May 21, 2013
The world we seem to see around us and that we seem to live in is a world of perception. As we see it there is nothing neutral about it. It is full of judgments; good, bad, evil, pleasure, pain, blame, guilt, attack, defense, right and wrong. The world we perceive is seen through the lens of our perception or our mind. How we see and perceive the world is determined by our thought system or our state of mind. The world itself is neutral. There is nothing good or bad about the world – it just is. Our thought system brings about all the thoughts we have about the world. Is it any wonder that no two people see any event exactly the same?
As long as we aspire to identify as the body we live in and believe that some part of that body identifies who we are, we are perceiving the world in whatever way we are perceiving it. When we begin our journey by beginning to remove the blocks to our awareness of who we really are, we must first accept the idea that we are using a thought system that is “wrong-minded.” It is based on perception that reinforces the idea that we are separate from God and are independent from the rest of the world. Once we begin to allow Spirit to guide our perception we move toward right-mindedness. It a state of “right-mindedness” we perceive more uniformly and correctly. We begin to perceive the Divine order of the world and the Divine order of our being. From a state of “right-mindedness”, it is a simple step to One-mindedness, our true state of being. From here we begin to see and understand that all is as it should be and that all we see, experience, and encounter is useful in right perceiving the world. We begin to see our wholeness. We begin to see our Divinity and our Oneness with God and Creation. We begin to understand the natural order of our Spirit and realize that we are not the separate body we appear to inhabit that seems to limit us, but that we are limitless, holy, and perfect just as we are; as God created us.
The Course suggests that we let go of our attachment to our “wrong-mindedness” or misperception and allow Spirit to guide our mind into “right-mindedness.” Our whole experience will shift. Our thinking will shift. The world will shift. As all this shifts, we become aware that the world we think we see is more about our thoughts about it than the world itself. As we allow our mind to shift into “right-mindedness” we reawaken to the awareness of our true Self. We return to the awareness of our Oneness with God and all Creation. We again are aware of God’s peace, love, and joy that well up within us and radiate to all those around us and beyond. All the ideas of separation or “wrong-mindedness”; conflict, blame, fear, and lack fade away and we rest in the reality of our Divine nature. Love without conflict wells up within us and extends from us, connecting with the abundant Love that flows from every One in this world. Let your mind shift to its natural state and be the One you really are.
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