.
In place of analyzing why you feel the way you do, seek help from H.S. That is His function. Give any feeling and thoughts to Him. Remember that it is impossible He would fail in His purpose.

You do not really want to keep illusions. Your insanity will be undone. You do not really want a world of isolation, pain and regret. You do not want a world of fear, attack and guilt. Your hidden belief is that you are not deserving of a happy world; a happy outcome to what you perceive in front of you. The steps you take in releasing blame and attack on your brother, is how you learn that you are sinless. The hidden belief in sin weighs heavy in your dream. You find you either struggle through the day, or you deny your thoughts. When you release a brother from fault, you are releasing your self as well. As you release, so you accept complete forgiveness for yourself. This is your task—your purpose in your dream.

Give every thought of blame to H.S.
Give every feeling of loss to H.S.
Accept His help, His love.
This is all you need “do.”

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Love Is Gentle

I recently was given these words from Spirit.

Love is gentle.
You are Love and nothing else….this is the simple truth. Yet you are caught in deception, by the mistake of listening to an imagined voice.

You judge yourself harshly—and condemn yourself everyday. This is not accepting peace nor your true Will. When you judge, you then believe that you can be judged and think that others are doing so. You think you can attack and be attacked. When you project such thoughts outward, they will bring witnesses to support the false belief. Yet if you are Love and nothing else—how can you attack or be attacked? How could you judge or be judged?

Daughter, the idea that you have sinned against creation, and Creator, has kept you in prison. What you have forgotten is that the prison comes from your separated thoughts. The belief that the separation from Source did transpire, has to be seen as wholly false, completely laughable and ultimately meaningless. You could no more be apart from your Source, then a wave can be separate from the lake or ocean. You are an effect and not the cause. The dream you perceive is the exact opposite of Reality, of Creation, of Heaven. Your dream has not touched the purity of Oneness, nor changed what you are in any way.

Love is gentle—-It will not hurl you into the Light.
Love is gentle, It waits on your welcome.
It cannot enter where It is seen as fearful.
Love is gentle. It holds you safely, while you dream of separation.

Forgive yourself for thinking separation could be real.
Forgive yourself for the idea that you could offend or even destroy God.
Forgive yourself for the imagined loss and exile from Home.
You are forever as Love created you, forever an extension of Love,
forever like and part of Love Itself.
Cherish not your dream, accept instead the truth and simplicity of Love.
Hide not from Love, open your heart and welcome Love.

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Workbook Lesson 22

After reading WB lesson 22, “What I see is a form of vengeance,” these thoughts came to me.

The world of attack comes from my mind. All pictures of despair, poverty, criticism, pain, suffering, and death come from the hidden belief that I am corrupt and not worthy of forgiveness, which is love. If it is my goal to be miserable, I have surely attained it! Yet, this insane dream is not the truth. The sick mind projects and shows me the exact opposite of truth.

It is a relief to recognize that I have made these images of a world. And Jesus asks that I simply choose again. Choose differently then before. Choose with His help. I want to see differently. I no longer want to see a world of fear, attack and vengeance.

I want to accept complete forgiveness. In this acceptance, I free all my brothers with me, from an insane dream. Holy Spirit never fails in His purpose. My forgiveness is complete if I will only accept it. The gift that has been given me, will shine away the false dark beliefs as I am willing.

Readiness and willingness—-I have been made ready (for the Creator makes no mistakes). It is only my limited perception that seems to hold me away from complete forgiveness. Do I really want to see a world of vengeance? Or do I want to see a world of Love?

I will decide nothing on my own today—-I will let the meaning be given to me from the
One Who knows.
Thank You God, I love You God…..

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