July 24, 2018
The Course requires almost nothing of us. It is impossible to imagine any path that asks so little or could offer more. Yet we make it seem very complicated. Our own egoic thought system prefers to make itself seem indispensable by making happiness, joy and peace seem difficult and complicated. Peace, love and happiness are our natural state. They are effortless in their true form. The egpic thought system has no place in our natural state of being for it is not real. It is an invention – a mistaken idea that we have believed – that preoccupies our minds with made up “dangers” and “enemies”. These ideas bring uncertainty and insecurity and fear into our minds that tend to dominate our thoughts. Within us, and no stranger to us, is another reality we have forgotten in our preoccupation with our distracted fear. Our minds are so full of discrepancies that we are focused on that we miss the peace, love and joy within us. What happens after we decide to allow our relationships to be healed – to be made holy?
The period of discomfort that follows the sudden change in a relationship from sin to holiness may now be almost over. To the extent you still experience it, you are refusing to leave the means to the One Who changed the purpose. You recognize you want the goal. Are you not also willing to accept the means? If you are not, let us admit that you are inconsistent. A purpose is attained by means, and if you want a purpose you must be willing to want the means as well. How can one be sincere and say, “I want this above all else, and yet I do not want to learn the means to get it?” T-20.VII.2:1-7
We need to want the end – peace, yet we are often not willing to also be consistent in the means to attain peace. What must we do? The means are second to the end, the goal. And when we hesitate, it is because we fear the purpose, and not the means. Remember this, otherwise we will make the error of believing the means are difficult. The healing of our relationships is the easiest thing if we will simply allow the Spirit within us to take the lead and show us the way. The holiness of our relationships is within us as their true nature needs no healing. We simply must release our attachment to their seeming unholiness and allow our vision of them to be healed. Step back a moment and see with your holy vision what is beyond appearance in this world.
The body is the means by which the egoic thought system tries to make the unholy relationship seem real. The unholy instant is the time of bodies. But the purpose here is sin. It cannot be attained but in illusion, and so the illusion of another as a body is quite in keeping with the purpose of unholiness. Because of this consistency, the means remain unquestioned while the end is cherished. Seeing adapts to wish, for sight is always secondary to desire. And if you see the body, you have chosen judgment and not vision. For vision, like relationships, has no order. You either see or not. T-20.VII.5.1-9
How can I not see another’s body? This seems impossible. Yet it is very possible and also quite easy if we are willing. The means of healing our relationships is to not see the body. Perhaps we can look at this differently. The Course always asks us to look beyond the appearance of things to the truth beyond. We have learned that we are not bodies, but that we are free. We are Thoughts in the One Mind. So, begin by looking beyond another’s body and allow your Higher Holy Spirit Self to see what is real beyond their body. Their Holy essence will become visible in your holy vision. You will begin to see they are joined with you in Oneness. You will begin to see your Holy Self reflected in hem to you and recognize the peace, love and joy that are there within both of you. Our unholy instant transforms to a holy instant where all judgement falls away and we see what is real and eternal. Rest with that vision for a moment. Even if it falls away, we can return by releasing our attachment to the appearance of the body and looking beyond its appearance. What is real and eternal will never fade. Only our consistency of seeking the means that lead to our desired end will move us into more and more healing. Trust the guidance of your inner Guide and be consistent in following that guidance. We are in this world to be transformed, so be transformed. Be consistent in following the means to your holy purpose. Do not be hard on yourself, for that will only deter you. Be consistent in your means and be led gently into peace, love and joy.
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