September 20, 2016
In our spiritual practice and our daily living, are we willing to try to be vigilant for any deception we may be holding. Any thoughts we consider private are therefore hidden and thus we deceive ourselves that we are willing. Our natural state of mind is in complete communication with everyone and our Source. The continuance of the holy instant is dependent on an open mind, a mind that holds no thoughts hidden. Spirit calls to us to make the holy instant ours at once, for the release from littleness in the mind of the host of the One depends on willingness, and not on time. Ask yourself, “Do I want the holy instant now?” Once we decide we want to be in communication, Spirit can then guide us to that transformation. It will come as quickly or as slowly as we are willing to release our hidden thoughts.
We could live forever in the holy instant, beginning right now and reaching to eternity, but for a very simple reason. We must not obscure the simplicity of this reason, for if we do, it will be only because we prefer not to recognize it and not to let it go. The simple reason, simply stated, is this: The holy instant is a time in which we receive and give perfect communication. This means, however, that it is a time in which our mind is open, both to receive and give. It is the recognition that all minds are in communication. It therefore seeks to change nothing, but merely to accept everything. What do we really want? We can release our need to change the world as we see it and look beyond its appearance to Oneness in eternity. Thus do we release our littleness, accept our magnitude and step into the holy instant.
The Course instructs us thus:
The necessary condition for the holy instant does not require that you have no thoughts that are not pure. But it does require that you have none that you would keep. Innocence is not of your making. It is given you the instant you would have it. At-One-ment would not be if there were no need for it. You will not be able to accept perfect communication as long as you would hide it from yourself. For what you would hide is hidden from you. In your practice, then, try only to be vigilant against deception, and seek not to protect the thoughts you would keep to yourself. Let the Holy Spirit’s purity shine them away, and bring all your awareness to the readiness for purity Spirit offers you. Thus will Spirit make you ready to acknowledge that you are host to the One, and hostage to no one and to nothing. T-15.IV.9.1-10
Relax a moment. Allow yourself to stop trying so hard. Awakening to the awareness of who we really are is truly simple. Release the thoughts you think you need to keep hidden. Open your mind to the direct communication you share with Source and all creation. We do not need to change anything but simply accept everything as it is. Spirit will guide us in what is holy and real. All that is false will fade into nothingness. No thought can harm what is eternal. And what is not eternal is not real and cannot harm anything. Stop a moment, ask yourself what you really want and then be willing to release any littleness you still harbor and step into your magnitude in Oneness. In this do we rejoin and recognize our Oneness.
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