August 7, 2018
My friends, indulge me for just a moment. What if our lives are perfect just as they are? What if our relationships are already holy. What if we already dwell in Heaven? What if we simply need to change how we see the world we live in? I think and believe the Curse is telling us just this. Our world appears to be anything but peaceful. Our relation ships appear to be anything but holy. And, this world appears to be anything but Heaven. When the Course asks us to look beyond the appearance of things to the holy reality beyond, it means for us to do just that. How could this possibly be so? Yet, we are not alone in changing the way we perceive this world. We are given all the help we could possibly need or want to make this so. Are we seeing with our body’s eyes
or our Spirit vision? We must learn to use and trust our Spirit Vision if we want to see clearly.
Do you not want to know your own Identity? Would you not happily exchange your doubts for certainty? Would you not willingly be free of misery, and learn again of joy? Your holy relationship offers all this to you. As it was given you, so will be its effects. And as its holy purpose was not made by you, the means by which its happy end is yours is also not of you. Rejoice in what is yours but for the asking, and think not that you need make either means or end. All this is given you who would but see another sinless. All this is given, waiting on your desire but to receive it. Vision is freely given to those who ask to see. T-20.VIII.2:1-10
We are given Spirit’s Vision in shining light in which to look upon each other’s sinlessness and rejoice in it along with Spirit. Peace will come to all who ask for vision with real desire and sincerity of purpose. This we share with Spirit and at one with Spirit on what salvation is. Be willing to see each other sinless, so that the One may rise before our vision and give us joy. This merely asks us to be willing to allow Spirit to guide our vision to a more correct perception of our world. Think of the song, “Open my eyes that I may see.” Allow Spirit to open your Spirit eyes so you may see clearly. The world we think we now see around us is transformed by our Spirit vision to show a world full of peace, love and joy. We simply need to trust Spirit to show us this real world and release our attachment to the world we think we see. Reality is there for the seeing beyond the chaos and misery we think is real.
This is our purpose now, and the vision that makes it ours is ready to be realized. We have the vision that enables us to see beyond the body. And as we look upon each other, we will see an altar to our Creator glowing with radiant purity and sparkling with the shining lilies we laid upon it. May we relax into this light. May we allow it to well up within us to shine brightly for all to recognize as a reflection of their own light. We are truly the light of the world.
Everything looked upon with vision falls gently into place, according to the laws brought to it by Spirit’s calm and certain sight. The end for everything Spirit looks upon is always sure. For it will meet Spirit’s purpose, seen in unadjusted form and suited perfectly to meet it. Destructiveness becomes benign, and sin is turned to blessing under Spirit’s gentle gaze. T-20.VIII.6:1-6
Ask Spirit to reopen your Spirit eyes so you may see clearly. The reward is the return f our awareness of our relationships’ holiness and our own holiness. We also see the world clearly without the distortion our egoic mind places on it. Open you Spirit vision and let the light of the world shine through you to all who wish to see clearly. Allow vision to fall gently into place. This needs merely an allowing rather than any great effort. Allow reality and peace to reveal all that is loving, peaceful and holy to you and let it be so.
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