October 16, 2012
The way we have perceived the world we think we see, through being taught by others and teaching ourselves, has produced a dense cover in our minds that obscures our awareness of who w e really are. We believe so strongly in what we have perceived, that we think anything that disagrees with it is not possible. So who we really are continues deep within us, but rarely rises to the surface of our awareness. Our purpose here in this world of form is to use everything we encounter and experience in this world to unlearn the misperceptions on which we have based our concept of our selves. It’s as simple as altering our perception, and as complicated as we make altering our perception.
How willing are we to question just a little of what we have come to believe? Are we willing to hold all our perceptions to the light? Are we willing to surrender all we have worked so hard to perceive and make sense of even if it doesn’t make sense? We, who identify as human beings, separate and defined by a body and past experiences, are very reluctant to let go of anything we have worked so hard for. We are even reluctant to let go of our perception of our needs that we think we lack. This deep seated conviction of who we think we are has stood the test of time. We’ve gotten used to it. We’ve even come to think it brings us peace, love, and happiness just because it’s familiar. And the unfamiliar throttles us with fear. And thus we remain immersed in our mistaken perceptions of who we think we are.
There is a Divine plan for us. There is another way to perceive ourselves. It’s lying right beneath all the thoughts that we are so attached to. It’s waiting there full of light, love, and happiness we have obscured from our awareness by all the other perceptions we have learned and believed. Are we ready to entertain a new belief? This new belief will release us from all incorrect beliefs. Step by step we can walk with the guidance of Spirit releasing the mis-beliefs and misperceptions that fade away in the light of pure Spirit. The love and laughter of wholeness is there within us waiting to be remembered and recognized as we join with the Mind of God and recognize the divine in ourselves and each other. In this Divine Oneness are we reunited in our Oneness.
In this section we are told:
“Child of God, you were created to create the good, the beautiful, and the holy.
Do not forget this.”
ACIM T-1.VII.2.1-2
Through our bodies and this temporal illusory world we are called to extend the Love of God to each other, calling each one to the awareness of who we really are. Remember that miracles are all around us and within us. Only our dense cover of misperception keeps them out of our awareness. Pull aside the veil of misperception and mis-belief. “Let the light of Truth burn off the fog of illusion. Spiritual sight is there waiting for us to abandon our total reliance on our body’s eyes and see what is already ours.
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