VII. Attainment of the Real World, P 16
16 In me you have already overcome every temptation that would hold you back. We walk together on the way to quietness that is the gift of God. Hold me dear, for what except your brothers can you need? We will restore to you the peace of mind that we must find together. The Holy Spirit will teach you to awaken unto us and to yourself. This is the only real need to be fulfilled in time. Salvation from the world lies only here. My peace I give you. Take it of me in glad exchange for all the world has offered but to take away. And we will spread it like a veil of light across the world’s sad face, in which we hide our brothers from the world, and it from them.
Journal
“In me you have already overcome every temptation that would hold you back.”
In the Course, Jesus has told us that we need do nothing. Again, here, he is telling us that it has all been done for us. He overcame temptation and when it was done by him, it was done for us. This is part of what it means to be One in the Mind of Christ. What is done by one is done for all. So what does this mean to me? How does this affect me?
I think what it means is that I can relax and take this journey in peace. I can notice the ego thoughts in my mind and know they are meaningless, and therefore I am guiltless. I can see them, and let them go the Holy Spirit. I don’t have to worry about what I find in the mind, nor do I have to struggle with it or change it. The only change required of me is that I change my mind about wanting to keep the ego deceptions. I change my mind, not out of fear or because they are evil, but because they hold me back and I am ready to return to God.
Jesus is my brother and all I need is the awareness that my brothers are all I need. As I accept that we are one, I accept my true nature and the nature of my Creator. In that instant of acceptance, I let go of the separate self, and the separate will that allowed the experience of this illusion. In that instant, I know that God’s Will is truly my will and the only will I have. Jesus is the first of us to complete the journey, and in his completion is ours.
Now all we need to do is to accept it as completed.
All the work that seems necessary is that we remove all that blocks our awareness. I allow the removal of these blocks daily as I choose peace rather than judgment, love rather than fear, innocence rather than guilt. I am just reminding myself of my true nature, and deciding for it as opposed to the made up self I chose long ago. Yes, Jesus has undone it, but I must accept it for myself. I do this as I have looked at the effect of separation and seen that I am no longer interested. What I want the Holy Spirit cannot undo, but my disinterest allows the mind to be healed.
I am awakening to Jesus and to those others who have gone before me. They are helping me to remember. Each time I look on a brother’s confusion and refuse to become confused myself, I am a step closer. Each time I am attacked and refuse to defend myself, I am a step closer. Each time I see evil and ugliness, unkindness and guilt and fear, and instead of reacting to it, I ask for another way to see, I am a step closer.
This is how we do it. No need to be afraid, no need to doubt. It is done for us, and as we accept what has been done, we join our brother Jesus in awakening the rest of the Sonship. I am resolute in my decision for union. I will see my brother as myself, and if I falter even for a moment, I will ask for help and Help will answer me.
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