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CH 15 "THE PURPOSE OF TIME"
III. TIME AND ETERNITY
 

You can practice the mechanics of the holy instant and will learn much from doing so. Yet its shining and glittering brilliance, which will literally blind you to this world by its own vision, you cannot supply. And here it is, all in this instant, complete, accomplished, and given wholly.


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Now are we one with Him
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   What time but now can truth be recognized?

   The present is the only time there is.

   And so today, this instant, now, we come

   to look upon what is forever there;

   not in our sight but in the eyes of Christ.

   He looks past time and sees eternity

   as represented there. He hears the sounds

   the senseless, busy world engenders, yet

   He hears them faintly, for beyond them all

   He hears the song of Heaven and the Voice

   of God more clear, more meaningful, more near.

 

   The world fades easily away before

   His sight. Its sounds grow dim. A melody

   from far beyond the world increasingly

   is more and more distinct; an ancient Call

   to Which He gives an ancient answer. You

   will recognize them both. For they are but

   your answer to your Father's Call to you.

   He answers for you, echoing your Self,

   using your voice to give His glad consent;

   accepting your deliverance for you.

 

   How holy is your practicing today,

   as He gives you His sight and hears for you,

   and answers in your name the Call He hears.

   How quiet is the time you give to spend

   with Him beyond the world. How easily

   are all your seeming sins forgot, and all

   your sorrows unremembered. On this day

   is grief laid by, and sights and sounds which come

   from nearer than the world made clear to you

   who will today accept the gifts He gives.

 

   There is a silence into which the world

   can not intrude. There is an ancient peace

   you carry in your heart and have not lost.

   There is a sense of holiness in you

   the thought of sin has never touched. All this

   today you will remember. Faithfulness

   in practicing today will bring rewards

   so great and so completely different from

   all things you sought before that you will know

   that here your treasure is and here your peace.

 

   This is the day when vain imaginings

   part like a curtain, to reveal what lies

   beyond them. Here is what is really clear

   made visible, while all the shadows which

   appeared to hide it sink to obscurity.

   Now is the balance righted, and the scales

   of judgment left to Him Who judges true.

   And in His judgment will a world unfold

   in perfect innocence before your eyes.

   Now will you see it through the eyes of Christ.

   Now is its transformation clear to you.

 

   Brothers, this day is sacred to the world.

   Your vision, given you from far beyond

   all things within the world looks back on them

   in a new light. And what you see becomes

   the healing and salvation of the world.

   The valuable and valueless are both

   perceived and recognized for what they are.

   And what is worthy of your love receives

   your love, while nothing to be feared remains.

 

   We will not judge today. We will receive

   but what is given us from judgment made

   beyond the world. Our practicing today

   becomes our gift of thankfulness for our

   release from blindness and from misery.

   All that we see will but increase our joy,

   because its holiness reflects our own.

   We stand forgiven in the sight of Christ,

   with all the world forgiven in our own.

   We bless the world, as we behold it in

   the light in which our Saviour looks on us,

   and offer it the freedom given us

   through His forgiving vision, now our own.

  

   Open the curtain in your practicing

   by merely letting go all things you think

   you want. Your trifling treasures put away,

   and leave a clean and open space within

   your mind where Christ can come and offer you

   the treasure of salvation. He has need

   of your most holy mind to save the world.

   Is not this purpose worthy to be yours?

   Is not Christ's vision worthy to be sought

   above the world's unsatisfying goals?

 

   Let not today slip by without the gifts

   it holds for you receiving your consent

   and your acceptance. We can change the world

   if you acknowledge them. You may not see

   the value your acceptance gives the world.

   But this you surely want; you can exchange

   all suffering for joy this very day.

   Practice in earnest, and the gift is yours.

   Would God deceive you? Can His promise fail?

   Can you withhold so little when His Hand

   holds out complete salvation to His Son


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Today our task is to remember what is already given and accept what is already there, which is that we can't change ourselves. This is the nature of the Atonement Principle, a guarantee by God that we are as we have always been, as we were created. We acknowledge this by contemplating the Lesson of the day and entering into the stillness where truth abides. We get in touch with this deep well of peace---that "ancient peace" (W.164.4.2) that is already in us. It is a peace that has never been disturbed by the events and circumstances of our lives. It has not been affected by our decision to turn away from the truth and choose the ego as our identity.
 
