Happy Sunday!

This reflection is from consideration of ACIM Lesson 151 – All things are echos of the Voice of God.

“You do not seem to doubt the world you see. You do not really question what is shown you through the body’s eyes. Nor do you ask why you believe it, even though you learned a long while since your senses do deceive.” [CE W-151.2:1-3]

In my meditation, from thinking about whether I doubt or not, I wondered what parts of me are seeing when I doubt the world and when I don’t. Recognizing that I am aware of many parts of ‘me’ influencing my mind, I decided to do a muscle test to determine how many are speaking into my mind. I came up with seven.

Next, I worked on naming what they are and jotted down: body, ego, heart (soul), spirit (Self), my mind, Christ (Holy Spirit), and the observer. I spent time feeling into each of these to understand the different terms I use, which are the same and which bring separate thoughts to my mind. (I utilized muscle testing to help with clarifying these.)

For example, soul I thought was the same as spirit, but this came back negative. I began to consider the part of me that held my true values and labeled this ‘heart’. As this is also the part that would not ‘sell my soul’ this told me this is where the identification of soul lies. I wondered where God is in me and thought perhaps ‘the observer’. I felt there was some truth to this, but it is not a complete understanding. I sense that there are levels to this.

What I just realized is that I didn’t ask ‘where is my consciousness?’ Is it the observer that makes me a conscious being and if so, then it makes perfect sense that there are levels of Universal consciousness that I can’t understand or sense.

I did not include here my guides and Jesus, who all speak to my mind, but I can accept that they are separate consciousness that I am connected to. This had me question if the ego was part of me or separate and speaking into my mind.

What I came to understand of the ego is: the ego is the software code of this game. We come to play at being separate; ego is the rules of the game. All that we receive from ego is opposite from God/Love. We are to doubt that we are Love and Beloved to play in this world believing that we are separate from our Creator.

The game programmers did a good job. I fell for it and became totally immersed in the experience that I did not doubt what I saw.

Here is a bit of Q&A with HS about the ego game …

Can this code be removed?

[No, you are immersed in it.]

So, being in this world, my mind receives the thoughts that surround me in this collective?

[No, it’s more that this is what you came to overcome, to let go and accept your true Self. Love is what you are. It is not something to forget. You practice, learn, and grow for us all. Thank you.]

Any advice for putting the ego program aside?

[Thank it for its input and move on. It does aid you in understanding your brother’s challenges when acting on the program.]

[ ] Denotes responses from HS.