In him, Jesus, is found the answer, because in his remembering that nothing happened he knew that he was still part of the Christ. And Christ is perfectly one, perfectly whole, and perfectly united with His Source. So by joining with Jesus, we are joining with that oneness, and therefore we are joining with Christ.
That is why it is so important that you join with him—because he is the symbol of the end of the dream. He is the Atonement principle. Rules for Decision Part XIII It mentions Jesus is the symbol of the end of the dream. He is the Atonement principle. Jesus, within our dream, is the symbol of the Atonement principle—that the separation from God never happened. If he is the Love of God, if he is the manifestation of the Love of God in form and in the dream, then by joining with him and accepting his love as truth, what we are really doing is joining with the same principle that he represents. He, Jesus, realized it is simply preposterous that we could be separate from our Creator and our Source—that a part of God could wrench itself away from the All and the Everything. And although Jesus was the first, he hasn’t been the only one.
Prayer
for Christlikeness
Dear Jesus, help me to spread your
fragrance everywhere I go;
Flood my
soul with your spirit and life;
Penetrate
and possess my whole being so completely
That all
my life may be only a radiance of yours;
Shine
through me and be so in me
That
everyone with whom I come into contact
May feel
your presence within me.
Let them
look up and see no longer me—but only Jesus.
Amen.
[1] John Henry Newman CO ( 1801
– 1890), also referred
to as Cardinal Newman and the Blessed John
Henry Newman, was an important figure in the religious history of
England in the 19th century.
I will be the type of person that people love to be around, and I pray that my enthusiasm is caught by all that are in my presence within the next 21 days.
If you really want to make a meaningful change in the world, change your mind. To quote the famous line: "...seek not to change the world, choose to change your mind about the world" (T-21.in.1:7). If you are serious about wanting to change the world, change yourself—because you are the world. There is no world outside, remember. There is no world outside you, so why do you want to change a world that doesn't exist? You want to change your mind, or a thought that tells you there is a world out there. Change your mind, then your mind will be totally identified with love. And then that presence of love will be reflected in the dream, and will work through you, so that you will act lovingly in the world. But your only focus will be on the Love of God in your mind. That is very simple—you don't have to worry about the world. Love will work through you and will guide you in the world with no effort on your part at all. Because of the widespread misunderstanding of these principles it is worth noting again that the Course's concentration on my reaction to what you do in no way supports an attitude of indifference toward what is going on in the world. On the contrary, once my ego thoughts are out of the way, love will be expressed through me, and therefore I will automatically do what is in everyone's best interests, instead of being motivated solely by the urgency to have my specialness needs fulfilled. But for this to happen you first must have the attitude of humility that says: "I do not understand anything." That way you are opening your mind so you can be taught. If you have the attitude of being a little child, as Jesus continually tells his students in the Course, then as a little child you will learn. That is the attitude you should have: I am a little baby and don't understand anything, but thank God, there is this loving brother within me who will teach me. And that teaching comes from within me; it doesn't come from outside me. ACIM, FACIM, Rules for Decision Part IX
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