1. Why we fake unity.
You walk into the church, and for an hour and a half, it's pure love on display. Blacks, Hispanics, Whites, sitting shoulder to shoulder. There’s hugging, kissing, smiling — all in the name of peace. For a brief moment, we’ve touched something real. Something powerful. But then it happens—noon hits. The service ends. The crowd leaves, and all that love? Gone. Just like that. As they walk to their cars, the embrace dissolves into indifference. You won’t see them hugging on the street, won’t see them smiling at each other in the grocery store. It’s like the love was never there to begin with.
And here’s the painful truth: it wasn’t.
In A Course in Miracles (ACIM), we learn that the world we experience is an illusion — one built by the ego to keep us separate, to make us forget who we really are. Inside those church walls, we taste a sliver of unity. We glimpse the oneness that is our true nature, the oneness we share with God and each other. But the ego hates this. The moment we step outside, the ego reasserts itself, whispering, “Remember who you are — a separate body, with separate interests. Protect yourself.” And we listen.
That’s why the love we feel in church fades so fast. It’s not real love; it’s conditional, ego-driven love. It’s a love that says, “I’ll embrace you here, but not out there. I’ll kiss you at peace, but once I leave, you're just another person I need to compete with, defend myself against, or ignore.” The ego thrives on this division. It creates barriers where there are none, convincing us that our unity is a momentary experience rather than the eternal truth.
Now imagine if that love didn’t vanish. What if we brought those principles into Monday morning? Instead of just worshipping the ego's gods — profit, survival, competition — we’d recognize that true profitability isn’t measured in dollars, but in how we treat each other. We'd redefine success, not by how much we get, but by how much we give. ACIM teaches that giving is the way we remember who we are, because in giving, we realize there’s nothing to lose. In giving, we affirm that what we share, we keep.
But I know what you're thinking: "This sounds utopian, unrealistic. Knowing man, it won’t happen." And maybe you’re right — as long as we keep listening to the ego. The ego will tell you that love has limits, that it's impractical outside the sanctuary. But that's the lie. The love we touch in those brief moments at church is real. It’s a glimpse of the truth beyond the illusion, a truth that can extend to every aspect of life if we let it.
So why doesn’t it? Because we’re still addicted to the ego's game of separation. We’re afraid to live what we claim to believe. We’ve made a religion out of duality — unity inside the walls, division outside. ACIM tells us there is no such split. There’s no “church love” and “worldly love.” There’s only Love, with a capital L. It’s who we are, if we’d stop being afraid to live it.
The question is, when are we going to stop faking unity and start living it?
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Please forgive me.
Thank you.
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