October 28, 2014
We have two evaluations of who we are floating around in our minds. And, we choose which one we believe. Spirit looks on us with love and evaluates us based on who we really are. This evaluation is always in our minds because Spirit is always in our minds. Another evaluation in our minds is made by our egoiuc thought system. The egoic thought system, though mistaken and incorrect, is there because we have chosen to accept it there and believe it even though it leads us to believe that we are the exact oppos8te of who we really are. We have chosen to go with the egoic thought system’s evaluation that we are separate and limited, lacking and headed for destruction. We have spent a lifetime building the case for this limited idea of who we are. Is it any wonder we feel that life is out to “get” us? Our constant obsession with this idea keeps us distracted from the truth about who we are that remains within our minds, yet blocked from our awareness.
Spirit remains firmly planted within our minds, holding the knowledge of who we really are for us. Though we may continue blocking our awareness of this knowledge, it nevertheless remains within our minds gently calling to us to remember who we really are. Simply put, this is salvation – remembering who we really are – the Atonement. Our true natural state of being is joy and peace. If we are experiencing anything different we are not in our right mind – the Mind of God. We have mistakenly aligned our minds with the egoic thought system and placed our trust in the illusory idea of separation. This way of thinking pits ourselves, who we believe is separate, against another, who is really our Self and One with us. I pit me against myself. You pit you against yourself. Why? There can be no joy or peace in this, only confusion. And so we feel confused.
God’s will for us is salvation, that is, the knowledge of who we really are and the experience of love, joy and peace. And so this is our will, too, since God shares all with us as we are One with God. If this is God’s will for us it only makes sense that it would be possible if not easy for us to obtain it. We do not need to look far, for our brothers and sisters are everywhere. Every minute and every second gives us a chance to obtain the awareness we seek. Within every encounter and every experience lies an opportunity to see with the open eyes of Spirit beyond the appearance of the world to the truth of who we really are and thus experience the joy and peace we truly are. Only our stubborn attachment to the way we have always perceived and thought about ourselves and each other stands between confusion and joy.
Which evaluation do we align ourselves with? The Course tells us that whenever we question our value to say, “God is incomplete without me.” In truth, God is never incomplete and God is never without us as we are never without God. I might rephrase the previous quote as, “My idea of God is incomplete or incorrect without including me and all others in the idea of God.” We are One with God. Or, we are God. Remember this when we find ourselves aligning with our egoic thought system. The egoic thoughts will fade from our minds. The truth about us is so holy that nothing unworthy of God is worthy of us. Choose then, your allegiance to who you really are, the One holy Child of God. Chose this in how you perceive each One you encounter. Take full advantage of each opportunity to see the holiness of another and thus yourself and step into the joy and peace of wholeness. Value who you really are by aligning with Spirit’s evaluation of who you are. There is no mistaking the completeness, limitlessness and divine nature of the One Holy Child of God you really are.
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