July 29, 2014
The Course teaches us one of its basic premises; that we are not bodies. Identifying as a body is a confusion of our perceived identity. The Course uses this idea in the lessons; “I am not a body, I am free. For I am still as God created me.” This idea is also used to frame a series of review lessons. It is that important for us to learn. The body is actually a symbol of our belief in separation. However, Spirit has a divine purpose for the body. Spirit uses the body as a teaching device, a learning tool. Since we have identified with the idea that we are separate human beings, the body becomes a means of communication between the Children of God until we all have reawakened to our Oneness and the communication that occurs in Oneness. This is not to say we are not One, but that we have lost the awareness of that which we are and the way we communicate in our natural state of being. The body’s holy purpose, then, is to facilitate the reawakening to the awareness of who we really are in each and every one of us.
What use have we chosen for our body? Have we used it to reinforce our belief in separation? Have we used it to attack or even think about attack? I use the word “attack” in a very broad sense, as does the Course. Using the body to “get” from what is perceived as a limited world is a form of attack. Defense is also considered a form of attack. Any thought that divides or limits ourselves or anyone else is a form of attack. The Truth is that we cannot be attacked, for we have all and lack nothing. Any thought that contradicts this is a thought of separation and thus blocks our awareness of who we really are.
The function of the body in Spirit’s mind is to join minds. It is to remind us of the One Mind we all are and to reawaken that awareness of our One Mind. In this joining we reawaken our true nature that has never left us. We have simply blocked our awareness of our true nature and our true being by believing the idea that we are separate beings manifested in a body. If we use the body, as guided by Spirit, only to reach the minds of those who believe they are bodies – separate – and teach them through the body that this is not so, we will understand the power of the mind that is in us. If we use the body for this and only for this, we cannot use it for attack and the idea of separation it reinforces. In the service of uniting, the mind becomes a beautiful lesson in communion.
Our mind unites with other minds in the extension and sharing of love. This uniting in love is the realm of Heaven. Love is creation. Creation is the sharing and extension of love. Nothing unites us in the One Mind as love does. Love is limitless. Love is limitless and is shared equally by all of Creation, unable to be divided for it is the communion of the One holy Child of God, the One Child we all are in Unity. Love, peace and joy are ours when we allow Spirit to guide us on this journey without distance, the journey back to the awareness of who we really are. We are not a bunch of bodies, we are free. For we are still as God created us. Let it be so.
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