The Kingdom of Heaven

'Blessed are the poor in spirit,'  Jesus said,  'for theirs will be the kindom of heaven.'  What does  'poor in spirit'  mean?  No inner baggage, no identifications.  Not with things, nor with and mental concepts that have a sense of self in them.  And what is the 'kingdom of heaven'?  The simple but profound joy of Being that is there when you let go of identifcations and so become 'poor in spirit.'

Eckhart Tolle

It is hard to understand what  'The Kingdom of Heaven is within you'  really means.  This is beause it is not understandable to the ego, which interprets it as if something outside is inside, and this does not mean anything.  The word 'within' is unnecessary.  The Kingdom of Heaven is you.  What else but you did the Creator create, and what else but you is His Kingdom?  This is the whole message of the Atonement; a message which in its totality transcends the sum of its parts.  You, too, have a Kingdom that your spirit created.  It has not ceased to create because of the ego's illusions.  Your creations are no more fatherless than you are.  Your ego and you spirit will never be co-creators, but your spirit and your Creator will always be.  Be confident that your spirit and your Creator will always be.  Be confident that your creations are as safe as you are.

The Kingdom is perfectly united and perfectly
protected, and the ego will not prevail against it.  Amen.

A Course in Miracles