Note: Published in the May – June issue of Miracles magazine (Jon Mundy, publisher).
by Celia Hales
There is one thought in particular that should be remembered throughout the day. It is a thought of pure joy, a thought of peace, a thought of limitless release—limitless because all things are freed within it. (ACIM, COA ed., M-16.6:1-2)
Drape your persona in a mantle of peace and joy. Let who you are shine through the personal self who continues to walk this world a while longer. (ACOL, T2:13.6)
Hold in the mind’s eye all of your domain—your relationships, your careers, your physical objects—and say, “Behold, it’s been a lot of fun!” (WOM, “The Way of Knowing,” Chap. 35)
I have used the words, “pure joy” and “limitless release,” here quoted from A Course in Miracles, almost as a mantra over the years. There is such hope in the promise of joy and release. Previously, we have been so doubled up in agony over the machinations of the ego. And it is such a blessing to know that we need not live this way. We can live in the hope of continual joy and release, and this is just what Jesus is asking us to do in this passage.
A Course of Love continues the theme. We are still here, on earth, walking this world a while longer. And peace and joy are the hallmarks of a well-lived life. It is true that we often think that we have to achieve to merit grace. Yet this is a false concept. We are accepted just as we are, even with all of our mistakes and false notions of an ego-oriented self.
The Way of Mastery introduces a new concept, perhaps a startling concept to us who are still so very serious about life (“serious” itself a plague of the ego). “Have fun!,” these words of Jesus say. It is in the limitless release from ACIM that we discover how to truly enjoy our fun. We relax into our days, knowing that the God Who created us and loves us knows that our lightheartedness is the very way that we need to walk. We only thought that God didn’t want us to have a good time.
Limitless release will lead to a peace and joy that knows no bounds. Say a mantra today that will attract the Love that enfolds us, never to let the seriousness of the ego intrude again.
MIRACLES EACH DAY 
In many ways it is a model of development. Spiritual and psychological crossroads. We must first come into a sense of knowing in order to let that ego go. The ego itself is as a psychological necessity for survival. It grounds us in a sense of self, which in turn permeates our capacity interact with the outside world. It is from this perspective that we can then begin to let go and allow the essence of Self to manifest outside of what we portray within the ego construct. Thank you for the great read. I have often wondered how scripture handles the psychological constructs of the self/Self axis common to analytical psychology.
i sent a long comment but it has not appeared here
It appears on the “Limitless Peace and Joy” post. Thank you very much for your thoughts.
Love, Celia