November 22, 2016
The Course teaches us in lesson 61 in the Workbook that I am the light of the world. Is there anything limiting about this? We are all unlimited. Yet we continue to see ourselves as bodies. We continue to see each other as bodies, limited by our own belief. And we fail to notice the Great Rays shining from each One we encounter, so unlimited they reach all of creation and all the universe. There is nothing that is not touched by the Great Rays that shine from each of our brothers and sisters, unlimited in their wholeness, their completeness, their holiness and love. It is our own stubborn belief that we are bodies that keep our minds blocked from the grandeur of our true essence. Spirit is waiting for our willingness to release our minds from the prison of our belief in separation, wailing to flood our awareness with the Great Rays of Oneness that we have blocked form our perception. Are you willing to release the beliefs you hold to so tightly in this world?
The holy instant is a brief moment, given to us by Spirit, when we release all our perceptions of separation and experience communication in Oneness for just an instant. It is a glimpse pf our true Self, free of limitations, full of love and peace. It may scare us so that we immediately revert to the perception of dividedness we know so well and are accustomed to. We fear forgiveness for it exposes us to the freedom of Oneness. Yet we cherish the peace and love of the holy instant. It reminds us of who we really are even though we don’t recognize ourselves in it. Spirit is calling to us to trust in Its purpose to bring forgiveness to our minds and reawaken to the Great Rays of light we all are. What a beautiful awakening that is if we are willing to release our attachment to the belief we are bodies, the symbols of our belief in separation and division.
Our task is but to continue, as fast as possible, the necessary process of looking straight at all the interference and seeing it exactly as it is. For it is impossible to recognize as wholly without gratification what you think you want. The body is the symbol of the ego, as the ego is the symbol of the separation. And both are nothing more than attempts to limit communication, and thereby to make it impossible. For communication must be unlimited in order to have meaning, and deprived of meaning, it will not satisfy you completely. Yet it remains the only means by which you can establish real relationships, which have no limits, having been established by God. T-15.IX.2:1-6
We cannot perceive ourselves divided and be whole. It is impossible to see two opposing ideas at one time. We are One with God and all creation. There is nothing in this world that can separate us from the Oneness we are. And everything, yes everything, in this world, including the bodies we see, has a purpose as a learning tool if we will allow Spirit to guide our minds in Its teaching. As we allow each holy instant to come to us and rest in the peace it shows us, we can begin to allow forgiveness to well up within us and show the true essence of each of our brothers and sister, revealing the Great Rays that shine from deep within all of us, infusing our minds with the unlimited peace and love that reveal eternity within us.
We cannot divide our strength between Heaven and hell, God and the egoic though system, and experience the fullness of our creative power. When we attempt to divide our power, it cannot resonate in Oneness for to divide it is to limit it. Our Oneness surges in the holy instant as we allow our true essence to arise in us. Allow that instant to extend as we allow Spirit to guide the healing of our minds and welcome the Great Rays of Oneness that extend from our brothers and sisters and, yes, us as we join in the awareness of the One within all of us and extend the love and peace of eternity to all. Be the light of the world you are.
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