May 14, 2013
We are spiritual beings having a human experience, not human beings having a spiritual experience. This is a clear statement with which to evaluate the condition of our thinking. The first is right side up thinking and the second is upside down thinking according to the Course. The belief that we are a human being is the belief that separates us from the awareness of our true nature. The Course explains that our belief that we are human, that we are separate beings in a physical body, blocks our awareness of who we really are. How could we possibly believe we are limitless, abundant, and powerful when we believe we are limited by our bodies, by being human, and therefore separate? As long as we believe we are a body, that we are separate from God and all Creation, we will continue to perceive ourselves and the world we see as limited, lacking, unfair, cruel, and hateful. We will see a world divided and in conflict. This is not a real world we are seeing.
The real world is a world of peace, joy, love, harmony, and understanding. It is a world where we find we are happy ad experience the love and light of God in everything on which we rest our eyes. This change is not a change wrought by amazing works, perseverance, or continuous sacrifice. This change is brought about by a simple change in our belief of who we are and a resulting change in our thought system. By beginning to believe we are as God created us – One with God, each other, and all Creation – our thinking begins to be guided by Spirit who understands our separated thinking, but will guide that thinking to a more correct way of thinking. We see ourselves and the world through a system of perception made up by our separated or split mind called the ego. Since there is no such reality as separation, the perceptions we see are really misperceptions or wrong-mindedness. This is not our natural thought system. This is not who we really are. This is not the reality God sees.
We have another choice. Though we are free to choose to experience and pursue separation and block our minds from the awareness of our Divinity and our Holiness, we are also free to choose to be who we really are. From a separation perception this nay appear daunting, if not impossible, but the Holy Spirit is already with us waiting for our willingness to be guided into correct perception. Spirit guides us in shifting our perception, shifting our thought system to one grounded in the awareness that we are as God created us – that we are the divine, holy, and pure creations we always have been. It is based in the realization that we simply thought wrongly because we had blocked our awareness of who we really are. Spirit guides us to correct perception and right-mindedness. This is still perception, but it is the perception that places us in a state of being where we are in communication with God and see the love of God extending from God to us and all we see. We see and understand ourselves, each other, and the world differently. From this awareness all we encounter and experience are opportunities to extend and receive love. Each is a perfect lesson for us to learn to extend and receive love and light. Let it be so.
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