By Gonny A soft reminder for the ones who forgot who they are…
Every time these lessons about the body show up, something in me resists a little. Not again, right? Haven’t we already been over this? Can’t we talk about Light and Love and angels today?
But the Course insists…gently but firmly, because somehow, probably, we still believe we are this little lump of skin and bones.
Sometimes I really do look in the mirror…not just glance, but look.
And it feels… unfamiliar.
That face staring back at me, getting older, those eyes watching me…
it feels like I’m looking at someone else. I say aloud, “That’s me,” like I need to remember.
But even as I say it, a softer voice in me answers:
“No, love. That’s just a reflection. You are the one behind the eyes. You are the one watching. You are Light.”
And just like that, a sense of peace invades me.
The body, says the Course, is not permanent, and in that fact, the ego finds false comfort. It says: “See? I’m fragile. I can get hurt. I can die. That means I must really be separate. That must prove I exist !”
But it doesn’t.
It only proves I’m dreaming. And that dream can change.
Because…and here comes the good news…even though the body
was made to serve fear, it can be used for healing instead.
We can hand it over. Let it serve a different purpose. Let it become
a bridge instead of a wall.
When I reach out my hand to another, when I speak kindly,
when I look beyond appearances, the body becomes something holy.
Not because of what it is, but because of what it’s being used for.
The body is not who I am. But it can help me remember who I really am.
Today’s Lesson 261 reminds us of something fundamental:
Only God keeps us truly safe.
As long as we believe that safety lies in muscles and masks, in being right, or in being small…
we will never feel safe.
Do we really want to keep believing that peace is found in defending ourselves?
Or… are we finally ready to remember that our real safety is in Love?
Today, I don’t want to run. I don’t want to hide behind sharp
thoughts or soft blankets. I want to come home.
Not to a house or a body, but to the Heart of all things.
To my Self in God.
Let me not chase after idols.
Let me remember I was created by Love… and I remain as Love created me.
With love and light,
G.