Freedom must be impossible as long as you perceive a body as yourself. The body
is a limit. Who would seek for freedom in a body looks for it where it can not
be found. The mind can be made free when it no longer sees itself as in a body,
firmly tied to it and sheltered by its presence. If this were the truth, the
mind were vulnerable indeed!
The mind that serves the Holy Spirit is unlimited forever, in all ways, beyond
the laws of time and space, unbound by any preconceptions, and with strength and
power to do whatever it is asked. Attack thoughts cannot enter such a mind,
because it has been given to the Source of Love. And fear can never enter in a
mind that has attached itself to Love. It rests in God, and who can be afraid
who lives in Innocence, and only loves?
It is essential for your progress in this course that you accept today's idea,
and hold it very dear. Be not concerned that to the ego it is quite insane. The
ego holds the body dear because it dwells in it, and lives united with the home
that it has made. It is a part of the illusion that has sheltered it from being
found illusory itself.
Here does it hide, and here it can be seen as what it is. Declare your
innocence, and you are free. The body disappears because you have no need of it
except the need the Holy Spirit sees. For this, the body will appear as useful
form for what the mind must do. It thus becomes a vehicle which helps
forgiveness be extended to the all-inclusive goal that it must reach, according
to God's plan.
Cherish today's idea, and practice it today and every day. Make it a part of
every practice period you take. There is no thought that will not gain thereby
in power to help the world, and none which will not gain in added gifts to you
as well. We sound the call of freedom round the world with this idea. And would
you be exempt from the acceptance of the gifts you give?
The Holy Spirit is the home of minds that seek for freedom. In Him they find
what they have sought. The body's purpose now is unambiguous. And it becomes
perfect in the ability to serve an undivided goal. In conflict-free and
unequivocal response to mind with but the thought of freedom as its goal, the
body serves, and serves its purpose well. Without the power to enslave, it is a
worthy servant of the freedom which the mind within the Holy Spirit seeks.
Be free today, and carry freedom as your gift to those who still believe they
are enslaved within a body. Be you free, so that the Holy Spirit can make use of
your escape from bondage to set free the many who perceive themselves as bound
and helpless and afraid. Let love replace their fears through you. Accept
salvation now, and give your mind to Him Who calls to you to make this gift to
Him. For He would give you perfect freedom, perfect joy, and hope that finds its
full accomplishment in God.
You are God's Son. In immortality you live forever. Would you not return your
mind to this? Then practice well the thought the Holy Spirit gives you for
today. Your brothers stand released with you in it; the world is blessed along
with you, God's Son will weep no more, and Heaven offers thanks at the
increase of joy your practice brings even to it. And God Himself extends His
Love and happiness each time you say:
"I am not a body. I am free.
I hear the Voice that God has given me,
And it is only this my mind obeys."
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