Seeking Oneness giving rise to peace and joy.

Nothing that is good can be lost because it comes from the Holy Spirit, the Voice for creation. Nothing that is not good was ever created, and therefore cannot be protected. The Atonement is the guarantee of the safety of the Kingdom, and the union of the Sonship is its protection. The ego cannot prevail against the Kingdom because the Sonship is united. In the presence of those who hear the Holy Spirit’s Call to be as one, the ego fades away and is undone. T-5.IV.1:5 - 11

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If we are to increase our spiritual intelligence, it is necessary to purify ourselves of our egos. The things of the world of the ego are illusions and will never bring true happiness. True happiness, joy, even bliss, is to be found in the non dual Oneness of our Transcendent Source which is called “the Kingdom.” The healing of the separation of ourselves from our Transcendent Source is called the “Atonement.” The Atonement is the healing of the separation which includes not only our individual self but all of humanity which is called the “Sonship” which is part of the Transcendent Source which some call “God.”

In Unitarian Universalism we join together to affirm and promote the free and responsible search for truth and meaning which eventually brings us to the Atonement. The sooner the better some might say. What facilitates the awareness of the Atonement is forgiveness and taking responsibility for our state of mind.

Today, it is suggested that we set all our worries aside and quiet ourselves as we go inward seeking the Oneness which is the source of our peace and joy.

Set the ego aside and abide in the truth.

Truth is beyond your ability to destroy, but entirely within your ability to accept. T-5.IV.1: 4

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From the postmodern viewpoint there is no truth. Truth is a social construction. In the world of the ego this idea is accurate, but in the world of Spirit it is false. The truth is unconditional love of creation.

In Unitarian Universalism we covenant together to affirm and promote the free and responsible search for truth and meaning and truth and meaning have been there all the time beyond the world of the ego. This Truth and meaning can’t be destroyed, but it can be overlooked, denied, ignored, distorted, feared, and resented. However, if we continue to search for it in good faith, we can come to a point where we can accept it. After all, It is what It is.

Today, it is suggested that we set the ego aside and abide in the Truth.

The Unconditional Love for one another.

What fear has hidden still is part of you. Joining the Atonement is the way out of fear. The Holy Spirit will help you reinterpret everything that you perceive as fearful, and teach you that only what is loving is true. T-5.IV.1: 1 - 3

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We have forgotten that we separated ourselves from the non dual Oneness at our incarnation. It is our separation that has made us fearful for the survival of our bodies and our egos. The fear of survival has contributed to conditional loving and it is only unconditional loving that is true. The Holy Spirit will help us remember our non dual nature and fear will evaporate.

In Unitarian Universalism we are the beneficiaries of the teachings of Unconditional Love. These teachings are part of our Universalist heritage. The belief and faith in Unconditional Love can be amplified if we share it. UUs covenant together to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person who are extensions of God’s Unconditional Love made manifest.

Today, it is suggested that we acknowledge that beyond our egos we are perfect as extensions of God’s Unconditional Love for one another.

Ask for help in discerning God’s will from the Holy Spirit.

You have not made truth, but truth can still set you free. Look as the Holy Spirit looks, and understand as He understands. His understanding looks back to God in remembrance of me. He is in communion with God always, and He is part of you. He is your Guide to salvation, because He holds the remembrance of things past and to come, and brings them to the present. He holds this gladness gently in your mind, asking only that you increase it in His Name by sharing it to increase His joy in you. T-5.III.11: 5 - 10

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As human beings who have separated ourselves from the non dual Oneness, we don’t make the truth with our illusions and perceptions. We can attempt to discern it with the help of the Holy Spirit, the Muse, Mother Nature, our Higher Power, whatever we choose to call your Transcendent Source.

In Unitarian Universalism we covenant together affirm and promote the free and responsible search for truth and meaning. “Responsible” means that we are responsive to the intuitive inspiration which indwells in our minds which we can access simply by asking for help.

Today, it is suggested that we ask the Holy Spirit for help in discerning God’s will for us and one another.

Seek to make the component parts holy.

The ego made the world as it perceives it, but the Holy Spirit, the reinterpreter of what the ego made, sees the world as a teaching device for bringing you home. The Holy Spirit must perceive time, and reinterpret it into the timeless. He must work through opposites, because He must work with and for a mind that is in opposition. T-5.III.11: 1 - 3

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It is written in the introduction to A Course In Miracles, “It is a required course, Only the time you take it is voluntary. Free will does not mean that you can establish the curriculum. It means only that you can elect what you want to take at a given time.” And so the world of the ego is a teaching device which the Holy Spirit can use to bring us back to the non dual Oneness of God where there is no separation. The opposites of the yin and yang are synthesized into Oneness.

In Unitarian Universalism we covenant together to affirm and promote the interdependent web of all existence where component parts are transcended into a unified whole which we describe as “holiness.”

Today, ask the Holy Spirit to help you unify the parts into the whole so it becomes holy.

We have a choice and if we choose wrong we can choose again.

The Holy Spirit is the perfect Teacher. He uses only what your mind already understands to teach you that you do not understand it. The Holy Spirit can deal with a reluctant learner without going counter to his mind, because part of it is still for God. Despite the ego’s attempts to conceal this part, it is still much stronger than the ego, although the ego does not recognize it. The Holy Spirit recognizes it perfectly because it is His Own dwelling place; the place in the mind where He is at home. You are at home there, too, because it is a place of peace, and peace is of God. You who are part of God are not at home except in His peace. If peace is eternal, you are at home only in eternity. T-5.III.10: 1 - 8

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The ego mind does not want us to become aware of Spirit. Spirit is threatening to the ego because unconditional love of Spirit is contradictory to conditional love of the ego. We yearn for unconditional love and sense that this is how God loves us in spite of what the ego mind tells us. When we get in touch with the Divine Spark of unconditional love we experience great peace and joy.

In Unitarian Universalism we covenant together to affirm and promote the free and responsible search for truth and meaning. The end of this search is the awareness of unconditional love as the Universalists taught us.

Today, we reflect on our choice between ego and Spirit. Will we choose a world of conditional love or unconditional love? It is liberating to know that we have a choice and if we choose wrong, we can always choose again.

Which do you choose: illusions of the ego or the Beatific Vision?

Perception derives meaning from relationships. Those you accept are the foundations of your beliefs. The separation is merely another term for a split mind. The ego is the symbol of separation, just as the Holy Spirit is the symbol of peace. What you perceive in others you are strengthening in yourself. You may let your mind misperceive, but the Holy Spirit lets your mind reinterpret its own misperceptions. T-5.III.9: 1 - 6

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The bumper sticker says, “Perception is reality.” Another bumper sticker says, “Reality doesn’t care anything about your beliefs.” Human beings engage in what psychologists call “confirmation bias” and A Course In Miracles asks “Would you rather be right or be happy?”

Unitarian Universalists join together to affirm and promote the free and responsible search for truth and meaning. In this search, sooner or later, the seeker comes to realize that truth and meaning are not to be found in one’s perceptions of things in the world of the ego. The seeker becomes aware that truth and meaning are to be found in contemplation of the transcendent which is found within.

Today, question your perceptions and recognize that they are illusions. You are watching the shadows on Plato’s cave wall. Strive to rise above the cave and recognize the peace and joy that comes from the Beatific Vision.