The world is an illusion...To let illusions walk ahead of truth is madness. But to let illusion sink behind the truth and let the truth stand forth as what it is, is merely sanity.
ACIM-W-155:2:1,5-6
I happen on lesson 151 ( for the third time) after I wrote about building our identity of who we are in the rock of our spiritual Self and about the veils of illusion that are between us and the truth. It is quite serendipitous that I run in to these words : His lessons will enable you to bridge the gap between illusions and the truth. ACIM-W-151:9:7
That is what it is all about, isn't it? Getting beyond the veil of illusion to the truth of who we really are. Part of that veil is based on our judgments ...well on ego's judgments that we believe to be the truth. We see the world through the eyes on our heads and assume that is all there is. Part of us knows what ego offers us is not the truth yet we stay on this side of the veil, we build our "little mes" in the sand because ego convinces us that that is all there is. We can instead listen to The Voice of God that echoes in all things and in Christ's lessons to us. We can hear that wisdom and do it!
Are you willing to hear in everything no sound but the echo of God's Voice? 12:4
Lesson 152 speaks to the all inclusiveness of truth. Salvation is the recognition that the truth is true, and nothing else is true. 152:3:1 Who we are in this truth remains unchangeable regardless of what is happening to us or around us, no matter what we are thinking or believing or feeling. Who we really are beneath these veils ego has put up to convince us otherwise are innocent, healthy, whole, limitless beings of Love. Ego will do whatever it can to convince us that we can get sick, we can suffer, we can sin, we can lose and we can die. As long as we follow ego's arrogance which defies the truth of what God created us to be, we will experience these things. We do, however, have a choice. We can decide to listen to God's Will for us. The power of decision is my own. This day I will accept myself as what my Father's Will created me to be. 152: 11:3
Many of us feel threatened by the world we see as changing and dangerous. We are anxious and en guard. We become defensive. Lesson 153 speaks to this defensiveness and how it only makes our fear worse. Defense leads to a cycle of defense and attack in the name of self righteous, self -protection. When we see through ego's eyes, we see ourselves as vulnerable victims but it is all illusion. As long as we defend and attack we see ourselves as vulnerable victims . When we put down our defenses, on the other hand, we recognize and embrace our strength and the truth of who we really are. Fear is a part of ego's game not what God willed for us. And we must make it a point to put down our defenses and sit in stillness frequently throughout the day to be faithful to the will we share with God.
We are all messengers/ministers of God through the One voice we share. It is our purpose to deliver the message, first to our very Self and then to our brothers. But it is important to remember We will not recognize what we receive until we give it. 154:12:1
Lesson 155 speaks to the need for us to get out of our own way. Step back in faith and let truth lead the way. You know not where you go. But One Who knows goes with you. Let Him lead you with the rest,. 155:10:3 We need to trust that we will be lead to truth, away from our illusions and our fantasies to what is real. This will free us from our false ideas of suffering.
All is well!
ACIM Workbook , Lessons 151-155
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