Miracles News

January-March, 2006

This Year, Am I Willing to Remember the Mind Boggling Truth?

by Rev. Mary Stoelting

As we begin this new year together, I am struck with the idea that this coming year brings with it an opportunity of ‘mind boggling’ proportions. As students of A Course in Miracles, we all know that it is very important for us to allow our minds to be ‘boggled’ by the Holy Spirit. When we let our minds be ‘boggled’ by the Holy Spirit we remember that in reality, there are no separate minds. We remember that there is only one Mind and that we are all included in the one Mind of Love. We remember that we cannot leave the one Mind of Love because It is our true Identity and we cannot change What we are.

The Course reminds us that if we really want to release ourselves from the bondage of the ego, nothing is more important than being open to receiving the mind boggling truth that nothing has really changed us from the way we were created by the one Mind of Love. The mind boggling truth is still there in our mind, waiting for our acceptance. The mind boggling truth cannot leave our mind, even though we choose not to be aware of it.

If I want to make this coming year be a truly happy and peaceful year, I will allow myself to accept the mind boggling truth that everyone is the same Love and no one can really be anything but Love. I will remember that Love cannot change into something else. I will remember the mind boggling truth that Love is eternal and changeless.

In Chapter 22, Section II, Jesus tells us, “Only if it were possible the Son of God could leave his Father’s Mind, make himself different and oppose His Will, would it be possible that the self he made, and all it made, should be his master.” (9:6) This mind boggling truth means that the figures in our dream are not controlling us like it seems in our ‘life’ story. It means that if we want to, we can see the great projection of separation for what it is — a defense against the truth — and forgive, or let it go because we see that it is not really giving us the eternal happiness and joy that God provides eternally.

Jesus also reminds us of this mind boggling truth: “Behold the great projection, but look on it with the decision that it must be healed, and not with fear. Nothing you made has any power over you unless you still would be apart from your Creator, and with a will opposed to His. For only if you would believe His Son could be His enemy does it seem possible that what you made is yours. You would condemn His joy to misery, and make Him different. And all the misery you made has been your own. Are you not glad to learn it is not true? Is it not welcome news to hear not one of the illusions that you made replaced the truth?” (T-22.II.10:1-7) Now this is a happy mind boggling that can truly make this coming year a year filled with peace and joy.

Another mind boggling truth is that the whole Sonship — which is the extension of God’s Love — is God’s joy. This means that no one is excluded in being God’s joy. As we accept the mind boggling truth that everyone is God’s joy, we remember to love every one as God loves them. We let the Holy Spirit show us the truth that every brother is pure Love and nothing else. This is what will bring us joy without end this coming year. This is our answer to every perceived problem as we enter this new year. This coming year we would let the mind boggling reality of Love replace every error in our minds and be happy instead of accepting the fearful dream as real.

Jesus tells us what will happen when we are willing to remember the mind boggling truth about every brother. He tells us, “The love of Christ will light your face, and shine from it into a darkened world that needs the light. And from this holy place He will return with you, not leaving it nor you. You will become His messenger, returning Him unto Himself.” (T-22.IV.3:7-9)

When we give the mind boggling gift of seeing every brother as he truly Is, we receive the gift. We return Him unto Himself and see that giving the truth is the same as receiving the truth.

This year, am I willing to remember the mind boggling truth? This is the same as asking myself if I am willing to free myself from pain and suffering or if I am willing to forgive illusions of separation and see that only Love’s oneness is real. The moment I decide to become aware of the mind boggling truth is when it is there for me to see because it has already been given. My job is to let that time be now because why would I want to delay my awareness of Heaven?

Jesus tells us, “The holy instant is the miracle’s abiding place. From there, each one is born into this world as witness to a state of mind that has transcended conflict, and has reached to peace. It carries comfort from the place of peace into the battleground, and demonstrates that war has no effects.” (T-27.V.3:1-3) What a joy it is to know how to truly resolve every perceived conflict, and how to comfort and be comforted in the truest sense by simply being willing to allow the mind boggling truth to enter my mind! This is why Jesus says, “Reality is safe and sure, and wholly kind to everyone and everything.” (T-16.II.8:6)

As we move into the new year Jesus encourages us to remember the mind boggling truth with these words: “This is a year of joy, in which your listening will increase and peace will grow with its increase. The power of holiness and the weakness of attack are both being brought into your awareness.” (T-16.II.7:1-2)

What an outstanding year we can all have as we let this year be a year of joy by listening to the mind boggling truth from the Holy Spirit instead of deciding anything on our own. What an outstanding year we can all have as we remember the simple fact that, “illusions are not fearful because they are not true.” (T-16.V.14:1) What a peaceful and happy year we have ahead of us as we let the truth be true and remember that nothing else is true.

Mary Stoelting is co-founder of Pathways of Light. She lives in Kiel, Wisconsin.

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