Perceive any part of the ego’s thought system as wholly insane, wholly delusional and wholly undesirable, and you have correctly evaluated all of it. This correction enables you to perceive any part of creation as wholly real, wholly perfect and wholly desirable. Wanting this only you will have this only, and giving this only you will be only this. The gifts you offer to the ego are always experienced as sacrifices, but the gifts you offer to the Kingdom are gifts to you. They will always be treasured by God because they belong to His beloved Sons, who belong to Him. All power and glory are yours because the Kingdom is His. T-7.VII.11:1-6
A Course in Miracles (pp. 266-267). Foundation for Inner Peace. Kindle Edition.
Reading today’s passage might make one laugh out loud. “Perceive any part of the ego’s thought system as wholly insane, wholly delusional and wholly undesirable, and you have correctly evaluated all of it.” Holden Caufield, in The Catcher In The Rye, called the world of the ego, “the big lie.” The world of the ego is based on conditional love which is comprised of “give to get” and “one or the other.” The world of God is based on unconditional love and is comprised of one for all and all for one.
In Unitarian Universalism some of us join together to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person and an awareness of the interdependent web of all existence.
Today it is suggested that we detach our attention from the things of the ego and focus on the Divine Spark which animates existence.
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