May 28, 2013
We are created in the Creator’s image. We are created as extensions of the Creator. We are created One with the Creator and nothing can change or take away any of this. When the Course tells us that the Realm of Heaven is within us, it means we are inseparable from the Realm of Heaven. The Realm of Heaven is an essential part of us. It’s within, around, under, above, and throughout our being. The Realm of Heaven just is! And we are there, always. But we can block ourselves from the awareness of that reality. One might ask why anyone would do that or even want to do that, but we do it anyway. In our effort to make a separate “identity” for ourselves we have made up ideas and beliefs that form these blocks to the awareness of who we really are.
Rather than uniting with the whole of Creation, we have misperceived ourselves as independent and separate from the Whole, the One. We have convinced ourselves that we are each independent beings defined by and identified with a physical body. We think our thoughts are unique and independent and that they do not necessarily have any impact on others. The belief in this separate identity has made a split mind that we think is us. Thus the thoughts we think and believe about ourselves have perceived a “reality” that is anything but real even though it seems and feels very real. This split mind, this collection of misperceived ideas and thoughts makes up our ego. Our ego is a self-centered illusion about who we think we really are.
This thought system – which is properly identified as “wrong-mindedness” – is all about preserving its perceived existence. It uses whatever it can to perpetuate this illusion of separation from the awareness of who we really are. It uses fear, judgment, conflict, guilt, and many other feelings to reinforce the idea of how alone and separate we appear to be. If we become aware of our true created nature, there is nothing to fear, attack, defend, or feel guilty about. The awareness of our wholeness, our Oneness with Source and all Creation, and our Divinity exposes the illusion of the split mind and wrong-mindedness. We have also blocked the awareness of our Guidance from our mind.
Our true state of being is One-mindedness. But since we are so attached to our separateness and our split-mindedness, Spirit is given us to guide us in shifting our thought system from wrong-mindedness to right-mindedness. This places our state of mind in correct perception where we can see the world we live in with new eyes and new understanding. We see each other as the Holy Child of God we really are. We find peace, love, and joy within and around us. Light and love radiate from within us and to each and every one we encounter. The Bliss of Holiness and the Divine essence of who we really are wells up and directs us in our lives. Let go of all the thoughts that limit and be who you really are.
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