May 18, 2021
Lesson 138 –
Heaven is the decision I must make.
We always have a choice. Every choice we make affects our life in some way. The question is, “What information do we use to make our choices?” It is always wise to make choices that are informed. But are our choices well informed? Our information may be wise or it may be based on incorrect perceptions. And how do we tell the difference? In this lesson, the Course talks about Heaven as a choice. This choice is about the world we see now, not after our bodies die. The Course teaches that Heaven is the real world – the world we see when we look at the world with Holy Vision, free of egoic perception. Heaven is the correct perception of the world seen through forgiving eyes that see the reality of the abundant unconditional love that is the reality of our Identity. It is seen through the eyes of Oneness and Unity.
In this world Heaven is a choice, because here we believe there are alternatives to choose between. We think that all things have an opposite, and what we want we choose. If Heaven exists there must be hell as well, for contradiction is the way we make what we perceive, and what we think is real. W-pI.138.1:1-3
Sometimes all the choices that appear to be available are overwhelming. There seems to be thousands of choices to choose from. We ask ourselves how we can make a choice when there are so many options. There seems to be so many opposites to choose from. How could there be so many opposites? It is helpful, when this confusion confronts us, to take a step away for a moment and take a deep breath or two. There are not so many real choices as it may seem. Once we step away, we can rest in the stillness of the moment and ask for guidance from Spirit. Spirit is our inner guide that is waiting for us to simply ask and let go of the chaos around our egoic thinking. The right choice, the choice that we really want, is Heaven. It is the choice that will bring us peace and joy. The choice is the acceptance of the recognition that Heaven is the only real choice and it is the choice we realty want.
In this insanely complicated world, Heaven appears to take the form of choice, rather than merely being what it is. Of all the choices you have tried to make this is the simplest, most definitive and prototype of all the rest, the one which settles all decisions. If you could decide the rest, this one remains unsolved. But when you solve this one, the others are resolved with it, for all decisions but conceal this one by taking different forms. Here is the final and the only choice in which is truth accepted or denied. W-pI.138.6:1-5
We are ready, more than ready to set aside all other choices and consider the choice of Heaven. In making the choice for Heaven, all other problems are resolved. The choice for Heaven aligns our minds with Spirit which aligns with the One Mind of God. The realization that all other choices merely keep us rooted in a world of opposites and confusion, brings us to the realization that Heaven is the only choice that makes any sense and returns us to sanity and a sane world. The choice for Heaven returns us to our right mind and correct perception. The conscious choice of Heaven is as sure as is the ending of the fear of hell, when it is raised from its protective shield of unawareness, and is brought to light. We decide between the clearly seen and the unrecognized.
Make the choice for Heaven now. Don’t change your mind. Because, it is the only choice we ever want.
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