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is not real. Holding on to what is not real is the barrier that hides the Mind of God — What we all
really are one with.

Since my mind holds only what I think with God and God is timeless, then all thoughts that I hold
about the past cannot be thoughts I share with God. They must therefore not be real thoughts and
are therefore valueless.

The ego loves to give great attention to the past. Major efforts are invested in archeological study
trying to establish where and when bodies and human form started. One of the largest categories on
the Internet is genealogy — people trying to establish their identity by identifying the series of births
of bodies from one generation to the next. And in everyday life we evaluate everything in terms of
what we have learned in the past.

As we carry all this attention on the past with us, we are not able to see the present, clean and pure
as it is. We overlay our past experiences and our beliefs about the past upon the present, like a
mask. We do not see the present. We see a mask of our own making and do not recognize that all its
meaning is projected from our own mind. By valuing the valueless past, we cannot see God's gift of
Love in the present.

As I learn to loosen my grip on the past, to give it less value, I am able to let it go. This is forgiveness.
This opens the door for me to see the innocent holy Self that is ever present, now. It is timeless, not
to be found in the future nor the past. Our one Self is eternally here now.

Holy Spirit, help me to forgive the past, to recognize its valuelessness and lay it down. Thus will I be
able to recognize that my mind truly holds only what I think with God.

“Review IV: "My mind holds only what I think with God." "If I defend myself
I am attacked. Sickness is a defense against the truth."”

My right mind, my Real mind, holds only what I think with God. The split mind, the ego mind, from
which I see images of separate bodies and separate things, is not my real mind, even though I might
identify with it. It is a false mind, a mind that makes up images of nothing, even though I might
experience it as very real.

In this false mind I feel I must defend myself against attack by something outside me. This false mind
gives me images of attack and being attacked. For example, the pollen from the trees makes my eyes
itch. There is constant change and deterioration by the weather. Everything is threatened by outer
influences, which eventually destroy it. In this world, if we do not defend against germs, they would
destroy us, we would become sick and die.

All this comes from the false ego mind. All this comes from a thought system that is denying the
truth of our invulnerability as part of the Mind of God. All this denies the truth of our Identity. We
experience this false world because we wanted specialness, we wanted individuality, we wanted to
experience separation from our Source.

Thank goodness none of this could ever be true. The images and experiences that come from the
false ego mind could never be true. We imagine that we become sick and die. But when we wake up,
we see that none of it was ever real. It was all just hallucinations of vulnerability, lack and death. In
this ego mind, we try to atone for our "sins" by punishing our bodies and perceiving ourselves as

Lessons by Marlyn Marval Feb 23th thru April 9th 2015