[Trust] is the foundation on which [God’s teachers’] ability to fulfill their function rests. ²Perception is the result of learning. ³In fact, perception is learning, because cause and effect are never separated. ⁴The teachers of God have trust in the world, because they have learned it is not governed by the laws the world made up. ⁵It is governed by a power that is in them but not of them. ⁶It is this power that keeps all things safe. ⁷It is through this power that the teachers of God look on a forgiven world.
When this power has once been experienced, it is impossible to trust one’s own petty strength again. ²Who would attempt to fly with the tiny wings of a sparrow when the mighty power of an eagle has been given him? ³And who would place his faith in the shabby offerings of the ego when the gifts of God are laid before him? (A Course in Miracles, M-4.I.1:1–2:3)
When we accept that we are as God created us, we can trust that we share God’s invulnerability. Our true Self is safe in the eternal Love of God. No seeming external force can affect our one Self. The acceptance of this Reality is the essence of what A Course in Miracles is helping us learn.
Trust increases as we practice letting ourselves be guided by the Holy Spirit, moment by moment. His guidance will always show us the truth behind the appearances in this world. When we attend to the ego, we perceive cause for fear and guilt. The Holy Spirit shows us that the world has no power to affect the reality of Love.
The ego, in its denial of Love, does not know what Love is. To deny Love, it must defend against it. But its defenses fade as we accept the power of God’s Love within us. Today will be a happy day as we trust the Holy Spirit to interpret of all our perceptions on our behalf.
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