May 31, 2011

Our function in this world is to show each other that sin is impossible, that sin has no cause. This is our base function. It takes many forms in this world, as many as there are ideas and thoughts. But it is our one underlying function in this world. To understand this function is important to understanding who we really are and what our purpose is.

The image we hold of ourselves, the picture we hold up for another to see is reflective of our understanding of our function. It is reflective of where our mind is at any given moment. The Holy Spirit’s picture of ourselves which we allow to be placed in our hands doesn’t change us in any way to something we are not. It merely removes all the mistaken ideas and purposes we have taken on over time. It removes us from our thoughts about past experiences and presents us with a new openness. Free of our attachment to the past, our mind is now free to choose again our purpose in this world.

In this place of openness are we free to allow Heaven to be remembered. Its peace comes and perfect healing can take the place of all our mistaken thoughts. We begin to reflect the idea of who we really are. There no longer is any pain and suffering, no sacrifice in our image of ourselves. Instead, innocence, love, and forgiveness radiate from our presence. The face of Christ shines from deep within us, revealing a new image to each one that they are whole and innocent, that they are no longer limited by their limited view of their own purpose. The picture we hold up shows them the same openness in them waiting for their mind to choose a new purpose in this world. A purpose that spawns healing in each and every mind.

This is simple. Let the body have no purpose from the past. Let it be free to receive a new purpose revealed by Spirit. As our function is revealed to us by Spirit and we release our idea of our body’s purpose, our true function and our body’s purpose become one. They are united in the awakening of our true Self and the awareness of who we really are. Allow Heaven to fill your being. Let the peace and love and joy of Heaven fill your mind. The radiance that shines from our faces will be the reflection of who we really are and the reflection of who each one we encounter really is. We celebrate each others’ wholeness and foster the healing of the world in this moment.

May 24, 2011

We have been talking about the picture, the image of ourselves we hold up for another to see. This image is both what we believe about ourselves and what we believe about another. As we ponder what we now believe, or at least want to believe about ourselves, we hold out our hands made gentle by Spirit. In those gentle hands Spirit places a new and different picture, image, idea of ourselves. This new image still manifests in the form of a body, for our true Self cannot be seen or pictured. But this new image has not been used for attack and so has never suffered pain at all.

This is a truly new image, different from all we have imagined before. It speaks of forgiveness, love, and compassion. This new image points beyond what we perceive to our innocence and wholeness. And as we hold this new image up to each other, we both find our tears and sorrow have been wiped away in laughter and love. The freedom of healing rises up in both of us as we see each other with healed eyes. We are released from all the mistaken ideas we thought of each other, our attack, our guilt, our sin, and any other idea that we thought justified our feeling of fear. The freedom and release we feel in this moment carries a joy and peace we only dreamed of before. Healing has washed over and through us.

Receive the gift of the image Spirit places in our hands. Gladly hold it up for all you encounter to see. It speaks of their healing and attests to their innocence. They are called forth to be believed and replace our old beliefs. They lend conviction to the system of healing they speak for and represent. We needn’t worry about the right form, or what image is right for this one we encounter now. Spirit in its wisdom and knowledge has made this for us perfectly. It has many voices and speaks to each one and ourselves in many different ways. Yet, the message is always the same for each of us and comes to us in the perfect way for each of us in that moment. The Miracle Worker’s Prayer says, “I need not worry what to say or what to do, for the One who sent me will direct me.”

Let Spirit place that perfect image in your hands made willing by your willingness. See your friend and so yourself in the image Spirit made for you and recognize each other’s innocence and wholeness. This image points us to the remembrance and awareness of who we all really are. And thus know that we are all One with each other, all creation, and God.

May 17, 2011

What image do we paint of ourselves? How do we perceive ourselves? Is there sacrifice, suffering, lack, or unfairly treated in those images of how we see ourselves? This is the self we are presenting to each other. And we present this image because we believe that this is who and what we are. This is the picture we hold up to the one who we encounter in this moment that we have chosen as our teacher for the moment. So when this one looks at this image we hold up, they naturally see themselves reflected in that image. Why? We are all one, and so what we see in another is what we see in ourselves. And so we project what we see in ourselves on another. And so we go round in circles, traveling far, but getting nowhere.

This image we portray is our own crucifixion, and so becomes our brother’s or sister’s crucifixion. Crucifixion is the act of sacrifice and suffering. We really want no part of it, but somehow we have convinced ourselves that we must give up something in order to have something. This something we think we want that we think we don’t have takes many forms. But they all have one thing in common; they aren’t real. They only appear real because we believe they are real. We have consented to this image and actually began believing it. We looked at another and believed the illusion that was held up for us to see instead of looking beyond the image to the Truth beyond it.

Here is the power of our belief and our conviction. The witness we present to others points beyond ourselves to what we represent. If we represent guilt and separation, that is what we will present to each other. But we have the choice to present a different image to each other. We have the choice to present a different witness that points beyond ourselves to the truth of what we represent and who we really are. The image of suffering and sacrifice crumbles in the light of the Truth shining beyond it. And we then see the face of Christ shining form another, reflecting the Christ within us that shines from beyond the mistaken image we have portrayed.

Look beyond the appearance of what we think we see. Let the representation of who we really are shine away the images of suffering and crucifixion we so readily believe. The beauty of our Oneness cannot be marred by the image of sacrifice and suffering. When we allow ourselves to see beyond the suffering to Truth, we rise ever so gently from the depths of this hell we have made in this illusion to the peace and joy of Heaven. Here we are home and there is no better time to transcend there than right now in this very moment.