What you do with your mind is all-important, for life is of the mind.
Even in this world your life takes place in consciousness.
No matter how misidentified with the body the mind may be, if you are not aware of something, it does not exist for you.
Mind, by its very nature, has to create, to extend itself.
This extension is its natural function, given by God in its creation to be its inherent and eternal purpose.
Its function is blocked when Mind is split and given another purpose.
While this cannot happen in reality, in dreams mind can be seen with qualities it does not possess.
Its reality cannot be lost, but can be veiled.
Today, invite and embrace all the Divine Names of Holiness to become your breath, your heartbeat, your strength and your Peace.
Embrace the Light within, that the world of time cannot provide.
Direct your mind and heart to want only Truth, and all painful cravings end.
Thank God, only Love is real.
To see guilt anywhere in anyone for any reason is to make it real.
How you see your brother is how you see yourself;
What you see as real in your brother, you will see in yourself.
This is a law of Mind that is always in effect, even in the world of illusion.
To project your sense of guilt onto your brother and to condemn him will never rid your mind of the guilt you carry.
The deep guilt that lives in your mind, and the need to punish that guilt, is an intolerable burden that must find release.
Yet the ego cannot allow guilt to be totally healed, for its existence depends on it.
Its solution is to project guilt and the need to attack, to punish, onto the world, onto your brothers.
The inner tension is thus temporarily lessened and made tolerable, yet never is it completely healed.
Thereby is the belief in guilt and attack strengthened.
The belief in guilt, sin, and attack, holds this world together in your mind, giving it its appeal.
Unless the world provided you with something that has value to you, you would cease to maintain it.
What value does it have?
The world as you see it provides you with people and situations onto whom you can project guilt, blame, and punishment.
That of which you are unaware, remains in effect until you choose differently, for it acts to distort your mind and limit your freedom.
Spiritual purification is the uncovering of all fear and guilt;
All the dark corners of your mind must be brought to Light that the darkness may be dispelled.
All that is not Love must be healed to prepare the way for Love’s return.
Fear and guilt are the great obstacles to Truth and Love.
What is in your mind must be brought to awareness, that you may choose again and let it go.
The Holy Spirit cannot remove it unless you choose along with Him.
You cannot choose Truth over falsity unless what is chosen against is brought to awareness.
Despite its great influence and constant presence, fear often goes unrecognized, for it seems to take many forms.
It drives behavior although it is often masked by the superficial motivation.
The human mind must dissociate itself from the fear and guilt pervading it, in order to function and to have even the few happy moments it seems to find.
To be fully aware of the fear that darkens your mind would be too painful to bear.
Yet must you become aware of fear if you are to heal your mind and return it to Wholeness.
Fear is ever present in this world; it casts its dark shadow across every moment of your life, the good times and the bad.
Its baleful influence assures that no good times last, no lasting happiness and contentment can be found.
Fear remains your invisible companion, your uninvited guest, for it is the core of the ego and makes up the very foundation of the thought system of separation.
Fear goes hand in hand with guilt; where one is found, there will the other be also.
Today, accept that God’s Divine Will is for you to seek the reality of Love and find it.
Remember, you cannot serve two masters.
As you accept the way of healing, keep your attention on the Grace of Eternal Love that answers every true desire of the heart.
In the healing Light of Truth, happily surrender all past ideas of conflict, suspicion, bitterness, weakness, comparisons, criticism, and jealousy, into the Light of God’s healing Power.
Transformation is yours as you invite Truth to lead the way home.
Remember, let Truth lead every decision today.
You are free to choose joy and Peace instead of battling with old agreements of pain.
Don’t be afraid to embrace the Sacred Truth of Love within.
Let the Reality of God’s Love awaken the innocence within that can lead you home.
Thank God, only Love is real.
Remember, “personal knowing“ is always the illusion of right and wrong, likes and dislikes, and above all, personal opinions from the past.
Only the mind evaluates.
The ego mind alone uses battle, concern, worry and irritation to try to be right.
This need not be.
It is always God’s Will for you to choose peace and harmony.
You can always choose to surrender into Loving Truth all situations.
Open your heart and mind to appreciation and open mindedness.
Remember, the Eternal Guidance of God’s Harmony that you seek is waiting within your peaceful heart and mind.
As you walk the path of Loving Truth, you constantly step into the unknown.
Have faith.
Have no fear.
Simply, come into the quiet stillness of inner rest and patience, and all helpful inspiration will come into your awareness.
Thank God, only love is real.
As these lessons are learned and you become aware of the difference between Truth and illusion, and of the consequences of your choices, the motivation develops to choose truly and wisely.
This cannot fail to happen when you learn to see clearly the very different results that follow your choice for Truth or illusion.
No one can argue with their experience when it shows consistently and unmistakably, what follows from their decisions.
