Thy Light IS Come

"Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee." -- The Bible; Isaiah 60:1

"It is neither behind the point of perfection nor advancing towards it; it is at this point, and must be practiced therefrom." -- Miscellany by Mary Baker Eddy; Page 242, Lines 5-7

"Real freedom depends on welcoming Reality... by recognizing what is here already." -- A Course in Miracles; Chapter 11, Section II, 7:7,8

Have you ever noticed how your thoughts are always about the past or future? What you did before, or what you're going to do then? What you didn't do, or what you should do? What seemed to happen, and what might happen? Well, I had coffee yesterday, maybe I should have tea today? Wasn't our call at 5 last week? When will it be this week? I used to be... I will be... I didn't... I should... even I can't, which seems like a present statement, reeks of past inabilities. As A Course in Miracles reminds us, "My mind is preoccupied with past thoughts. I see nothing as it is now." (ACIM; Workbook Lessons 3 & 4)

This is what our dream-stories are made of. There is no difference in attachments or aversions in these dreams, since they all are generated from one delusion... fear. Fear is the delusional projection of separated segments of time and space into past and future, falsely judged as desirable or as unacceptable, always illusory and unreal. And yet we live our lives listening always to our thoughts of past or future, and following the attachments and aversions of whatever dream we think we're in.

Thank God none of it is true. Thank God Reality is always safe and NOW. Thank God that the slightest inkling of this Reality dissolves the dream with joy and laughter. Thank God that none of it, none of it, means anything at all.

The Real World shines in perfect clarity, in the Awakened Field of Awareness that holds you NOW, as in a cocoon of blessing throughout your dreaming. We're not talking about someone else's light here. Scripture tells us that YOUR light IS come. Everything you've ever thought you wanted, every dream of love and wholeness and completion, every longing for a larger life, every prayer for safety and security IS come. Everything IS in this Awakened Field of Awareness... not as separate things in a dream of coming and going, but as Beloved aspects of Self, eternal and whole and forever free and complete.

Thy Light IS come... and your radiance outshines all stars and suns in the imagined universe. How could it be otherwise, when you live and move and have your True Being in the radiance of God? Rest in the luminous Field of Awakened awareness that enfolds you, Is You. Arise. Shine. Thy Light IS come!

"You are surrounded only by Him. What limits can there be on you whom He encompasses?" -- A Course in Miracles; Chapter 18, Section VI, 10:6-7