August 4, 2015
This section of the Course is so important for me. We must learn to look inside and trust what we see. For inside is reality. The wholeness, completeness and limitlessness of who we are is not visible to the physical eye. Nor is it visible at all. But its effects are apparent, even obvious. What is real is within us. And it will be reflected in our awareness in our mind if we will allow. Letting go of our rigid beliefs about how anything should appear is the key to allowing our true awareness to rise within us. We expend a great deal of effort squelching our spiritual sight. Yet it takes much less effort to let go of the squelching and allow Spirit to guide the rising of the awareness of who we really are in our mind. We turn our spiritual eyes away from what is outside of us and focus the on the Divine truth that is within us.
This Section, Section VII, opens with this:
Miracles demonstrate that learning has occurred under the right guidance, for learning is invisible and what has been learned can be recognized only by its results. Its generalization is demonstrated as you use it in more and more situations. You will recognize that you have learned there is no order of difficulty in miracles when you apply them to all situations. There is no situation to which miracles do not apply, and by applying them to all situations you will gain the real world. For in this holy perception you will be made whole, and the Atonement will radiate from your acceptance of it for yourself to everyone the Holy Spirit sends you for your blessing. In every child of the One, the One’s blessing lies, and in your blessing of the children of the One is the One’s blessing to you. T-12.VII.1.1-6
Learning is invisible. Miracles are invisible. The real world is invisible. But, the results of all this will be apparent when we look within and see with our spiritual eyes. The world outside may or may not appear differently, but we will perceive it differently. We must all play our part in the redemption of the world – seeing it differently.
Likewise, Spirit is invisible. We see and experience the results of Spirit’s presence and guidance in our lives when we look within and allow ourselves to see with our inner Spirit Vision. This is the Vision that sees clearly and correctly. In its sight what is true and real remains or becomes evident and what is not real fades away. In this sight the world we think we see is transcended, for the real world and what is possible in the real world is far beyond the world we think we see outside ourselves. Our mind, with the guidance and partnership of Spirit, sees that as our function in Heaven is Creation, our function on earth is healing. As long as we believe otherwise about who we are, we will block our awareness of peace and who we really are.
We see what we believe about ourselves, and we believe the result of where we invite ourselves to look – inside or outside. What guidance have we chosen? The Course has this to say:
You see what you expect, and you expect what you invite. Your perception is the result of your invitation, coming to you as you sent for it. Whose manifestations would you see? Of whose presence would you be convinced? For you will believe in what you manifest, and as you look out so will you see in. Two ways of looking at the world are in your mind, and your perception will reflect the guidance you have chosen. T-12.VII.5.1-6
Which way of looking at the world have we chosen? Which guidance have we chosen? Our choice is revealed in what world manifests in our mind. We believe the manifestation of the guidance we have chosen. If we are not happy with the manifestation we see we can choose our guidance again. Choose the guidance of Spirit and see the real world revealed within. Remember always to look within where the real you is waiting.
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