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As I walk the world, holding this more strongly in my awareness, I am a minister of God. No
preaching is necessary. I need only live in harmony with my Self. I then see past my brother's
illusions to the Love in him that I share. I see his innocence that reflects my own. I see the holiness in
him that comes from the one Self we are.

Today I practice bringing all disturbances to my peace of mind to the Holy Spirit for His gentle
correction. Thus is my Self revealed to me. Defenses are laid down and I bring peace wherever I go.
From Love I was created and to Love I return.

I walk with God in perfect holiness."”

In every moment I have a choice. Do I want to join with the ego like a rebellious teenager, stepping
out on my own, rejecting God's Will and doing it my way? Or do I want to accept God's Will as my
own, share His perfect holiness and thereby share His perfect happiness? The world I see with the
body's eyes is the effect of choosing the first option. I receive Heaven with the second option.

The attraction of the first option is the belief that somehow it is possible to have more than Heaven.
Put in these terms, the idea seems insane, and it is. But the wish for specialness, to be different and
unique, to have something I can call my own, is the belief that it is possible to have more than
everything, more than Heaven.

If I look honestly at all the times I feel defensive or vulnerable, it is always because I perceive some
aspect of my specialness is threatened. If I take offense, if I resent, if I judge, it all comes from the
wish to maintain specialness. Specialness comes with a high price. To maintain the illusion of
specialness, I must deny God's Love for me. I must deny the happiness and holiness that are His gifts
to me. I must deny His strength and thus I cannot experience His peace, for certainty is gone.

The more I can remember this high cost each time I judge, fear, resent or feel vulnerable in any way,
then I can remind myself that there is another choice. I can accept God's gifts, long since given. I can
claim His strength, His Love, His joy and peace. I need only step back, accept His Will as my own and
let Him lead the way. When I accept His Will as mine, I do indeed walk with Him in perfect holiness.
Here is peace and absolute certainty. Today let me remember I share God's Will for me and know His
Love.

Everyone in this world who looks out through the body's eyes and sees a world of separate identities
has lost sight of their one true Identity. They have lost sight of their Source, which is universal Love.
The whole physical universe is an effect of losing sight of our Identity, our true nature as one in Love.
We have lost sight of What we are and Where we are. We are living in a dream world that is the
opposite in every way of our true Identity. The way out of this mistaken perception is to step back
and ask the Holy Spirit to return to our awareness. The Holy Spirit is always there, but we often don't
pay attention to It.

In order to hear the Holy Spirit, I must quiet my busy mind and leave an open space. I must be open
and receptive to hearing Its Voice. I must not think that I already know. I must want to receive the
Light of the Holy Spirit.

What the Holy Spirit brings is the opposite of the world of separation. It brings the truth of my
Identity. It reminds me that behind the images of this world is formless universal Love. Nothing is
broken into pieces here. There is only wholeness, oneness. Nothing is divided or different. Nothing is

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