Dimension, being an ego construct, has no inherent
meaning in terms of ACIM, as the world is an illusion but this reference helps
clarify in terms of the ego: “Eternity
is ONE time, its ONLY dimension
being "always."”
T-1.I.25:1-2 Miracles are part of an interlocking chain of
forgiveness which, when completed, is the Atonement. Atonement works all the
time and in all the dimensions of time.
"All that I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I
have not seen."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson.
“With your loving all people because God is Love, you will heal,
and feed and comfort by your presence.”
ECH
Seeing
your natural gifts and true desires clearly is a powerful filter that leaves
behind what is not important to you and shines the light on the purity of what
you are and what you are here to do.
We
live in a society where a tremendous amount of information comes at us daily.
If we don't know what we are and what we value, we could easily become
overwhelmed and exhausted, not knowing which way to turn.
Fortunately
you are given guidance that helps you discern what is yours to do and what is
not. This guidance comes to you through your desires. When you are following a
true desire you can feel your connection to Spirit. You are energized, joyful
and focused. Any conflict within dissolves. You can feel the inner peace of
knowing you are in your right place, doing what is yours to do. This clarity
greatly simplifies your life and allows you to share the best of what you are
with others.
Throughout
the day, notice what comes toward you from the outside world. Before committing
or jumping into action take a moment to run it through your inner filter.
Ask
yourself, is this something that is mine to do? Does it align with my values
and purpose? If not, release it.
Your plans will always succeed if you have this text always in
your faith: "The Lord shall help me and deliver me." ECH
There is no point in
lamenting the world. There is no point in trying to change the world. It is
incapable of change because it is merely an effect. It is with your thoughts,
then, that we must work, if your perception of the world is to be changed. WorkbookLesson 23
What keeps the world in chains but your beliefs? And what can
save the world except your Self? Belief is powerful indeed. The world is
nothing in itself. Your mind must give it meaning. There is no world apart from
what you wish, and herein lies your ultimate release. Change but your mind on
what you want to see, and all the world must change accordingly. Ideas leave not
their source.
It is not pride which tells you that you made the world you see, and that it
changes as you change your mind.
But it is pride that argues you have come into a world quite separate from
yourself, impervious to what you think, and quite apart from what you chance to
think it is. There is no world! This is the central thought the course attempts
to teach. Not everyone is ready to accept it, and each one must go as far as he
can let himself be led along the road to truth. He will return and go still
farther, or perhaps step back a while and then return again.
But healing is the gift of those who are prepared to learn there is no world,
and can accept the lesson now. Their readiness will bring the lesson to them in
some form which they can understand and recognize. WorkbookLesson
132
Projection makes perception. The world you see is what you gave
it, nothing more than that. But though it is no more than that, it is not less.
Therefore, to you it is important. It is the witness to your state of mind, the
outside picture of an inward condition. As a man thinketh, so does he perceive. Therefore, ‘Seek not to change the world,
but choose to change your mind about the world.’ Perception is a result and not a cause. T-21.in.1. A Course in Miracles
It is the
attachment to the results of our attempts to ‘change the world’ that the Course
is cautioning us against.
Anytime you judge who,
what, when, or why of the world you’ve fallen into an ego trap. WHAT you do YOU
do from a state of LOVE, hopefully under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. You
can get a tattoo or a naval ring if you do it from a state of LOVE, but first
you’ll question why and then decide on the value. Of course once you’re
at a certain level that won’t matter.
"A
fable from the ancient East tells of a wealthy but evil magician who owned
large flocks of sheep. Not wanting to build expensive fences or hire shepherds,
he devised a clever scheme. He hypnotized the sheep and told them all sorts of lies
about their identities. He convinced one sheep that he was a lion, another that
he was an eagle, and so on. He also hypnotized them into believing that
everything he did to them was for their own good and that no harm could come
their way as long as they trusted him. So the gullible sheep served the selfish
purposes of the wicked magician.
Thus are men hypnotized also. The evil magician is their own set of false
illusions. They not only think illusions are good for them, but haven't the
slightest notion of their hypnotic state!" VH
Perception
has a focus. It is this that gives consistency to what you see. Change but this
focus, and what you behold will change accordingly. Your vision now will shift,
to give support to the intent which has replaced the one you held before.
Remove your focus on your brother's errors, and you experience the peace that
comes from faith in error-lessness. This faith receives its only sure support
from what you see in others past their errors. For their mistakes, if focused
on, are witnesses to errors in you. And you will not transcend their sight and
see the error-lessness that lies beyond.
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