Day 37
3 What is the single requisite for this shift in perception? It is simply this; the recognition that sickness is of the mind, and has nothing to do with the body. What does this recognition “cost”? It costs the whole world you see, for the world will never again appear to rule the mind. For with this recognition is responsibility placed where it belongs; not with the world, but on him who looks on the world and sees it as it is not. He looks on what he chooses to see. No more and no less. The world does nothing to him. He only thought it did. Nor does he do anything to the world, because he was mistaken about what it is. Herein is the release from guilt and sickness both, for they are one. Yet to accept this release, the insignificance of the body must be an acceptable idea.
Healing is a shift in perception. When I chose healing, I changed my mind about what I thought was possible. My perception up to that moment was that my body responded to environmental conditions. Pollen, grass, most trees, molds and a long list of foods would cause my body to have an allergic reaction. I decided that, although I didn’t know how it could happen, I was willing to be free of this belief. I asked the Holy Spirit to help me. And I became willing to let Him.
This was not a total reversal in my thinking. It was like putting my toes in the water to see what happened. But what happened, changed my mind in a way that affected the rest of my life. From that point on I became more willing to realize that my mind is what needs healing, not my body and not my circumstances. It is taking a good deal of time for me to accept the full implication.
I have had many experiences since then that are helping me to accept that the world never rules the mind, and that it is always the other way around. It has taken even more time for me to accept no compromise in the recognition that I am completely responsible for my life. I still resist this at times, but every time I notice I am resisting, I turn my attention to the Holy Spirit for correction. This gentle process of mindfulness combined with willingness is peeling away the layers of illusion that I used to keep the separation idea in place.
Now when I am sick, instead of trying to figure out what is wrong with my body, and what in the world caused it, I remind myself that I am experiencing illness because I have chosen it, and I am keeping this illness because I see some value in having it. This is what’s happening even though I may not understand why I did it, and may not want to believe I did it. Having established the truth in my mind, I ask the Holy Spirit to heal my mind. The body will likely follow.
In this section Jesus reminds us that guilt and sickness are the same thing. I think of sickness as being the outward manifestation of guilt that I am holding in my mind. It doesn’t matter if I think I am guilty or if I think the other person is guilty as it is the same thing and creates the same effects. As I am allowing the Holy Spirit to heal my mind I am becoming more willing to look at the buried guilt because I am not as afraid of God as I used to be. I am learning that I have not actually done anything, but only dreamed I did. I have nothing to feel guilty for.
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