One of my favorite bumper stickers reads, “Don’t believe everything you think.” The thoughts of the world from which we suffer for the most part are illusions which we project based on our fears.
Our first fear is for our body and that our body might die.
Our second fear is that our will will be thwarted and unfulfilled.
Our third fear is that we will be deprived and suffer lack and others will have more.
Our fourth fear is that we are inadequate and defective in some way and therefore unlovable.
Our fifth fear is that we will not have a good life and fail in achieving our hopes, dreams, and aspirations.
And the sixth fear is fearing fear itself.
Our fears torment us and cause great suffering for ourselves and others and as it reads in A Course In Miracles in the Manual For Teachers, “Yet it is time alone that winds on wearily, and the world is very tired now. It is old and worn and without hope. There was never a question of outcome, for what can change the Will Of God?” MT.1.4:4-6
The Course teaches us, as Jesus did, that God not only loves us, but loves us abundantly and what it takes to experience this love is a change of our minds and hearts. We must deny the reality of our projections which are illusory, and focus our minds instead on loving and blessing, first ourselves, and then others. As St. Paul says in his letter to the Romans “If God is for us, who can be against us?” Bringing our will into alignment with God’s will for us allows us to experience the power of God’s love for us and the world, and hastens the Atonement.
Lesson 40 in the Workbook of the Course in Miracles reads, “I am blessed as a Son of God.” The text in the review of this lesson reads,
“Herein lies my claim to all good and only good. I am blessed as a Son of God. All good things are mine, because God intended them for me. I cannot suffer any loss or deprivation or pain because of Who I am. My Father supports me, protects me, and directs me in all things. His care for me is infinite, and is with me forever. I am eternally blessed as His Son.”
Jesus demonstrated this in his crucifixion. They killed his body but not his spirit. He died forgiving his torturers and executioners. He rose above the illusion that they could execute his soul. Jesus demonstrated that our souls do not die but are one with God forever. Herein lies the peace of God. Not everyone is ready to understand this knowledge, but some are, and those who are bring peace to themselves and to the world.
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