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.”