March 8, 2011
Whatever illusion we believe, we give the power to seem real. It doesn’t matter what that illusion is, or how big or small it may seem. Our belief that it is real makes all other illusions real or at least possible. Our belief that it is real also makes what is real seem false. Illusion cannot exist in the awareness of reality. Yet we cling to some seeming reality in this world, unwilling to let reality in, even just a little.
God has appointed a Friend just for us. This Friend brings the gift of the awareness of reality to us. But we put our illusion of ‘friend” in its place, obscuring the Friend God appointed for us from our awareness because we believe in that “friend” we made up. No matter where we think that “friend’ came from, we have actually made it up. The gifts that “friend” gives us are also not real, though they seem so real. Even if we don’t like those gifts or want them, we have believed them real. Such is our belief that we are separate, even that we are lost and alone. We truly believe it and therefore it seems very real to us.
So where is this appointed Friend? Who is it? How do we recognize it? Where do we find it? This section of the Course doesn’t seem to address these questions or give us an answer. We have learned that God gave us Spirit to guide us on the path to the awareness of Truth and reality. Is Spirit that Friend? We have also learned that we are all One and inseparable, not separate. We have learned that we already have all we ever need. Perhaps we are to use what we have learned to recognize the appointed Friend. Are we willing to let go of the illusions we have believed that obscure our awareness of this Friend? Perhaps this Friend is already within each of us, waiting for us to awaken to the possibility that it is within each of us and each other.
Be willing, just a little willing, to make room for this appointed Friend. When we do, we will see the gifts we have received as we make room for what is real in our mind. The blessing of Heaven is already with us. The abundance of Heaven is already with us. The peace, love, and joy of God is already with us. Remove the illusion you believe that obscures that Friend, and experience the fullness of eternity that we are already in. Just Be, and what is illusion will fall away, leaving us right in the middle of reality.
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