September 13, 2016
The holy instant stands in shimmering readiness waiting for our acceptance. The holy instant stands within our mind in the present moment. It is not in the past or the future where we seem to be searching for it, but the present now. Are we ready for that transformation? Are we ready to look upon truth and release our belief in our littleness? It is our choice. We can choose to step into the holy instant now or delay it until we change our mind. To accept the holy instant into our awareness is to step into freedom from the “little” world we have made for ourselves and believed is real. We move from the belief we are limited, incomplete, broken and unloved into the awareness that we are limitless, complete, whole and completely loved. We couldn’t be more free than we truly are.
Our practice of the holy instant rests in our willingness to release our belief in our littleness. This doesn’t say we must release our belief, it says we must be willing to release our belief in littleness. We must be willing to accept a change in our thinking. All that is asked is for us to want to delay the holy instant no longer. Once we decide we are willing to see differently, are willing to accept something greater, Spirit can guide us in that acceptance and that transformation. For we cannot accept the transformation alone – in separation – as it involves joining. Our egoic thought system resists joining at all costs for joining releases us from the limitations we have placed upon ourselves through our egoic belief system. The Course asks us why we delay our awareness of our freedom. The answer is fear, the fear of being something greater than we believe we are. Are we ready yet to practice the holy instant? Are we ready yet to want it?
So, how do we practice the holy instant? The Course gives us this direction:
Would you learn how perfect and immaculate is the holy altar on which your Creator has placed Itself? This you will recognize in the holy instant, in which you willingly and gladly give over every plan but the One’s. For there lies peace, perfectly clear because you have been willing to meet its conditions. You can claim the holy instant anytime and anywhere you want it. In your practice, try to give over every plan you have accepted for finding magnitude in littleness. It is not there. Use the holy instant only to recognize that you alone cannot know where it is, and can only deceive yourself. T-15.IV.4.1-7
Look within to the holiness within you and let Spirit guide your mind to the awareness of your holiness. All Spirit asks is a little willingness, a desire to be all you really are. Throw off the chains of littleness and allow Spirit to guide you to the awareness of your magnitude as you join with your brothers and sisters in Oneness with Spirit and the One. This is the plan for salvation the One has given us – to release our littleness and rest in our magnitude. The holy instant is where this is recognized. Release, let go, and let it be so.
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