For years, I’ve been saying a universal shift in thought is upon us — and I still believe that to be true. With all the turmoil in our world, this may seem to be a preposterous statement, but I keep remembering something about separating silver from the dross. Although it is a Bible verse, this is what I found about its meaning: “Dross is a substance related to the process of refining precious metals. Smelting involves the heating and melting of ores. Intense heat causes the dross to separate from the ore and rise to the top where it forms a scum and can be extracted, leaving a pure metal base.” These thoughts give me comfort. Combined with the Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson cited below, I am sure nothing must be sacrificed, only unreality given up to reveal the Truth which has always been there.
“I can give up but what was never real. I sacrifice illusions; nothing more. And as illusions go I find the gifts illusions tried to hide, awaiting me in shining welcome, and in readiness to give God’s ancient messages to me. His memory abides in every gift that I receive of Him.And every dream serves only to conceal the Self which is God’s only Son, the likeness of Himself, the Holy One Who still abides in Him forever, as He still abides in me.
“Father, to You all sacrifice remains forever inconceivable. And so I cannot sacrifice except in dreams. As You created me, I can give up nothing You gave me. What You did not give has no reality. What loss can I anticipate except the loss of fear, and the return of love into my mind?
A Course in Miracles W-322.1:1–2:5
“In Isaiah we read: ‘I make peace, and create evil. I the Lord do all these things;’ — but the prophet referred to divine law as stirring up the belief in evil to its utmost, when bringing it to the surface and reducing it to its common denominator, nothingness. The muddy river-bed must be stirred in order to purify the stream.”
Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 540:5-11
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