Today's lesson goes beyond yesterday's, claiming that not only is God's plan for salvation is the only one that will work, but also that any other plan is an active attack on God. This is because any plan other than God's has been invented by our ego, the fear-based part of our minds, which believes it is separate from God. In believing as such, the ego can do nothing but hold grievances against others. Today's lesson informs us that the very act of holding grievances is an attack on God, because it reaffirms our misguided belief that we are separate from one another. It also convinces us that we are physical beings, as opposed to the Truth about ourselves - that we are spirit, derived from God.
Holding grievances always has something to do with the physical nature of our being. It is a reaction to what someone has said or done, or to what place a situation has put us. Yet if we look beyond the physical veil, we would see that none of that is real. We would recognize the kinship we have with those we perceive to be our enemies. We would see the opportunity for growth in every sticky situation we find ourselves. This is true salvation - looking past the physical projections of the ego and within ourselves. It is there that we can shift our perspective from fear to love, thereby recognizing our connection to one another and our own opportunities for soul growth.
In today's meditation, we are told to ask God directly, "What is salvation, Father? I do not know. Tell me, that I may understand." Here was the answer I received:
I first saw God as a central glowing globe of Light, resting gently and magnificently in the center of the universe, surrounded by other bodies of light (myself included) - reflections of Him. When I asked, "What is salvation, Father?" He illuminated the area surrounding His Light, and I saw waves, like an ocean, flowing inward toward Him. It was like the ripples you see when throwing a rock in a pond, only in reverse direction. I interpreted this to mean that salvation is the constant, continual movement toward God.
Throughout the day, I continued to ask the same question, as instructed by the Course. I received many answers, in many different forms. These are but a few:
Salvation is bringing lightness to the dark.
Salvation is seeing your brothers and sisters as yourself, recognizing that We Are All One.
Salvation is shifting your perception from fear to Love.
Salvation is You.
Salvation is guaranteed.
From Where I Am, salvation simply does not exist, for there is no need for it. You are already saved. The purpose of the Holy Spirit is to bridge You, My Son, to Me. When you recognize that what you see is but an illusion, you will ascend that bridge and return to your rightful place in Heaven.
Wow. God sure knows how to put us at ease.
I haven't spoken at all as of yet about the text portion of A Course in Miracles. In addition to the daily meditation practices, I am reading two pages of the text a day, in order to finish both the meditation workbook and theoretical text by the time I turn 30 next year.
The text has been discussing the role of the Holy Spirit a lot lately, and how It falls into the Holy Trinity. I have come to understand that God, or the Father, is the originator of creation itself. We, you and I, collectively make up the Son - God's highest creations, whom He has given His own power to create, through Him. The Holy Spirit came to be when We, the Son, separated from God. The Holy Spirit is like the connective tissue, keeping us tied to the Father of creation as long as we continue to perceive ourselves as separate. The Holy Spirit is also like a rubber band, pulling us back into God's loving arms. It is the bridge by which we will return Home.
Holding grievances is taking allegiance to the ego, and is thus blinding us from the path which the Holy Spirit has paved for us. Let us lift our grievances by forgiving. Let us claim our salvation by redirecting our allegiance to God, the Holy Spirit, and seeing the Truth in one another (the Son). See the Holy Trinity as complete, and we will know our salvation.
Until tomorrow,
Journeyman
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