February 2, 2016
The “thing” we are seeking is surely found within. All that is real is within us. We are what is real. We always have been, are now and always will be. At-One-ment is found within. The realization that we are One with each other, all creation and the One is At-One-ment. As long as we believe that there are forces outside of us affecting us, we deny our Identity, who we really are. Our belief in guilt is an effect of our belief that there are outside forces affecting us. The Course tells us: As long as you believe that guilt is justified in any way, in anyone, whatever they may do, you will not look within, where you would always find At-One-ment. The end of guilt will never come as long as you believe there is a reason for it. T-13.X.6.1-2 Nothing more than our belief that anything can affect us from outside blocks our awareness of our true Identity, the awareness of who we are; whole complete, holy and at peace. You see, we believe we are something we are not, and it is time we released our attachment to that belief.
We believe in guilt because we believe that forces outside us impact us. Nothing outside us is real. All that we perceive to be outside us and beyond our control is not real but illusion. It definitely appears real to us because we believe it is possible. However, our belief is what makes it appear real. We could easily blame ourselves for this misperception, but that will only reinforce the feeling of and belief in guilt. Our release from guilt is in allowing Spirit to guide our thoughts resulting in changes in our beliefs. Spirit guides our mind as we release our attachment to our habitual beliefs and perceptions; those we never even question anymore. This allows Spirit to bring the remembrance of what is within to our minds. It reconnects our minds with the One Mind, of which we are. Our wholeness has never left us. Our holiness has never been tainted. We are intact as we are created, in the image of the One. We are the love we are created in and that love is what we will reawaken to as we allow Spirit to guide our mind.
Now it is given you to heal and teach, to make what will be now. As yet it is not now. The Children of the One believe that they are lost in guilt, alone in a dark world where pain is pressing everywhere upon them from without. When they have looked within and see the radiance there, they will remember how much their Creator loves them. And it will seem incredible that they ever thought their Creator loved them not, and looked upon them as condemned. The moment that you realize guilt is insane, wholly unjustified and wholly without reason, you will not fear to look upon the Atonement and accept it wholly. T-13.X.8.1-6
Peace of mind is ours for the allowing. Isn’t this what we really want? Are we willing to release our belief in guilt to another belief as guided by Spirit?
Paragraph T-13.X.10 gives us this promise:
Release from guilt as you would be released. There is no other way to look within and see the light of love, shining as steadily and as surely as the One has always loved You. And as You love the One. There is no fear in love, for love is guiltless. You who have always loved your Creator can have no fear, for any reason, to look within and see your holiness. You cannot be as you believed you were. Your guilt is without reason because it is not in the Mind of the One, where you are. And this is reason, which the Holy Spirit would restore to you. Spirit would remove only illusions. All else Spirit would have you see. And in Christ’s vision Spirit would show you the perfect purity that is forever within You.
Love is where we find the perfect peace within us. As we look with love and forgiveness on each other and the world we see, all is transformed to its true reality. We begin to see beyond the appearance of every little thing in this world that seems to be outside us and see a new understanding that transcends its appearance. We see the real meaning rising in our mind and begin to see our true Identity. We reawaken to the awareness of our wholeness, our completeness and our holiness, finding peace at the core of all we feel. Allow yourself to love unconditionally and allow Spirit to guide you to the awareness of you true Identity. Look within and see your radiance there as you are released from the bonds of guilt.
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