This place where truth abides is not a place in us that needs to be earned or even sought. It has always been there. It was given to us in our creation, and we just need to get in touch with it by releasing all of the thoughts in our minds that keep this place in us blocked by the sights and sounds of this world. It is a process where we use time for the purpose of healing our minds rather than wasting time in pursuing the trifles of this world. It does not, however, make our pursuits in the world wrong by any means, nor something we should feel guilty about. Neither are we asked to sacrifice what we still believe holds value for us. Increasingly, as we see that the things of this world we pursue do not bring us happiness, or the deep peace that we crave, our worldly pursuits will drop away naturally. Instead we will recognize that peace and happiness do not come from what we pursue in the world, but from within ourselves. The important thing is not what we are doing in the world, but where our mind is with which we do it. Thus, the world becomes a classroom for the undoing of the ego thought system of sin, guilt and fear. This is a process. Jesus assures us that we will not be hurled into Heaven with our decision to awaken from this dream, but will only go as quickly as our fear will allow. Our journey is a process of undoing the fear thoughts that dominate our minds and keep us attached to this illusion.

Jesus introduces the Lesson by asking, "What time but now can truth be recognized?" (W.164.1.1) He then repeats the word "now" five more times as well as speaking about "the present." He is not talking about mindfulness where we focus on our senses and experience the moment through our senses, which some traditions teach. On the contrary, he is saying that the sights and sounds of this world show us the "senseless, busy world," (W.164.1.5) which is all past. We are being taught to change the way we see the world and look on it instead through Christ's eyes. In other words, we are asked to see with vision, and what do the eyes of Christ show us? "He looks past time, and sees eternity as represented there." (W.164.1.4)
 
Our seeing is now no longer blocked by the forms of this world. It is an experience of the holy instant talked about in great detail in Chapter 15. This neither involves our eyes nor our ears nor any of our senses, which were made by the ego to block our awareness of eternity. Our senses were made to prove to us that the world is real. When we join with the Mind of Christ, the world fades away and "Its sounds grow dim." (W.164.2.2) There is an increasing recognition that this world is not our home. The purpose for the world is now only for forgiveness. Everything in the world, our relationships, and the circumstances of our lives can now serve as a backdrop for that purpose.
 
We are now being guided in all things by the Holy Spirit, whose loving perspective helps us to know intuitively what to say and what to do. All "seeming sins forgot" and we no longer have any memory of our sorrows or our grief. (W.164.3.3-4) This happens when we invite a new interpretation on how we might look on our brothers. We bring our judgments and grievances to Him for His interpretation and, with it, our grievances of the past are released and unremembered. It does not mean that we have no memory of events in our lives, only that we no longer remember the pain of those events. With each miracle, our perception shifts, and we return to the world with renewed vision. The end of this process, in which we are engaged, is to come to the final holy instant when we remember who we are and the ego identity is released. This is where we come to understand that our "seeming sins" are simply a result of our wrong choice for the ego. A new choice is always presented to us in each situation that we encounter in the world. With each circumstance in our lives, we have a choice for Heaven or for hell.
 
In the Song of Prayer, we are told that the song is the gift. "You have sought first the Kingdom of Heaven, and all else has indeed been given you." (Song of Prayer.1.I.3.6) How much do we want this? How much devotion do we have for this goal? We won't be sure that it is the only thing we want until we experience the ecstasy of it, which will end our doubt that the things of the world can ever satisfy this longing. It is a longing for "an ancient peace you carry in your heart and have not lost." (W.164.4.2) It is the longing to know our holiness and our perfect innocence. Any pain that we experience in our lives is an indication that we have chosen the wrong mind, but it is another opportunity to choose again.
 
