September 4, 2012
As we finish discussing the Principles of Miracles we move on to learning how to open to them in our daily lives. Miracles shift our perception. Miracles happen at the level of the separated mind which thinks it is separate from the Mind of God. Because the separated mind thinks it is separate from the Mind of God, it is not aware of direct communication between God and God’s Creation, us. Miracles help shift our perception to raise our level of awareness and open us to more direct and open communication with God through the Voice for God, Spirit.
This section of the Course helps us understand the difference between horizontal communication with each other and vertical communication with God. Horizontal communication is between us and our brothers and sisters. Miracles help raise the quality of that communication with each other by raising our awareness of who we really are. What results, if we are willing, is the expression and extension of love between us in this temporal world of form. Revelation induces temporary direct communication between God and God’s Creation, us. This is vertical communication, communication between a state of Oneness and a state of separation. Miracles induce a state of mind that enables vertical communication. We may call these communications collapses of time or holy instants. They shift us temporarily into a state of bliss where we have been immersed in the awareness of who we really are.
Since we are at the beginning of the Course, it speaks to us as ones who are only aware of their identity as bodies or the separate identities we made up. When we go back and read these early sections again they have deeper meaning for us now. Our willingness to see and perceive differently has grown. We are open to new understanding. And we continue to expand our awareness of who we really are. We make this journey together. Each of us is in exactly the right place to take the next step or make the next leap. What we do is a reflection of what we believe about ourselves. Let’s join together and take that next step as One.
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