I. The Conditions of Learning, P 3
3 Seeing is always outward. Were your thoughts wholly of you, the thought system you made would be forever dark. The thoughts the mind of God’s Son projects or extends have all the power that he gives to them. The thoughts he shares with God are beyond his belief, but those he made are his beliefs. And it is these, and not the truth, that he has chosen to defend and love. They will not be taken from him. But they can be given up by him, for the Source of their undoing is in him. There is nothing in the world to teach him that the logic of the world is totally insane and leads to nothing. Yet in him who made this insane logic there is One Who knows it leads to nothing, for He knows everything.
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Jesus is explaining to us that the world we made does have its own logic but it is logic that leads us nowhere. He also helps us to understand that we believe in what we made and we are choosing to defend it. If that were all we had to go on, then what we made would remain true to us and we would be stuck with it forever. But because we have the Truth in our mind, the Holy Spirit Who knows everything, we have a way out of our self made world.
I was talking to someone this morning who is a Republican and a staunch supporter of Trump. He explained that he does not agree with everything Donald Trump does, but he had to vote for him. His religious beliefs do not allow him to vote for anyone who would promote abortion or same sex marriage. I could have pointed out some things that I suspect this person is concerned about now that the election is over and action is being taken.
I could let his fears give me this little opening and maybe convince him to see things my way. As I noticed these thoughts in my mind, I mentally stepped back. Even as we spoke, I opened my mind to Love. It was a bright light in my mind that exposed the fear there. Fear wants company. It wants others to join it. It wants to be right. It wants to win.
Pausing for that moment gave me the chance to choose love rather than fear. I let him talk. When his fear started to express itself, I helped him to see that his only job is to accept the Atonement for himself. Not in those words exactly, but in a way that he could understand. I reminded him that bodies can die but he cannot because he is not a body, he is spirit. Though we have very different religious views, this was something he could understand and accept.
The situation this morning is an example of what Jesus is telling us. The ego mind wants divisiveness. It wants fear and guilt, and it wants to be right. I saw that in my mind and I rejected it. I asked, instead, for another way to see, and the Truth in my mind came forward at my request. In that moment I was a miracle worker.
Principles of Miracles, P 26
26 Miracles represent freedom from fear. “Atoning” means “undoing.” The undoing of fear is an essential part of the atonement value of miracles.
I could have stayed with the fear and my friend and I could have battled to see who could find the most fearful thoughts and for whose perception was “right.” But by the grace of God, I had a moment of sanity and chose to Atone and so for that moment at least, I freed us both from fear.
It was also that indirect proof that Jesus is telling us about. I proved that I was blessed by blessing this brother of mine with love rather than fear. I brought us both to a place of peace and the peace of God is the only goal we need have.
The peace of God is everything I want. 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. Lesson 205
And that peace is to be found within, not without. Within is where God placed our certain way home, right next to the dream we scripted, right next to where It was needed. As it says in this paragraph, God will not take our dream from us, but we will choose to give it up. This morning I made that choice, and may I continue to do so from now on. Thank you, God, for placing the Source of undoing in my mind.
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