The Fullness of God

"Know the Love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God." -- The Bible; Ephesians 3:19

"Jesus represented Christ, the true Idea of God. Man is idea, the image of Love; he is not physique. He is the compound Idea of God, including all right ideas; the generic term for all that reflects God's image and likeness; the conscious identity of Being in which man is the reflections of God, or Mind, and therefore is eternal; that which has no separate mind from God; that which has not a single quality underived from Deity; that which possesses no life, intelligence, nor creative power of his own, but reflects spiritually all that belongs to his Maker." -- Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy; Page 316, Line 12, & Page 475, Lines 13-22

"Your holiness reverses all the laws of the world. It is beyond every restriction of time, space, distance, and limits of any kind. Through your holiness the Power of God is made manifest. There is nothing the Power of God cannot do. Your holiness, then, can remove all pain, can end all sorrow, and can solve all problems. It can do so in connection with yourself and with anyone else." -- A Course in Miracles; Workbook 38, 1:1-2, & 2:2-6

When we talk about God, we talk about Her/Him as a separate entity, who may be present or not. We act as though we can be apart from God. We act as though it is up to us to communicate with God or not. We act as though we are grown up children who have left our father's house and get to decide whether we want to talk to him or not. Actually, we are like cocky little fish who claim we can walk and breathe air. Who needs water?

In Reality, we live and move and have our being in God just as a fish does the water. We're not talking about physical being here... that's a misperception. We can't see clearly when we think we see with the physical eyes, because "sight is related to His Holiness, not to your ego, and therefore not to your body." What we perceive as our life on earth takes place only in our own minds and stories. Given to the Holiness that we are, our perceptions are purified and illumined... and we find the Fullness of God is literally everywhere. As ACIM puts it: "Your life is not as you imagine it."

What does it mean to know that the Fullness of God envelopes and enfolds me? What does it mean to know that I Am One with the Fullness of God? These are two questions that will transform every aspect of my life, if I will ask them with an open mind and heart. We are so willing to see ourselves as guilty and wrong and separate. But as ACIM says, "If guilt is hell, what is its opposite? My holiness is my salvation from this."

Try this just for today: Say to yourself repeatedly, "The Fullness of God envelopes and enfolds me (this person, this situation). I Am One with the Fullness of God." Again, we are not talking about the physical self or personality. We're talking about our True Self, the Self that is pure Spirit, Perfect, Whole, and Complete in every way, that has never been apart from God and All Good. "The Fullness of God envelopes and enfolds me. I Am One with the Fullness of God." This Awareness of Self corrects all errors of perception within my life dream, and returns me to sanity. "There is nothing my holiness cannot do."

"Your holiness is the answer to every question that was ever asked, is being asked now, or will be asked in the future. Your holiness means the end of guilt, and therefore the end of hell. Your holiness is the salvation of the world, and your own."