The Only Thing That Can Be Saved

In the Disappearance of the Universe, Gary’s teachers alerts us about the four levels of learning (dualism, semi-dualism, non-dualism, and pure non-dualism) and how we can bounce like a ping pong ball among the four levels. They also say that the same scripture or spiritual writing will have an entirely different meaning to us, depending upon from which level of learning we happen to be operating at that time.

Have you had this experience?

It happened with me with a 77-word passage from the Disappearance of the Universe that combines two quotes from A Course in Miracles. I had probably gone over this passage a dozen times before, either by reading or listening to the Disappearance of the Universe CD. During a recent listening, I stumbled upon this passage and found myself wanting to listen to it over and over again without really knowing why. It was during a recent listening that I discovered that this brief passage answers five important questions.

Do you know the answers?

1. What is the only thing that can be saved?
2. What is the only way to save it?
3. How do we attain peace?
4. What do our illusions hide?
5. What are we to lie before the Altar of God?

Here’s the passage: (DU page 264, CD 4 Track 06 0:00)

“Salvation is for the mind, and it is attained through peace. This is the only thing that can be saved and the only way to save it. The Course also teaches that you attain this peace by forgiving your illusions. …And what they hid is now revealed; an altar to the holy Name of God whereon His Word is written, with the gifts of your forgiveness laid before it, and the memory of God not far behind”

Here is what I took from the passage.

What is the only thing that can be saved? The mind
Our spiritual work must focus on changing our thinking – saving ourselves from the false beliefs we have about ourselves and others. It is NEITHER the body or the spirit that needs saving. The spirit is already home in God and our body can never get there.

What is the only way to save it? Through peace
The mind is saved as it attains peace.

How do we attain peace? Through forgiving our illusions
Peace is the inevitable result when we forgive our illusions by recognizing 24x7 that this world we seem to live in is just our dream. Peace is the inevitable result when we see our holiness everywhere and see all judgment and grievance as nothing. Who can not be peaceful when they truly recognize that nothing in a dream can hurt them?

What do our illusions hide? The Altar to the Holy Name of God
Our dream of separation – the anger, the fear, the judgment, the grievances – hide what has always been there.

What are we to lie before the Altar of God? The gifts of our forgiveness
As we forgive, lay aside all grievances, and experience the world as Jesus did – as a vehicle to return home by practicing forgiveness every moment of every day – our memory of our true home returns. And we rest in God. What a joy!

Salvation is for the mind, and it is attained through peace. This is the only thing that can be saved and the only way to save it.

In Joy,

Michael