from A Course in Miracles:
As the light comes nearer, you WILL rush to darkness, shrinking from the truth, sometimes retreating to the lesser forms of fear, and sometimes to stark terror. But you WILL advance, because your goal IS the advance from fear to truth. YOU KNOW THIS. The goal which you accepted IS the goal of knowledge, for which you signified your willingness. Fear seems to live in darkness. When you are afraid, YOU HAVE STEPPED BACK. Let us then join quickly in an instant of light, and it will be enough to remind you that your goal IS light. Truth has rushed to meet you, since YOU called upon it.
If you knew Who walks beside you on THIS way, which YOU have chosen, fear would be impossible. You do NOT know, because the journey into darkness has been long and cruel, and you have gone deep into it. A little flicker of your eyelids, closed so long, has not yet been sufficient to give you confidence in yourselves, so long despised. You go TOWARD love, still hating it, and TERRIBLY afraid of its judgment upon you. And you do NOT realize that you are NOT afraid of love, but only OF WHAT YOU MADE OF IT.
You are advancing to love’s MEANING, and away from ALL illusions in which you have surrounded it. When you retreat to the illusions, YOUR FEAR INCREASES, for there is little doubt that what YOU think it means IS fearful. But what is that to us, who travel surely and very swiftly AWAY from fear? You who hold each other’s hand also hold mine, for when you joined each other, you were NOT alone. Do you believe that I would LEAVE you in the darkness you agreed to leave WITH me? In your relationship is this world’s light. And fear MUST disappear before you now.
Be tempted not to snatch away the gift of faith you offered to each other. You will succeed only in frightening yourselves. The gift is given forever, for God Himself received it. You CANNOT take it back. YOU HAVE ACCEPTED GOD. The holiness of your relationship is established in Heaven. You do not realize WHAT you accepted, but remember that your understanding is NOT necessary. All that WAS necessary was merely the wish to understand. That wish was the DESIRE TO BE HOLY. The will of God IS granted you. For you desire the only thing you ever had, or ever were.
Each instant that we spend together will teach you that this goal is possible, and will strengthen your DESIRE to reach it. And in your desire, lies its accomplishment. YOUR desire is now in COMPLETE accord with all the power of the Holy Spirit’s Will. No little faltering footstep that you may take can separate your desire from His Will, and from His STRENGTH. I hold your hand as surely as you agreed to take each other’s. YOU WILL NOT SEPARATE, for I stand with you, and walk with you in your advance to truth. And where we go, we carry God with us.
In your relationship, you have joined with me in bringing Heaven to the Son of God, who hid in darkness. You have been willing to bring the darkness to light, and this willingness has given strength to everyone who would REMAIN in darkness. Those who would see WILL see. And they will join with me in carrying THEIR light into the darkness, when the darkness in them is OFFERED to the light, and is removed forever. My need for you, joined WITH me in the holy light of your relationship, is YOUR need for salvation. Would I not give you what you gave to me? For when you joined each other, you answered ME.
You who are now the bringers of salvation, have the function of bringing light to darkness. The darkness in you HAS been brought to light. Carry it back TO darkness, from the holy instant to which you BROUGHT it. We are made whole in our desire to make whole. Let not time worry you, for all the fear that you experience is really past. Time has been re-adjusted to help us do together what your separate pasts would hinder. You have gone PAST fear, for no two minds can JOIN in the desire for love without love’s joining THEM.
Not one light in Heaven but goes with you. Not one ray that shines forever in the Mind of God but shines on you. Heaven is JOINED with you in your advance to Heaven. When such great light has joined with you, to give the little spark of your desire the power of God Himself, can YOU remain in darkness? You are coming home together, after a long and meaningless journey which you undertook apart, and which led nowhere. You have FOUND each other, and will light each other’s way. And from this light will the great rays extend back into darkness and forward unto God. To shine away the past, and so make room for His Eternal Presence, in which everything is radiant in the light.”
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Thank you Lisa for posting this. Last week I was struggling with stillness. couldn’t get past my thoughts and be with God, reacting a lot and feeling annoyed. Not wanting to accept my current situation of having loose ends to tie up in Tulsa but not being able to go there and not having my own space yet in Louisville. I was feeling increasingly frustrated and feeling like things weren’t working out for me. I started to go into the darkness and old thoughts about who I am started to come up like, there’s something wrong with me and I’m flawed somehow and not entitled to happiness. Crazy, right!
Well, one morning a couple of days ago, I woke up and thought that maybe I should just quit doing the lessons. But immediately I thought, NO!!! No specific thought behind that but just a feeling of urgency, like I am not going to waste anymore time, why not awaken right now. I haven’t got the time to waste. I do, more than anything, wish to understand.
So, today I’ve been in a state of gratitude. I am so thankful for these last few months in which it seems that there was a space created in my life, where I have the opportunity to spend most of my time focused on these lessons and on awakening, reflection and on God, without being distracted by a job and plans and schedules and meaningless activities. I realize what a gift this situation has been. I have no reason or excuse to not make time for God.
It’s like an intermission period in my life and the next scene is transformation. The light is shining away the past to make room for God’s presence!!!
Thank you for shining your light and being here for me and so many others.
With much love and gratitude.
p.s. I finally have the opportunity to go to Tulsa Thursday. I’m going to sell all my stuff and just take what will fit in the car. I’ll come back with very little baggage and whole lot more light.