October 13, 2009
Now is the time to let our relationships be healed and thus transformed. It is in our relationships that we show each other who we really are and where we show ourselves who we really are. We let our true nature, our true being, shine through all the illusions we have believed in. We have seen ourselves as lacking, and thus also seen our relationships lacking. We thought we could find what we thought we lacked in our relationships and thus gain it from the other.
Our relationships tend to be based on differences, where we think the other has what we have not. So we find a relationship where we think we can gain what we think we lack from another. We stay there until we find there is nothing more to gain, then move on. And so we wander from relationship to relationship, seeing what we can gain from each one, sometimes remaining with them for a lifetime even though we have moved on. Many times we stay with those relationships because we are afraid we will lose something if we move on. The Course calls these “unholy” relationships.
God sees relationships differently. God sees relationships from a different premise. In these relationships, we look within and see the truth, that there is no lack in us. We accept our completeness, our wholeness, and extend that wholeness by joining with each other in what the Course calls “holy” relationships. We allow ourselves to see ourselves and each other in the vision of clarity that comes from within us, held there by Spirit, for our use when we are ready to accept our wholeness. Our relationships are transformed because we see the truth that we are whole and complete, lacking nothing, and share that completeness with each other.
Our life transcends limitations of the body. We feel the Spirit of Oneness within us. We experience the peace, joy, and love of God as we allow ourselves to accept the truth of who we really are. We stand just under Heaven, close enough not to return to our old way of thinking. Our relationships have Heaven’s Holiness. How far from home can a relationship so like to Heaven be? Here in our transformed relationships we find salvation, the return to the awareness of who we really are.
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