Jesus is clear in letting us know that our desire for God is always burning in us and is a powerful pull that takes a great deal of our energy to resist. Sometimes we may feel that we don't have sufficient desire or we compare ourselves with others who seem to have a stronger desire for truth. This may bring up guilt in us and a judgment that we are not sufficiently committed to the goal of awakening from this dream. Yet Jesus tells us that, in spite of our own assessment, the truth is that in all of us the desire for God is so strong and the pull is so overpowering that we fear this attraction. Our fear is like the fear of being possessed, where our individuality and uniqueness, which we value, will be dissolved. It is this fear of total commitment that keeps us protecting and defending what we have made. Can you get in touch with this fear? Jesus says that we defend against the love that we are because of our fear that it will "crush you into nothingness." (T.13.III.1-4)(ACIM OE T.12.III.14) The ego represses our impulses with substitutes like food, sex, special relationships, money, power, and fame, all of which we seek, thinking that is what we want. Yet the real desire is not for these things, but for God. Every time we go for some pleasure in the world, we are actually seeking for the happiness and peace of God. These are all just poor substitutes for what we really truly want.
 
In the Song of Prayer, Jesus says, "Prayer is a stepping aside; a letting go, a quiet time of listening and loving." (S.1.I.5.1) That is what this Lesson is getting at. It is about being in a state of prayerful gratitude and love, listening to His Voice, and maintaining our determination to experience this place that sin has never touched. And what is required of us is "Faithfulness in practicing," (W.164.4.5) so that we can experience these "rewards so great and so completely different from all things you sought before, that you will know that here your treasure is, and here your rest." (W.164.4.5) Only then will we know where our treasure is. Now our priorities are set right, and we can clearly distinguish the valuable from the valueless and recognize what is worthy. "And what is worthy of your love receives your love, while nothing to be feared remains." (W.164.6.5) The things we thought we loved in the world and put value on and deemed to be our "treasures" now lose their significance in our lives and our goal becomes one of only seeking that which is eternal.
 
Now our goal is about faithfulness in practicing. How are you doing with this so far? It is so easy to let the events of our lives distract us from focusing on the Lessons and applying them throughout the day. We do this on behalf of our own happiness. When we experience more peace and happiness in our lives, our motivation increases. We can truly be thankful that we have been shown another way, which is the only road out of the cycle of guilt and fear. We can be grateful that we have been wrong about everything, and that we have a Teacher within that is showing us the way out of this cycle.

"Our practicing today becomes our gift of thankfulness for our release from blindness and from misery." (W.164.7.3) Jesus urges us to "practice in earnest, and the gift is yours." (W.164.9.5) He says that our practicing is holy, (W.164.3.1) and the gifts are there for us. They are being held until our consent and acceptance is given. (W.164.9.1) We will receive them when we are ready. They will not be imposed on us. They will be there until we are ready to acknowledge them. Our readiness comes when we understand that our way has only brought pain and suffering. We become motivated to do this practice when we see that, with His help, our suffering can turn to joy. The world has a way of impinging on our determination with the demands of the day, the requirements on our lives and all the things that need our attention, which can draw us away from this time with God. This is not to bring more guilt, but only to recognize our level of investment in the world and thus our resistance. We can practice the Lesson in every moment throughout the day when there is any temptation to see the 'gifts' offered by this world as more valuable to us than the peace and happiness promised us with our choice for God.
   
Only with our investment in the application of these teachings will the gifts of God be ours, which is a promise God has made to us. (W.164.9.7) Through our experience that comes with practice, we will gradually come to have faith in His promises. Later in Lesson 327, we are told, "I am not asked to take salvation on the basis of an unsupported faith. For God has promised He will hear my call, and answer me Himself. Let me but learn from my experience that this is true, and faith in Him must surely come to me. This is the faith that will endure, and take me farther and still farther on the road that leads to Him. For thus I will be sure that He has not abandoned me and loves me still, awaiting but my call to give me all the help I need to come to Him. Father, I thank You that Your promises will never fail in my experience, if I but test them out." (W.327.1.1-5,2.1)

From a more practical perspective, this is a process where we are learning to exchange our way of looking at everything based on the ego's interpretation and being willing to see with vision, which is through the Holy Spirit's interpretation. It is not about denying what we see with our physical eyes, but all about the interpretation that is given to what we see. Admitting that we are wrong and being willing to ask to see it differently is key to this Lesson. As we maintain willingness to be taught more and more, we will give up our way and ask to be shown how to see every situation through His eyes. The answer is in our right minds.

