Faith
It is written in A Course In Miracles in Chapter
21, section III, paragraph 4
T-21.III.4. Faith and belief and vision are
the means by which the goal of holiness is reached. Through them the Holy
Spirit leads you to the real world, and away from all illusions where your
faith was laid. This is His direction; the only one He ever sees. And when you
wander, He reminds you there is but one. His faith and His belief and vision
are all for you. And when you have accepted them completely instead of yours,
you will have need of them no longer. For faith and vision and belief are
meaningful only before the state of certainty is reached. In Heaven they are
unknown. Yet Heaven is reached through them.
Jesus said to his disciples repeatedly, “Oh you
of little faith” and I imagine He would laugh gently at their silliness is
believing in things in the world of the ego.
The mission of UU A Way Of Life is to help
people become aware of their holiness so they can sanctify the world. The first
step in carrying out this mission is simply to help them become aware that they
have a choice. The choice, A Course In Miracles teaches, is between right
minded thinking and wrong minded thinking. Right minded thinking is composed of
the world of God and wrong minded thinking is composed of the world of the ego.
Wrong minded thinking is one of resentment,
grievance, fear, victimization, and vengeance. Right minded thinking is one of
forgiveness, joining, peace, agency, compassion, and love.
A Course In Miracles points out that right
minded thinking is our natural inheritance while wrong minded thinking is based
on fear of punishment for separating ourselves from the Unconditional Love of
God in the first place.
The only question ultimately worth asking is
“Which will I choose: heaven or hell?” How will I choose to live: playing the
victim full of fear and resentment, or surrendering to the Oneness of God and
experiencing peace and love?
In which type of thinking will I put my faith?
To what extent do I believe that I have a choice? What kind of life for myself
and the whole world do I envision?
