Reality
observes the laws of God
T-30.IV.4. Reality
observes the laws of God, and not the rules you set. It is His laws that
guarantee your safety. All illusions that you believe about yourself obey no
laws. They seem to dance a little while, according to the rules you set for
them. But then they fall and cannot rise again. They are but toys, my child, so
do not grieve for them. Their dancing never brought you joy. But neither were
they things to frighten you, nor make you safe if they obeyed your rules. They
must be neither cherished nor attacked, but merely looked upon as children’s
toys without a single meaning of their own. See one in them and you will see them
all. See none in them and they will touch you not.
A Course in Miracles .
Foundation for Inner Peace. P.634
I read this passage and
it makes me laugh at how foolish I have been to think that the ways of the
world could make me happy. It’s been a fool’s errand.
I have always known, I
think, deep down that there was something deeper going on which I was/am
failing to see and understand. I have been on a search for this understanding
my whole life. This understanding of the “laws of God” which is the basis of
real reality is what I have been looking for. It is found someone in holy
scripture and the autobiographies and writings of the mystics and in the
reflection on my own experience.
This search is validated
in the fourth principle of Unitarian Universalism which is the affirmation and
promotion of a free and responsible search for truth and meaning. A Course In
Miracles tells me that this truth and meaning will not be found in the things
of the world on the path of the ego for they are nothing “but toys.” Instead,
ACIM tells us that our safety is in the understanding and appreciation of the
“laws of God” which are not what most religions and moralities tells us they
are but something higher or deeper whichever metaphor works for you.
The Course tells us that
separation from the Oneness for which we emerged is the problem and that our
desire is to go back home and become One with All once again. The “specialness”
to which we attribute ourselves, and others, and things in our make believe
world is the problem and once we recognize this we need to “forgive” our error
and try again to listen to the harmonic song of what we call heaven.
We can faintly hear this
lovely melody if we listen but it takes eschewing our ego and our interest and
desire for the worldly things which blocks our awareness of Love’s presence. Be
quiet and rest in the peace of God.
