July 31, 2018
As we journey on our spiritual path, our perception of those we journey with is crucial. How do we see each other? Are we making judgements about each other? As we judge each other we fail to see their reality. If our mind is aligned with the idea of separation, the reality of those we journey with is invisible to us. The eyes of our body show us other bodies. The bodies we think we see are distorted images of the holy ones we journey with. Yet because we see them as separate bodies – or bodies separate from us – we cannot see the realty of who they really are and thus the reflection of who we really are. We are essentially trying to see light in a darkness from which we have shut light out. We imagine each other as something we are not.
There is indeed a difference between this vain imagining and vision. The difference lies not in them, but in their purpose. Both are but means, each one appropriate to the end for which it is employed. Neither can serve the purpose of the other, for each one is a choice of purpose, employed on its behalf. Either is meaningless without the end for which it was intended, nor is it valued as a separate thing apart from the intention. The means seem real because the goal is valued. And judgment has no value unless the goal is sin. T-20.VII.7:1-7
What goal have we chosen for ourselves? What is our chosen end? Is our chosen end the one we really want? If our end is separation, the eyes of our bodies will show us the means to see separation. But, if our goal is healing, the healing of our relationships and thus our minds, our spirit eyes will show us the means. If we keep shifting between the body’s eyes and Spirit eyes, we will remain confused as we are confusing means that lead to two different ends. Is it any wonder we find ourselves conflicted and lost in chaos?
Spirit has given us vision to see clearly the means to the healing of our relationships. Spirit asks that we be consistent in seeking the means Spirit gave us to guide us. Even when we stray from the means Spirit has given us, we can simply stop a moment and return to our holy vision which is always within us and which Spirit will always guide us to. Choosing our Spirit vision guides us to seeing reality. And seeing the ones we journey with in their reality as holy relationships is our release from all limitation. We see the reality of our wholeness and Oneness.
Your question should not be, “How can I see another without the body?” Ask only, “Do I really wish to see them sinless?” And as you ask, forget not that their sinlessness is your escape from fear. Salvation is the Holy Spirit’s goal. The means is vision. For what the seeing look upon is sinless. No one who loves can judge, and what they see is free of condemnation. And what they see they did not make, for it was given them to see, as was the vision that made their seeing possible. T-20.VII.9:1-8
Set your mind on the goal you seek: Oneness. Allow Spirit to guide you in the means to this goal. Allow your Spirit eyes to see for you. There is no need to not see the body. Rather, look beyond the appearance of the body to the reality beyond. The healing of our relationships is the result of these means. And the return to the awareness of who we really are in Oneness is the end. This is what we really want. Be consistent in seeking to see with your Spirit eyes. When you are unsure, seek Spirit’s guidance. We will all be swept into the realm of Heaven as we allow this practice to transform our lives.
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