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The lilies that your brother offers
you are laid upon your altar, with the ones you offer him beside them. Who
could fear to look upon such lovely holiness? The great illusion of the
fear of God diminishes to nothingness before the purity that you will look
on here. Be not afraid to look. The blessedness you will behold will take
away all thought of form, and leave instead the perfect gift forever
there, forever to increase, forever yours, forever given away.
Now are we one in thought, for fear has gone. And here, before the altar
to One God, One Father, One Creator and One Thought, we stand together as
one Son of God. Not separate from Him Who is our Source; not distant from
one brother who is part of our One Self Whose innocence has joined us all
as one, we stand in blessedness and give as we receive. The Name of God is
on our lips. And as we look within, we see the purity of Heaven shine in
our reflection of our Father’s Love.
Now are we blessed, and now we bless the world. What we have looked upon
we would extend, for we would see it everywhere. We would behold it
shining with the grace of God in everyone. We would not have it be
withheld from anything we look upon. And to ensure this holy sight is
ours, we offer it to everything we see. For where we see it, it will be
returned to us in form of lilies we can lay upon our altar, making it a
home.
r Innocence Itself, Who dwells in us and offers us
His Holiness as ours.
Jesus Christ
A Course In Miracles
Lesson 187
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