W-50.1. Here is the answer to every problem that will confront you, today and tomorrow and throughout time. 2 In this world, you believe you are sustained by everything but God. 3 Your faith is placed in the most trivial and insane symbols; pills, money, "protective" clothing, influence, prestige, being liked, knowing the "right" people, and an endless list of forms of nothingness that you endow with magical powers.
W-50.2. All these things are your replacements for the Love of God. 2 All these things are cherished to ensure a body identification. 3 They are songs of praise to the ego. 4 Do not put your faith in the worthless. 5 It will not sustain you.
W-50.3. Only the Love of God will protect you in all circumstances. 2 It will lift you out of every trial, and raise you high above all the perceived dangers of this world into a climate of perfect peace and safety. 3 It will transport you into a state of mind that nothing can threaten, nothing can disturb, and where nothing can intrude upon the eternal calm of the Son of God.
W-50.4. Put not your faith in illusions. 2 They will fail you.
As I reflect on the message in this lesson it reminds me of the controversy over gun control. People cling to their guns thinking that their guns will protect their bodies and the bodies of their loved ones, but what about their spirits and the spirits of their loved ones?
Yesterday, 04/27/13, on King Street in Brockport, NY, at about 5:22 PM the Brockport Police were called when about 50 drunk college kids were arguing, and threatening each other, and one of the protagonists threatened to shoot the other protagonist who was provoking him. The police arrived and the crowd quickly dispersed before any violence occurred, and it is not known whether there are actually guns in the neighborhood, but these kind of incidents do lead to gun violence across the country. The point being that most gun violence is the result of a spiritual sickness born out of egotistical beliefs that guns keep us safe and give us power.
It is a fearful people which put their faith in guns to protect them. The public health data clearly shows that people who have guns are more likely to die by gun violence than people who do not have guns. The ego rejects the truth of the facts out of its fears.
A Course In Miracles teaches that the opposite of fear is love and while the Course teaches that it cannot define Love because Love is undefinable, it can help remove the blocks to the awareness of Love's presence.
Take a moment and consider the statement "I am sustained by the Love of God." Deep down, under your fears, you can sense that this is true. Otherwise, why would you even ever have been born and be here to think these thoughts? The proof that you are on the right track is when you experience more peace and less anxiety.
May more peace be with you this day.
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