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The ego system wants me to believe that I picked up my beliefs from the world, from my parents and others. Yet, being the writer, director, and producer of the movie called “my life” I am the only one that put those beliefs into the script and had them played out by the actors. The thoughts and ideas I “see” played out in the world are always my own. They are mistaken. And simply show the unhealed or uncorrected thoughts I hold.

I must admit that I am the holder/maker of those thoughts, so that I can give them to Spirit. He will show me they are perfectly harmless and thus meaningless. He shines them away with my holiness that has never changed. He assures me that being one with the Light I have never left the Light of Love, but have only closed and covered my eyes to It. He leads me away from illusions to my treasure house of truth. The thoughts I made on my own are really nothing and have no meaning. I am willing to let them go. I am willing to have peace replace my erroneous beliefs.

I choose inner peace as my one goal. “The peace of God is my one goal; the aim of all my living here, the end I seek, my purpose and my function and my life, while I abide where I am not at home.”  WB lesson 205

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Outside Thinking

When I hold a grievance (upset) about anything, I am attacking myself. The being that I am is not contained in a body or in any form. The forms that appear in my world are only reflections of my beliefs/thoughts about myself.

Example: the idea that change in weather can hinder, hamper or threaten me is just wishful thinking. The ego thought wants to maintain control (authority) over my mind, portraying me (and anything that I value) as weak, vulnerable and easily destroyed, so I must be fearful of outside changes.

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What Am I Judging?

When I judge, I am insane, for I am judging only illusions. An illusion is a false image or idea, being false it is not real. How does one judge what is not real or nothing? Thinking there is something there to evaluate is meaningless and so it is insane.

When I understand that there is no thing “out there” to judge, I have forgiven the world. I have forgiven myself. Nothing is out there because it is all in my mind. As the Course says, a mind that is powerful enough to make a world is powerful enough to let it go. The power is apparent in my choice. Do I choose illusions or do I choose for Love?

Choosing illusions is sure to dismay me, and keep me searching for the elusive treasure. Choosing for Love is the certain way in which I wake from my sleep. If I am afraid of Love, I have only made a mistake and listened to the wrong teacher. I am willing to choose again and with the Teacher for Love I am released from my dream story of pain and isolation. With the Teacher for Love I find the truth and embrace my Self.

I am holy and innocent. I am not an ego, I am limitless and free for Love created me.

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Holy Spirit’s Lessons Cliffsnotes

* To have all, give all.
(Only the mind can be real, because only the mind can be shared. You do not lose what you communicate. H.S. does not take anything back because He wants you to keep it.)

* To have peace, teach peace to learn it.
(This is a positive affirmation of what you want; moving in the direction out of conflict.)

* Be vigilant only for God and His Kingdom.
(This emphasizes the division between the desirable and undesirable; therefore making the final choice inevitable. This step calls for consistent vigilance against conflict. Consistency and chaos cannot coexist for long, since they are mutually exclusive. By teaching what to choose, the H.S. will ultimately teach you that you need not choose at all.)

You learn first having rests on giving and not on getting. 2nd you learn that you learn what you teach, and that you want to learn peace. This is the condition for identifying with the Kingdom, since it is the condition of the Kingdom. 3rd step is thus one of protection for your mind, allowing you to identify only with the center, where God placed the altar to Himself. Altars are beliefs, but God and His creations are beyond belief because they are beyond question [doubt].

The 3rd step is a statement of what you want to believe and entails willingness to relinquish everything else. Your vigilance is the sign that you want Him to guide you.

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WB Lesson 292 (in First Person)

God guarantees that only joy can be the final outcome found for everything. Yet while I think an alien will is real and opposes His Will I will not find the end He has appointed.
His Will is done in earth and Heaven. I will seek and find according to His Will, which guarantees that our will is done.
Help me not interfere, and so delay the happy endings You have promised me for every problem I can perceive; for every trial think I still must meet.

Feelings of loss prevail—- which means only that I’m holding the ego’s hand. I am very mistaken in this, but yet will not let it go.
H.S. help me see this differently. The ego is not my final goal, no matter how it tempts me. Help me recognize that all feeling of loss and lack come from it. My mistaken idea is nothing more than error, it has no life of itself. When I stop paying attention to it, it will cease to exist.

H.S. strengthen my resolve; I am willing to hear only Your Voice. Above all else I want to see differently, above all else I want the truth. Be in my mind all through the day. T.Y.V.M.

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