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2 In this world, because the mind is split, the Sons of God appear to be separate. Nor do their minds seem to be joined. In this illusory state, the concept of an “individual mind” seems to be meaningful. It is therefore described in the course as if it has two parts; spirit and ego.
Appear and seem are two very often used words in the Course. I appear to be different than you. Our minds seem not to be joined. But this could never be true. I am one with everyone and every living thing in spite of appearances. The split only seems so and therefore there seems to be effects.
One of the chief learning devices in the Course is the idea of choosing between the ego and spirit.
• There are two voices and I listen to the one I would have be true for me.
• There are only two choices, ego and spirit.
• Even in this world I can learn to listen to only the Voice for God.
• I am always vigilant for my thoughts and asking the Holy Spirit to correct them.
• I ask the Holy Spirit to purify my thoughts.
All of this is the way I find my way back Home, the way I heal the split in the mind. It is my whole purpose here, my function. And yet, in reality there is no split in the mind. I am whole and complete and just as God created me. The split is imagined and the effects are imagined. I cannot have an individual body, self, will, mind. That is an illusion along with the split mind that imagined it.
And yet. And yet, even though I know on some level that this is true, evidently I remain unconvinced on some other level, even though levels do not exist. This is why we work our way backwards through the illusion to return to the truth. We Sons of God are master Creators and we have done an excellent job of the impossible. We have done such a good job that we have become lost in our own dream and must awaken a bit at a time so as not to scare the bejeesus out of ourselves.
The way to do this seems to be to treat the illusion of separation as if it were a real thing to be undone so that we can finally come to the happy conclusion that it never existed. So, I spend my days looking at the thoughts and watching the emotions. I notice how my choices affect Myron, how they make her feel. I learn to choose from the true thoughts in the mind and watch the change in Myron as I do so. Eventually, through this play of stories and characters, through the slow realization that I exist before and after Myron so must be something else, I begin to awaken. And I realize that nothing is at it seems.
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