Jesus pleads with us not to let this day go by without receiving the gifts that are held out for us when we are ready to receive them. Our consent and our acceptance are required. What he needs from us is that we give up the valueless, which are our dreams, our pleasures, our problems, our anger, all things of the ego that don't serve us. Of course we think they do serve us and don't consistently recognize their lack of value. What Jesus is showing us is that they ultimately bring us nothing but suffering. He assures us that the world's goals can never satisfy us. (W.164.8.5) All that we need to do is recognize this, and let him help us learn where our happiness really lies. "Would God deceive you?" (W.164.9.6) "How quiet is the time you give to spend with Him, beyond the world."(W.164.3.2)

With every situation today, we ask to see it through His eyes, so He can give us a new interpretation, seeing everything as love or a call for love. Keep Him in your awareness throughout the day as much as possible. Let Christ give you His sight instead of relying on your own interpretations. They will always be wrong when seen through the eyes of the ego. Rest in God today, which is possible even in the midst of a busy day. The rest is not in how things go in the world, but where our minds are. The memory of God is in the right mind. Make it a day of blessing and of gratitude.

"Our practicing today becomes our gift of thankfulness for our release from blindness and from misery." (W.164.7.3) If we truly want to be happy, the only answer is to release the ego, which is about undoing how we see things now. The only prayer then is the prayer of asking for help of the Holy Spirit with this process.

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16 The Atonement is in time but not for time. Being in you, it is eternal. What holds remembrance of God cannot be bound by time. No more are you. For unless God is bound, you cannot be. An instant offered to the Holy Spirit is offered to God on your behalf, and in that instant you will awaken gently in Him. In the blessed instant, you will let go all your past learning, and the Holy Spirit will quickly offer you the whole lesson of peace. What can take time, when all the obstacles to learning it have been removed? Truth is so far beyond time that all of it happens at once. For as it was created one, so its oneness depends not on time at all.

 

17 Do not be concerned with time and fear not the instant of holiness which will remove all fear. For the instant of peace is eternal because it is wholly without fear. It will come, being the lesson God gives you through the Teacher He has appointed to translate time into eternity. Blessed is God's Teacher, Whose joy it is to teach God's holy Son his holiness. His joy is not contained in time. His teaching is for you because His joy is yours. Through Him you stand before God's altar, where He gently translates hell into Heaven. For it is only in Heaven that God would have you be.

 

18 How long can it take to be where God would have you? For you are where you have forever been and will forever be. All that you have, you have forever. The blessed instant reaches out to encompass time, as God extends Himself to encompass you. You who have spent days, hours, and even years in chaining your brothers to your egos in an attempt to support it and uphold its weakness, do not perceive the Source of strength. In the holy instant, you will unchain all your brothers and refuse to support either their weakness or your own.

 

19 You do not realize how much you have misused your brothers by seeing them as sources of ego support. As a result, they witness to the ego in your perception and seem to provide reasons for not letting it go. Yet they are far stronger and much more compelling witnesses for the Holy Spirit. And they support His strength. It is, therefore, your choice whether they support the ego or the Holy Spirit in you. And you will know which you have chosen by their reactions. A Son of God who has been released through the Holy Spirit in a brother, if the release is complete, is always recognized. He cannot be denied. As long as you remain uncertain, it can be only because you have not given complete release. And because of this, you have not given one single instant completely to the Holy Spirit. For when you have, you will be sure you have. You will be sure because the witness to Him will speak so clearly of Him that you will hear and understand.

 

20 You will doubt until you hear one witness whom you have wholly released through the Holy Spirit. And then you will doubt no more. The holy instant has not yet happened to you. Yet it will, and you will recognize it with perfect certainty. No gift of God is recognized in any other way. You can practice the mechanics of the holy instant and will learn much from doing so. Yet its shining and glittering brilliance, which will literally blind you to this world by its own vision, you cannot supply. And here it is, all in this instant, complete, accomplished, and given wholly.

 

21 Start now to practice your little part in separating out the holy instant. You will receive very specific instructions as you go along. To learn to separate out this single second and begin to experience it as timeless, is to begin to experience yourself as not separate. Fear not that you will not be given help in this. God's Teacher and His lesson will support your strength. It is only your weakness that will depart from you in this practice, for it is the practice of the power of God in you. Use it but for one instant, and you will never deny it again. Who can deny the Presence of what the universe bows to in appreciation and gladness? Before the recognition of the universe which witnesses to It, your doubts must disappear.

 

 

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