March 5, 2013
One of the critical lessons the Course teaches us is to understand perception. Understanding perception gives us some understanding of how we think, how we think incorrectly, and how we change and correct the way we think. We actually don’t have a clue that we are thinking and perceiving incorrectly. And we are doing so most of the time. We are so used to this practice that we don’t even realize we are misperceiving. We think, act, perceive, and plan from a state of mind that believes we are separate and independent from all the rest of the world. We believe that we lack something. We believe that we are alone. We believe our own actions are independent. We believe we know the Mind of God, when we actually have separated ourselves from the Mind of God.
We are created by God and are extensions of God. We are God-like and one with God. We have in the essence of our being all that the Divine nature of God is. We have the strength of God, the power of God, and the Mind of God. But we have separated ourselves from the awareness of that reality and made up a separate “reality” of our own. This attempt was an effort to make ourselves our own god and determine a world of our own making. God created reality as one interconnected reality, unable to be changed from its true nature: holy, innocent, loving, and peaceful. But we have made up a way of perceiving that makes things seem separate and limited. When we make a perception that seems to fill a lack or need, we are making separation, thus adding to our perception of separation rather than eliminating it.
This continual reinforcement of the perception of separation blocks our minds from the awareness of who we really are. Our true Self knows who we really are, but we have chosen to perceive something else of ourselves. The knowledge of who we are is within us. It has never leaft us, ror we are and have always been an inseparable part of God. The Curse helps us to let go of the perceptions we have become so attached to in manageable steps moving ever closer to the correct perception of who we really are. When we come close enough Spirit reconnects our awareness to what is already within us. This awareness is no stranger to us. Our true identity has always been within us, waiting for us to return to our awareness. The peace of God fills our awareness and carries us on the tide of that incredible knowledge within us to Communication with God.
This is no stranger to us. We’ve been here before. We’ve seen glimpses of it all our lives. We’ve felt that inner knowing and connection so many times in the course of our lives in this world. We are returning to the awareness of our true Selves, who we really are. Follow the guidance of Spirit. We must learn to release out attachment to our separation perception. Let Spirit guide the change in your perception. Refrain from trying to do it on you own. It was your own efforts that got you so far from the Truth about yourself. Now is the time to let go and change your mind. All you have to lose are your misperceptions. What you will gain is the awareness of your wholeness and the truth of who you really are. Let it be so.
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