August 12, 2014
A lot can be revealed to us by taking a look at our attitude toward the body. What do we really believe about the body? And where is our allegiance in relation to the body? The Course has taught us that the body is simply a learning device and nothing more. It is a device whose sole purpose is to be used to communicate the reality of who we really are to another. When we realize and accept the truth that we are not a body, but spirit, we open the window Spirit uses to reach other spirits who believe they are bodies through our body. Our realization that we are not limited by our body opens our mind to the endless possibilities of our Oneness with all of creation. We begin to see beyond the appearances of the world we see and look to the wholeness and limitlessness beyond. Even the world of form reflects wholeness and limtlessness if we look with Spirit’s eyes beyond its appearances.
Do we believe that the body is a means or an end? If we identify ourselves as a body and therefore separate, we are seeing the body as an end. Identifying ourselves as bodies means we believe that is what we are and that we are vulnerable, for that is what we believe about the body. Rather, the body is a means to an end. What is the end? It is the realization that we are as we are created, whole, perfect, loving, and One with Source and all creation. Spirit’s function for the body is a means to communicate the truth about who we really are to each other. Spirit must use the body to communicate this truth because we are so caught up in our identity as a body that we refuse to listen to anything else but the body. So Spirit communicates through the body until we begin to realize that we are so much more than the body, and that our identification with the limited body only limits our awareness of who we really are.
Our attitude about our body is the reflection of who we believe we really are. We can project separation through our identification as a body, or we can extend love through the acceptance and belief that we are who we are created to be. To recognize our true being is to have connected with the Mind of Spirit and realize we are One Mind, that we are whole, perfect, and unlimited. Joy bubbles up in this realization. Love flows freely, extending from and to every corner of our being and the universe. This is the river of life that flows unceasingly through all of us all of the time. The function of our body in this world of form is to communicate that river of life which brings love and peace to our minds as we let Spirit reveal it. Are we using our bodies to divide and conquer? Or, are we allowing Spirit to use our bodies to communicate love to all our brothers and sisters thirsting for that unconditional love and the realization of their wholeness. Allow Spirit’s river to flow through you today so each one you encounter will experience the true function of the body. May our bodies be a means to the reawakening of the awareness of who we really are.
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