May 21, 2019
We are completing our discussion on this chapter; The War Against Yourself. Whether or not we realize it, there is a war going o in our mind as long as we continue to believe we are separate from each other and from our Creator. This war takes many forms. Our own egoic thought system is very creative in finding forms to keep us occupied with conflict. You see, if we are occupied with ideas of conflict – which we believe we must win in some way – we are distracted from our natural state of being which is peace and love. Many times the conflict is about truth and which truth is actually truth. This conflict makes it seem like we are always in the midst of a battleground.
We don’t have to be in the midst of the battleground. We have another choice. Spirit will guide our thoughts to raise above the battleground whenever we allow. The question we must ask ourselves is, “Do I really want to be in the midst of battle?” The battleground is an artificial world. It is no more than an illusion. However, we believe it is real, so we pick up our illusion of a sword and attack or defend, waging war on each other. But we are really waging war on ourselves. If this seems insane, it is. We have made up all we are waging war for or against.
The Course offers us another choice. It offers us another way to see ourselves. The Course offers us the vision of Oneness. The real truth about us is that we are holy, complete, whole and One with each other and the One we may call God. Our true nature is peace and love and joy. Our natural state of being is peace and happiness. We have Heaven on earth as our existence here if we are willing to open our eyes and see what is real and eternal. Our egoic thought system makes up a world for us that distorts the real world. Our egoic thought system distorts peace to look like war and love to look like hate. Any sane person would want peace and love rather than war and hate. It’s our choice. The Course asks us to look beyond the appearance of the world we perceive to the real world – Heaven – beyond. The world we think we see is nothing more than a thin veil, no more than a bit of mist that is easily moved beyond when we release our attachment to it. In this manner does Spirit help us to rise above the battleground we have been so involved in and become an observer of the insanity of the battleground. We begin to see it is little more than an illusion distracting us from all that is good and holy within us. What if we just stopped participating in conflict? What if we chose peace and love instead? We have all we need to let this be. There is only good in reality. When we choose reality, all that is not good fades to nothing. We realize we have been existing in and occupying our minds with nothingness and missing out on all the good and happiness around and within us. Allow yourself to let go of the battles and rise above the battleground to see what truth is and what is false.
Chapter 23 closes with this beautiful statement:
Think what is given those who share their Creator’s purpose, and who know that it is theirs. They want for nothing. Sorrow of any kind is inconceivable. Only the light they love is in awareness, and only love shines upon them forever. It is their past, their present and their future; always the same, eternally complete and wholly shared. They know it is impossible their happiness could ever suffer change of any kind. Perhaps you think the battleground can offer something you can win. Can it be anything that offers you a perfect calmness, and a sense of love so deep and quiet that no touch of doubt can ever mar your certainty? And that will last forever? T-23.IV.8:1-9
We are truly the light of the world. This is indisputable. Allow yourself to rise above the battleground and let your light shine. Be a beacon for those searching for the recognition that they are One with you and your Creator. Let them see their wholeness reflected in the image you hold in your eyes of them. This is the salvation we offer each other as we join in holy Oneness.
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