November 3, 2020
Lesson 309 –
I will not fear to look within today.
The Course teaches us that we already have within us all we need. We may not recognize this right now, but all we need is there within us nonetheless. It is embedded in our holiness, instilled within us as we are created. It is unchangeable and unremovable. It is embedded in our holy Self, our true Identity. The truth that we are Oneness is and always will be, always has been. The only thing we can possibly do to remove it is block it from our awareness. Belief in limitation and separation are the blocks that can do just that. Yet, we cannot change the truth that Oneness is our true essence and Identity. Fear is another idea that can block our truth from our awareness. Our egoic thought system has made a separate identity that we have come to believe is who we are. The belief in this identity is powerful enough to block our true Identity from our awareness, but not powerful enough to change who we really are. So, Spirit waits, holding our true Identity within us, until we are ready to accept a “new” idea of who we really are.
Within me is eternal innocence, because it is the One’s Will that it be there forever and forever. I, the One’s Child, whose will is limitless as is the One’s Own, can will no change in this. For to deny my Creator’s Will is to deny my own. To look within is but to find my will as the One created it, and as it is. I fear to look within because I think I made another will that is not true, and made it real. Yet it has no effects. Within me is the Holiness of Oneness. Within me is the memory of Oneness. W-pII.309.1:1-8
We spend our lives seeking for answers outside ourselves, refusing to look within, just because we believe the answer could never be there within us. Once we realize the absurdity of this belief, we begin a journey of discovery about ourselves. With the alignment of our mind with the nature of our holiness comes an inner peace that dwells within us. It brings an awareness of perfect love and joy that does surpass all understanding. Isn’t this what we really seek? Isn’t this what we really want? We don’t have to do it alone. The whole universe – Oneness – is behind us in this endeavor. The transformation is ours for the asking. This lesson offers us this prayer to aid us in our decision:
The step I take today, my Creator, is my sure release from idle dreams of sin. Your altar stands serene and undefiled. It is the holy altar to my Self, and there I find my true Identity. W-pII.309.2:1-3
The holy Identity within us is our altar – forever undefiled. We have never left Oneness. We have never left the unified One we really are. There is no separation. We remain One with our Creator and each other, for that is the essence of our Creation. Take a chance on Oneness. Can it be any worse than the insanity of the world we seem to be in? The transformation of our perception of the world and each other is miraculous indeed. Be willing, even just a wee bit willing to let go of our fear and allow our inner guidance to bring new sight to our eyes. We will find even more than we thought we were seeking. We will find ourselves in a state of Heaven even as we still walk on this earth. And so we walk in perfect peace and love and joy.
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