Little by little, you learn the difference between thoughts that come from Truth and uphold It, and thoughts that arise from illusion and reinforce fear and attack.
You learn that thoughts are all of a piece;
Any thought that arises, supports the entire thought system of which it is a part.
Thus your choice of thoughts is completely representative of the consequences of the thought system of which it is a part.
If you want to change your experience, and thus your life, you must become fully aware of your beliefs, conscious and unconscious;
And the role they play in determining your perception and action.
The Holy Spirit must first help you to become aware of your mind and thinking process;
That you may learn the role your thoughts play in making your world.
Then He must teach you a new thought system, one that represents and points towards Truth.
The mind itself is a potent instrument for change, the only one there is.
All change must take place in the mind first, for all action is a result of thought and the resultant impulse or motivation.
The thought system to which you subscribe gives rise to the parameters of all action.
Guard your thoughts carefully; remember there are no private thoughts, for every thought affects all.
Let your thinking be infused with Love, arising from Truth, from that which is highest within you.
Each and every thought is your gift to the world.
Think only the thoughts whose effects you would receive.
Let your mind itself become a source of blessing to all you see, and to all the unseen.
You must learn to see the world through loving eyes.
For by your thoughts do you set the world free or reinforce its pain and suffering.
You are constantly giving to your brothers through your thoughts, not just through words and actions.
It is your thoughts from which words and actions arise.
Forgiveness is an expression of Love in this world.
Through the act of forgiveness is a miracle of Love extended to your brother.
In this miracle are you included, and both blessed as One.
Love cannot but forgive for It is incapable of judgment and condemnation.
You are always choosing between Love and fear with every thought, feeling and action.
Love cannot be denied for It is everywhere.
But you can choose not to see It.
You can choose not to invite it into your mind.
Love never imposes and does not go where it is unwanted.
In order for Love’s meaning to be restored to your awareness, investment in attack must be completely withdrawn, without exception.
Attack is never justified, although the ego expends considerable time and energy doing so.
When you realize to attack your brother is to attack yourself, for your brother is a part of you, the insanity of attack will be self-evident.
The ego teaches you can attack and not be affected by the consequences of your action.
The Holy Spirit teaches whatever you do, you do to yourself.
The Holy Spirit teaches Love, and reinforces this learning in your mind, while helping you recognize everything in your mind that is not Love.
Whatever is not Love is fear.
He helps you face fear and heal it by choosing to let it go, withdrawing your belief and investment in it, and inviting Love to take its place.
Salvation can be described simply as the healing of fear and the return of Love, the replacement of guilt with innocence.
You can change your mind about the world’s purpose, accepting the Holy Spirit’s purpose in place of the one you have given it.
To do so is necessary if you would free yourself from its effects, and allow miracles to enter your life.
Accept the Holy Spirit’s purpose for everything in your life.
Allow Him to assign meaning and use everything that happens for your awakening.
The human heart has lost its understanding of Love, for it does not experience Love as It is.
The wholeness of Love and Its all encompassing nature have been lost.
It could not be otherwise, for in the separation from the Unity of Being, fear took the place of Love.
This gave rise to a world of appearances and experience in which Love was absent.
Today, be grateful and assured that no harm can come to you as you surrender to God’s Grace.
The idea of harm is always the outcome of judgment.
If you see yourself as unfairly treated and believe you must defend yourself, you will find yourself confused, fear-filled, suspicious and angry.
This is not God’s Will for you.
Let your heart and mind return to the quiet learning of Peace, accept whole heartedly that you are not weak but strong in the Truth of Love.
The question you must always ask yourself is this: What do I truly want?
You need help to answer this question in a meaningful way, for you do not know that your heart cries out for Truth.
To return to your Father and dwell once again in joy, Unity, and Love, is your single desire.
This desire lies buried and unheard amidst the activities and distractions of this world and the ego’s constant chatter.
The awareness of Self is not only lost but has now become a source of fear.
It represents the unknown and seems to threaten the self you have made.
The ego fears the Self, although it does not know It.
It does recognize however, there is a threat to its existence, against which it must defend itself.
The recognition and return of the Self will indeed undo the ego, not by attacking, for Truth does not attack illusion, but simply by shining it away.
Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door to freedom.
You cannot be free if you are lost in a dream in which you are not your Self.
The human identity is like a mask you wear to play a part you have chosen a long time ago.
You have forgotten the choice you made.
The mask has become your identity, while your true Self has been forgotten.
Today, consciously step back from all defended habits that you have developed over time and let God lead the way to peace.
Happily, surrender all the lies of sacrifice and deprivation that lead nowhere.
Reject all self-made ideas of “knowing” that hold your mind and heart in fearful confusion.
Yes, step back and allow God’s Grace to lead you to Truth.
Could anything be more deserving of your devotion and full intention?
Consciously choose to walk with God as you affirm that only Love is real.
