Healing the Perception of Separation

 

I write this on the evening before an election which could be seen as a the culmination of a battle between good and evil thoughts and actions. It may even seem that our present situation was brought about by a self-centered figure who has been the axis of extreme actions for the past few years. But our brainwashing began decades, perhaps centuries ago. It doesn’t help our present situation to reiterate the horror we’ve witnessed in our lifetimes, but we do need to be aware of exactly how our lack of loving actions have affected our society. I’ll choose one symptom for now: homelessness. Every major city in our country has been overrun with people who have nowhere to go. There are no easy solutions, and politicians do not even try to figure out what to do. As with almost everything, we all must participate in helping our fellow humans. In our small community, we have groups which have created free medical care facilities and are working to supply housing. There are at least three organizations which distribute free food on a regular basis. Within these organizations, there are people working diligently to supply resources for these endeavors. We all have a role to play in our survival. I’m making a resolution to wake up each day asking for guidance to know how I can be most effective in lifting us up. And I will pray for the strength to follow through …

“Forgiveness is the healing of the perception of separation. Correct perception of your brother is necessary, because minds have chosen to see themselves as separate. Spirit knows God completely. That is its miraculous power. The fact that each one has this power completely is a condition entirely alien to the world’s thinking. The world believes that if anyone has everything, there is nothing left. But God’s miracles are as total as His Thoughts because they are His Thoughts.” 

A Course in Miracles T-3.V.9:1-7

“We lose the high signification of omnipotence, when after admitting that God, or good, is omnipresent and has all-power, we still believe there is another power, named evil. This belief that there is more than one mind is as pernicious to divine theology as are ancient mythology and pagan idolatry. With one Father, even God, the whole family of man would be brethren; and with one Mind and that God, or good, the brotherhood of man would consist of Love and Truth, and have unity of Principle and spiritual power which constitute divine Science. The supposed existence of more than one mind was the basic error of idolatry. This error assumed the loss of spiritual power, the loss of the spiritual presence of Life as infinite Truth without an unlikeness, and the loss of Love as ever present and universal.” 

Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 469:25-10