Have you have you ever heard the expression “it is what it is”? What does that expression mean exactly?
Before I understood the deeper meaning of the expression, I envisioned an emaciated yogi guru in the lotus position floating above the ground imperiously imparting wisdom that could take scholars multiple lifetimes to interpret. Seeing as how that is my last life on earth and the lotus position would put me in traction, I knew that consulting the Course In Miracles would help me clarify its meaning.
What’s the IT that people are authoring here? According to the Course in Miracles, IT is truth, specifically God’s truth. Exactly why is it important to emphasize that it is God’s truth? Because God’s truth is not available to interpretations whereas a human’s facts are. Multiple versions of human truth have result in a myriad of religions. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia defines religion as a “system of thought, feeling, and action that is shared by way of a group and that gives the members an object of devotion.”
Who devised the system of thought? On whose feelings are these thoughts based? Are actions really necessary? In line with the Course In Miracles, God just is and our ultimate goal is to return to a perfect state of being. There is no thought or action in the state of being, you just are. What must not be forgotten is the underlying thread of all religions: God is creator, God is love and we are all perfect and infinite children of God.
Most find it very unsettling to take into account the idea that choice is in fact an illusion, or the illusion of choice, as stated in A Course in Miracles (ACIM). You make choices everyday, therefore the notion of choice not being real seems highly illogical also to say the least, improbable, given its consistent daily use. Although choice is essential while you are here, it ultimately remains part of the illusion and isn’t a part of God. Choice is unsettling as you believe it to be necessary, not because it is an illusion.”
It stands to reason that you will be in what you think of as this world as you have made a decision, or choice, because of this world to be real. If you continue making that same choice, it keeps on becoming more and more real. ACIM clearly points out that ideas usually do not leave their source. Who then will be the source? What choices are you currently really making?
Choice, Perception and Judgment:
You think this world is real because you made the choice to believe the ego’s version of reality from the original separation. Those initial perceptions are followed by the next choice which is to judge the results, thereby producing further consequences which reinforce the belief nowadays. It is a vicious, no-win cycle. As you perceive you will judge; so when you judge you will perceive. Error is made real by this simple twisted deception. Withdraw your choice to believe in the results and the error could be corrected.
Choice and Source:
Can you not then be the source since you will be the one making the choice to believe? You do not understand that original separation; however, you are making choices now, and you are doing so continuously. Every moment you’re choosing between thoughts, feelings and ideas, etc. If it is not you, then who do you want to claim is responsible? Be cautious, because claiming another is responsible is in fact blame and you have no power to change so long as you think another is in charge. You’re simply making yourself a victim. Both of these are ego tricks.
Accepting responsibility for everything, including choice and its own consequences is the fastest way to change. This allows you to choose again as you can see the outcomes and realize that you must have chosen in error. It is your ideas and beliefs combined with decision, or choice, to make them true that becomes the result of everything you see in your world. REGULATIONS of Cause and Effect is very simple: According to the mind you pick from, as cause, you will notice the corresponding effect.
un curso de milagros So long as as you’ve got a split mind, you are constantly choosing between the wrong mind of the ego (error) and the Right Mind of the Holy Spirit (correction). You will notice the effect depending on choice of mind you use as cause. You cannot have two masters. In the ego world, it will always be one or the other. Choosing the correction of the Holy Spirit undoes the error of the ego and returns the mind to the peace of God. This process is also referred to as forgiveness.
Choice for Correction:
Forgiveness is only your brain being returned, or corrected, back to the Truth because you decide for it to be that way. Handing over the ego’s judgments corrects your brain and correction is what? Forgiveness. A different cause results in a different effect.
Choice is, therefore, necessary in this illusion because there is something to select between. However, the greatest use of choice is served by knowing both the error and correction sides of the split mind, or what you opting for between. Then, simply remember that your goal is to return your brain to True Perception and choose again! It will help to keep in mind the coinciding terms for True Perception: Correction, forgiveness, salvation, atonement, truth, Holy Spirit and God. There is absolutely no difference.