November 13, 2018
We have been discussing and considering the questions the Course says we must ask ourselves. It comes down to whether or not we are happy with all our life and how we see it. Again, it asks us, “Is this what I want to see?” and “Do I want this?” Consider this carefully. Ask yourself, “Do I want to see what I denied because it was the truth?” Whether or not we realize it, we really want to see the truth. We want to see what is really real even if we don’t see it that way right now. We long to be in a state of peace of mind and see a happy and loving world. Perhaps we have been looking at the world through a distorted lens. Perhaps the world is not as it seems to appear. If Source created a world comprised solely of peace and love, could we have been mistaken in our perception of the world? Reason is an unchanged faculty within us that has not nor can be corrupted by our egoic thought system. Spirit has held it in protected reserve waiting for us to be willing to change our minds about how we perceive the world.
This is your one decision; this the condition for what occurs. It is irrelevant to how it happens, but not to why. You have control of this. And if you choose to see a world without an enemy, in which you are not helpless, the means to see it will be given you. T-21.VII.9:1-4
This promise will not be broken. But, it requires us to be even a little willing to allow ourselves to see the world differently – to perceive the world differently through a clear lens held by our higher holy Self. The final question is so vitally important, and Reason within us will tell us why. We have free will, given us in our creation, and we must be willing for this shift in perception to be our will as well. The choice to see correctly will never be forced on us, only given freely when we choose to accept it. We make and unmake the choice to desire a better world – a world where I rule, I am powerful, and I have no enemies – again and again as we move our allegiance back and forth from the egoic thought system to One Mind. It’s no wonder we feel buffeted and beaten. Truth is constant. It never wavers. Unwavering happiness rises from truth. No one of us decides against our own happiness, but we may do so if we do not see that we do it. And if we see our happiness as ever changing, now this, now that, and now an elusive shadow attached to nothing, we do decide against happiness.
Elusive happiness, or happiness in changing form that shifts with time and place, is an illusion that has no meaning. Happiness must be constant, because it is attained by giving up the wish for the inconstant. Joy cannot be perceived except through constant vision. And constant vision can be given only those who wish for constancy. The power of the One Child’s desire remains the proof that they are wrong who see themselves as helpless. Desire what you want, and you will look on it and think it real. No thought but has the power to release or kill. And none can leave the thinker’s mind, or leave the thinker unaffected. T-21.VII.13:1-8
Have you had enough of the inconstant in your life? Are you ready for constant? Answer the last question, “Do I want to see what I denied because it was the truth?” Are we seeing what we want to see? Do we want what we are currently seeing? We have a choice. We always have a choice. Let Reason within you answer the question and be willing to begin awakening to the truth that you have been denying for so long. Let this choice lead you to a happiness and a peacefulness that last for eternity – that surpasses all egoic mis-understanding. Here we step into the awareness of who we really are.
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