source
For a reason lost to antiquity we’ve forgotten from whence we came. Apparently it was our decision to do so, which is why God cannot force herself into our consciousness. We must decide to go back by demolishing the barriers we’ve created between us and God. Prayer and genuine effort at reconciliation goes a long way.
our only love
We’re seeking ultimate satisfaction. We cry for love and crave for attention. We want to be heard and to matter. No earthly goal or desire has yet been able to deliver, and never will. That’s because we seek ultimate satisfaction and fulfillment. Only realization of ultimate reality will do the trick. If we’re not clear about what we seek, we’ll never be satisfied, happy or fulfilled.
it’s all helpful
What does ‘are helpful’ mean here? From the perspective of A Course in Miracles, everything in our life experience is pushing us to awaken from the dream of this existence. And what’s pushing us is our own soul-level choosing. Nothing that’s happening to us is not of our own choosing. All that appears to be happening to us is helpful and is gently (mostly) guiding us to awaken.
come back
We’ve been on a misadventure. When we wish we can go back home. When we’ve had enough we can all head back home to safety. Actually we’re already home, when we really want we can decide to wake up from this dream.
‘This world is not real’. Come back with me. Come back.
illusory
Could it be that we’re living in a mass, self-perpetuated hallucination or a virtual reality world? Can it be that, like what some religions suggest, we’re living in an illusory reality, a dream? And if so, how can we wake up from it? How can we be awake to our true nature?
not special
This is contrary to what one might expect. Love can be special, is special, we say. What this quote is saying is that when we love someone more than anyone else we’re making exceptions that are ego-based. The source of love is God and God will not and cannot love one part of his creation more than another. Love cannot make exceptions and therefore ‘is not special’. Our love, if we are to truly become the love that we already are, must be like God’s for her creation.
express love
Expressing love, because we are love, is our prime duty and privilege. God, being love, and everything, means that love is what we must realize we already are. That’s really our only purpose on this planet. Any other pursuit is foolhardy and not worth anything. We deserve to live happy, healthy and joyous lives. That’s only possible if we allow the miraculous love of God to be expressed through and as us.
[series] Soul stirring quotes from A Course in Miracles