became.<\/span><\/p>\nJesus and Mary both invite us to newness in a way that elicits change, yet we\u2019re encouraged in a manner subtle enough that we don\u2019t try to \u201cachieve\u201d change. Our return to our true nature, to who we are here to be, occurs as we reverse our unnatural progression \u201caway\u201d from who we are. The consequence is that you don\u2019t even know it is happening \u2026 until you do.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nMaybe you, like me, will find yourself surprised at the blending of the \u201cnew you,\u201d and the \u201cyou\u201d that you have been. At first, you might think that \u201cwho you thought you were\u201d will have to go. But already, in the 23<\/span>rd<\/span> Chapter of \u201cThe Course,\u201d Jesus said he was helping us let go of old <\/span>beliefs<\/span><\/i> to free space \u201cin us\u201d for <\/span>the new. <\/span><\/i>He says that space allows us to reflect what and who we are \u201cnow\u201d in terms that coincide <\/span>with who we\u2019ve always been<\/span><\/i>. This was called \u201cthe most individual of accomplishments.\u201d Paraphrasing C:23.23<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Isn\u2019t it beautiful to remember that?\u00a0 For each of us, our expansion is \u201cthe most individual of accomplishments.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n
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