November 16, 2010
I remember a hymn we used to sing when I was a child where the chorus said, “On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand.” The sinking sand is like quicksand. It looks solid, but when one steps on it, one begins sinking. And the more one struggles, the deeper one sinks. The quicksand is like the world of separation or illusion; it appears solid, but is not. And the more we struggle in it, the deeper we immerse ourselves in it. Yet we can also choose to stand on the solid rock; the real world that we experience in the awareness that we are One with the Christ Spirit.
The mistake we often make is looking for the rock in the world of illusion, separate from the One. The rock is not a physical thing that we can see and touch, but an analogy for the Mind of God, Truth. The Mind of God is constant, changeless, and never waivers from Truth, for there is nothing else. Our perceived reality is built on what we think or believe we see. When we see with the eyes of Spirit, and think with the Mind of God, we are placing our trust in the Mind of God, in Truth. That becomes the foundation of our faith.
When we place our trust in separation and illusion, that becomes the foundation of our faith and quickly fails us. The more we scramble around looking for something solid in illusion the deeper we sink into that illusion. Yet, all is not lost. At any time, in any place, in any circumstance, the Holy Spirit is there waiting for us to be ready to reach out and change our mind. The Spirit within us has the power to transform the whole foundation on which we have based the world we see into something else. It is merely a shift in perception, divinely guided, that transforms the world we see into one that has no contradiction and leads us to sanity, joy, and peace. In a thought we leave behind the world of insanity and sin as we forgive and let go of our old way of thinking.
There is nothing to fear in this shift. The resulting world we see is changeless, it is peaceful, and it is home. Test everything you believe against the vision Spirit brings. What is not love is meaningless, and so all that remains is love. Look with gentle eyes past the insanity of separation and illusion to what is wholly true and see that you are One with God and all of creation. Rest in the awareness of who you really are and experience the fullness of God’s Love in the forgiveness of the world.
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