Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Journeying

“Leave, then, your needs to Him. He will supply them with no emphasis at all upon them. What comes to you of Him comes safely, for He will ensure it never can become a dark spot, hidden in your mind and kept to hurt you. Under His guidance you will travel light and journey lightly, for His sight is ever on the journey’s end [our awakening to our reality and oneness as spirit], which is His goal. God’s Son is not a traveler through outer worlds. However holy his perception may become, no world outside himself holds his inheritance. Within himself he has no needs, for light needs nothing but to shine in peace, and form itself to let the rays extend in quiet to infinity.

“Whenever you are tempted to undertake a useless journey that would lead away from light, remember what you really want, and say,

The Holy Spirit leads me unto Christ [unity and oneness with God and all humanity]
And where else would I go?
What need have I but to awake in Him?

“Then follow Him [be still and know] in joy, with faith that He will lead you safely through all dangers to your peace of mind this world may set before you. Kneel not before the altars to sacrifice, and seek not what you will surely lose. Content yourself with what you will as surely keep and be not restless, for you undertake a quiet journey to the peace of God, where He would have you be in quietness.

“In me [here, Jesus, who is said to be the author of the Course, is speaking of himself] you have already overcome every temptation that would hold you back. We walk together on the way to quietness that is the gift of God. Hold me dear, for what except your brothers [all of humanity] can you need? We will restore to you the peace of mind that we must find together [it can not be found alone or for oneself alone]. The Holy Spirit will teach you to awaken unto us and to yourself. This is the only real need to be fulfilled in time. Salvation from the world lies only here. My peace I give you. Take it of me in glad exchange for all the world has offered but to take away. And we will spread it like a veil of light across the world’s sad face, in which we hide our brothers from the world, and it from them.

“We cannot sing redemption’s hymn alone. My task is not completed until I have lifted every voice with mine. And yet it is none mine, for as it is my gift to you, so was it the Father’s gift to me, given me through His Spirit. The sound of it will banish sorrow from the mind of God’s most holy Son, where it cannot abide. Healing in time is needed, for you cannot establish its eternal reign where sorrow dwells. You dwell not here, but in eternity. You travel but in dreams, while safe at home. Give thanks to every part of you that you have taught how to remember you. Thus does the Son of God give thanks unto his Father for his purity.”

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