Commentary on ACIM Lesson 265

© 2010 Rev. David Seacord

Creation's gentleness is all I see.

We only see what we already are. When we are Love, we see with Love. When we choose to believe the voices of fear, we see the 'proofs' of fear. These 'proofs' are, it is possible to see when looked at closely, quite empty. Just as a microscope reveals a completely different reality than our naked eyes, so quieting the mind so that it sinks UNDER the fear thoughts (and can thus 'wander around backstage and see the workings of the illusions') will naturally reveal the charades we have been being caught up in.

Today I opened the Course to page 399 and my eyes fell upon paragraph 6: "The inevitable compromise is the belief that the body must be healed, and not the mind." I thought about that several times today, reflecting on the preference of BOTH being healed, but if one must choose, it is clearly more important to heal the mind than the body. The reason is simple. We are mind, but we only inhabit body.

Look at the word. In-habit. To habitat within. Mind in-habiting (addictively) the body. Collapse the distinction between mind and body and we are lost in illusion. Keep it distinct, and we are masters of freedom.

I think I got that said clearly.... but, it has been a very long day full of both manual and mental work, it's quite late and I am falling asleep as I write, so I'd best let it go at this. Blessings, I shall rebound. :-)

Namaste,

David