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forms of separation. I see differences within a world of time and space. I see unique bodies.
Everything is in a state of change and flux. This world appears to be outside of me. This appearance
of separation is the name of the ego's game.

When I join with the Holy Spirit, I receive a different perception. I am returned to thoughts of unity. I
am reminded that all is one. I am reminded to extend Love instead of judgment, to see innocence
instead of guilt. These thoughts gently undo my belief in separation. I am reminded that everyone is
still as God created them and that we are all extensions of one God, one Love. I am reminded that
the images within a world of time a space that constantly change are not worth choosing to see. I am
reminded that God is eternal, changeless and Love, and so am I and so is all that is. I am reminded
that these images that are in a constant state of change are not real. I am reminded that Heaven is
the decision I must make. I must want to be aware of Heaven because my experience comes through
my desire. I always get what I really want in my heart of hearts.

Today as I practice joining with the Holy Spirit, I open my mind to healing. I open my mind to the
bridge of return to Heaven. I open my mind to remembering that my mind holds only what I think
with God. God is all there is. There is nothing else. Truth is true and nothing else is true. Image
making in a world of time and space are meaningless imaginings and are not real. Heaven is the
decision I must make.

Lesson 150 “Review IV: "My mind holds only what I think with God." and "I
will accept Atonement for myself. Only salvation can be said to cure."”

Only returning to God will cure all sorrow and all pain, all lack and loss. We all came from God and
have never left God in truth. We experience something other than our true Self, our Source, when
we join with the ego thought system. We join with the ego thought system by identifying with its
beliefs, its thoughts, its false ideas.

All the false ideas found within the ego thought system are founded on the belief that we are
separate from our true Self, that we are separate from God's Love. When we believe we are
separate from God's Love, we can't help but experience sorrow and pain, lack and feelings of loss.
Belief in the ego thought system is belief in the death of our one Self.

The only cure or antidote for the pain and loss we feel is accepting Atonement for ourselves.
Accepting Atonement means accepting a change of mind, accepting a return to the truth, accepting
God's Love, returning to our right mind, remembering that our mind holds only what we think with
God. Only this return to the truth is a true and lasting cure for all the ills of the world. Our real
salvation comes as we return to our one true Identity which alone is real. We delay this return when
we get so wrapped up in the world's activities that there is no "time" left to devote to God.

God is my salvation. God is the cure to every ill, every sense of lack, and return to God is the only
answer; return to Love is the only answer. Today I will practice letting my mind open to receive the
truth about myself and my brothers. It is only the truth of our oneness in Love that provides the real
answer I seek.

It is helpful to remember that the Course defines Atonement as perfect Love. It also says it is the
undoing of what never happened. It is not paying for or doing penance to expiate sin. Atonement
does not make sin real, but in fact recognizes its unreality.

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