What is real, What is not?

By Heather Fraser

One of the first statements made in the book, A Course In Miracles, is "Nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists, herein lies the peace of God." On my third journey through this teaching manual, I am finally coming to understand this as the Truth.

So just what is real anyway? What does that mean to the average person whose deepest desire is to have inner peace, and yet remains lost and lonely in a sea of confusion?

The Divine, God, Holy Spirit, Oneness, Light, Acceptance, Love. This is real and cannot be threatened. This is the place from whence we came, and therefore, we can be nothing else. Herein lies the peace of God. Once we accept this, herein lies the key to our own inner peace, and the world's.

Ego, Darkness, Attack, Suspiciousness, Separateness, Rejection. This is unreal and therefore does not exist except through our allegiance to it, in which case it appears to be very real, but in truth, a massive illusion of the mind, one that depends solely on our willingness to tolerate it.

We were made in the likeness of God, the One Mind, and if God is perfect, and God is Love, then there can be no other Truth. Therefore, we cannot be anywhere except in the One Mind, and when we forget this, we will despair and we will attack. This arrogance is the denial of love, as love shares, and arrogance withholds. As long as both appear to be desirable to us, the concept of choice — which is not of God, will remain with us. Quite simply, God Is. There is nothing else.

How then do we go about living this truth in our normal day-to-day lives? What would that look like? And how would that feel?

When I look back many years ago to the first time I read A Course In Miracles, I remember feeling more frustrated than free! Pledging allegiance to Spirit was a huge threat to my ego, which at the time I thought was extremely real! How could all those angry, bitter, hateful, dark feelings not be real? How could all that emptiness, isolation, sadness and grief not be real? I can clearly remember screaming at God to prove to me that what I was experiencing was not real. It sure felt real to me! But in truth, I only suffered because I refused to accept what was real — that the Holy Spirit evaluates and accepts us as we truly are, as Love. The ego can't do that. It's impossible. The ego does not love.

If it's true that we only receive as much as we can accept, then my refusal to accept God as real created a huge lack of Peace, Wholeness, and Joy in my life.

To accept that God Is, and nothing else is to accept Peace. And what could be a better stage than a planet with over 6 billion people on it to put this truth into practice!? For it is with each other that the Light of God is reflected back to us. How else could we possibly know God if not through the eyes of another? What is within us is always reflected back to us.

If we continue to accept darkness, pain, and suffering as our guide, we will surely self-destruct, not only as individuals, but also as a Whole.

It's time to accept the Light of Love within ourselves. It's time to look upon our fellow human beings and accept the Truth of who they are. It's time to speak gently, walk softly, accept fully, dance sweetly, sing joyfully, look deeply, and love unconditionally with each soul that gets put upon our path. That soul is there for a reason. They must be accepted, not rejected. They have been wisely placed there for our own growth, an opportunity for us to love and teach love. It is only when we can accept ourselves as the Light of Love that we can help another see it in themselves. This is the Divine calling of All.

How then, can there be anything more Sacred than another?

Copyright 2009 Heather Fraser — www.heatherfraser.com Ontario, Canada

About Heather Fraser

Heather Fraser, born December 30, 1962 in Toronto, moved to Africa at the age of 9. It was here that Heather began to understand the connection to all living things and come to know the grace and wisdom of both the natural and esoteric world. Her healing, infinite journey of transformation has lead her to the richest, most sought after destination anywhere — home — to the soul. This place of deep awareness and self-acceptance of her special gifts of sensitivity, empathy, and intuition has given her all the passion and inspiration needed to write and teach what she has learned about honoring the Self and nurturing the soul — the true purpose of our existence. Heather specializes in counseling, re-educating, and profoundly validating those that are highly sensitive, intuitive, empaths, helping them to accept these traits as the gifts that they are and to express them proudly and shamelessly.

She is a gifted, prolific, successful published writer, poet, and speaker with a readership spanning the globe, as well as a Reconnective Healing Practitioner, a Level III Touch For Health Practitioner, and a former Holistic Nutritional Consultant, RNCP. Heather is the proud mother of a daughter she names Sage, who is also a highly intuitive, sensitive empath. They live together in Ontario, CANADA with their lazy cat and hilarious lovebird. For more information, or to contact Heather, please visit her website at www.heatherfraser.com