C 15: II. The End of Doubt, P 5, 6

II. The End of Doubt, P 5

⁵ The holy instant has not yet happened to you. Yet it will, and you will recognize it with perfect certainty. No gift of God is recognized in any other way. You can practice the mechanics of the holy instant, and will learn much from doing so. Yet its shining and glittering brilliance, which will literally blind you to this world by its own vision, you cannot supply. And here it is, all in this instant, complete, accomplished and given wholly.

Journal

One of these days we will, each of us, experience the holy instant of release from the illusion of separation. There is no doubt of this. It is God’s Will and therefore has already been accomplished. When it does occur we will not wonder if it has been done. Jesus says that its shining and glittering brilliance will literally blind us to the world we made. We cannot give ourselves this vision but our willingness and our practice will make it possible for us to have it.

II. The End of Doubt, P 5

⁶ Start now to practice your little part in separating out the holy instant. You will receive very specific instructions as you go along. To learn to separate out this single second, and to experience it as timeless, is to begin to experience yourself as not separate. Fear not that you will not be given help in this. God’s Teacher and His lesson will support your strength. It is only your weakness that will depart from you in this practice, for it is the practice of the power of God in you. Use it but for one instant, and you will never deny it again. Who can deny the Presence of what the universe bows to, in appreciation and gladness? Before the recognition of the universe that witnesses to It, your doubts must disappear.

Journal

What is this holy instant that Jesus is talking about? It is the instant that we forgive ourselves through forgiving our brothers. It is the instant that we awaken from the dream and remember who we are. It is the instant that we return our minds to God and Heaven replaces hell. We can have this now even while we still seem to exist in this world.

Jesus tells us to start now to practice our little part in separating out the holy instant. He reassures us that we will receive very specific instructions as we go along. I have found this to be true. I have found the instructions in A Course in Miracles, in teachers he sends to me, in my own mind where the Holy Spirit resides. All I have to do is pay attention, and follow the instructions.

When I first read this it seemed so far out of reach I could not really grasp it. But we are not left on our own; we are supported and strengthened as we accept our part. It starts off very simply as we learn to choose forgiveness instead of guilt, the miracle instead of the grievance. Perhaps we do this sometimes and gradually, then, our little willingness grows and it becomes the way we live our life. The peace of God becomes our only goal. Eventually, the mind is healed and the holy instant becomes the only place we exist. This is when hell is translated into Heaven.