A Course in Miracles Lesson 182 I will be still an instant,
And go home.
This world you seem to live in is not home to you.
You feel an alien here.
We are not at home.
We go uncertainly about in endless search,
Seeking in darkness what we cannot find.
The home we seek cannot be made by us.
There is no substitute for heaven.
All we ever made was hell.
There is a holy child in us,
Our higher self,
Who seeks our Father's house.
A holy child that knows that we are alien here.
This child is eternal,
With an innocence that will endure forever.
Where this child shall go is holy ground.
It is the holiness of our higher self that lights up heaven.
It is the holiness of our higher self that brings to earth the pure reflection of the light above,
Wherein our earth and heaven join as one.
It is our higher self,
This holy child in us,
Our Father knows as his own child.
It is this holy child in us who knows our Father in heaven.
We will not fail.
Our higher self will go home,
And we will go home with it.
The holy child came to this world knowing we would not fail.
The holy child whispers of its home to us unceasingly,
For it would bring us back home with it,
That it might stay home and not return again to this world,
This world where it does not belong and would not have to return again,
To this world where we live as an outcast,
Where we live in a world of alien thoughts.
Give your higher self just a little time to be within the peace that is its home,
Resting in silence,
Resting in peace,
Resting in love,
Resting in silence,
Resting in peace,
Resting in love.
The patience of our higher self has no limits.
It will wait until we hear its gentle voice within us,
Calling us to let the holy child of God go home in peace and bring us along when you are still an instant,
When the world recedes from you,
When valueless ideas cease to have value in your restless mind,
Then will you hear the voice of your higher self as it calls to you that you will not resist much longer.
In that instant,
Your higher self will take you home and you will stay in perfect stillness,
Silent and at peace,
Beyond all words,
Untouched by fear,
Untouched by doubt,
Sublimely certain you are at home.
Say to yourself,
Say in your mind,
I am one with my higher self,
I am one with the holy child.
We rest together,
Taking a break from this world for a few moments.
We breathe together the holy air of our Father's house.
We ponder on this.
Our higher self does not ask for more than just a few instants of relief,
Just an interval in which it can return home to breathe again the holy air that fills our Father's house.
Now be still for an instant.
Give your higher self just a little time to be within the peace that is its home.
Go home with your higher self,
The holy child,
For a little while.
I am one with my higher self,
I am one with the holy child.
We rest together,
We breathe together the holy air of our Father's house,
Our home,
Resting in silence,
Resting in peace,
Resting in love.
I will be still for an instant,
And go home.
Nothing real can be threatened,
Nothing unreal exists.
Herein lies the peace of God.
