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Letting Peace Replace Conflict

We can choose to experience God’s peace all through the day today… We can choose to experience God’s Love all through the day today…

We do this by reinforcing the habit of stepping back from from what we have done in the past. We can step back from going on ego’s automatic pilot. We can be kind and gentle with ourselves by paying attention to our state of mind as we ago through our day.

Are the thoughts going through our minds reflecting the Holy Spirit’s peace, or are they reflecting conflict and limitation? If we notice the latter, we can reinforce our commitment to returning to God’s Will for us and every brother. We can to return to the purifying waters of God’s peace. We can return to simple, uncomplicated Love.

We give God’s Will a chance today by letting peace replace conflict all through the day.

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Accepting the Light We Are

[The idea that you are the light of the world] is the perfect answer to all illusions, and therefore to all temptation. It brings all the images you have made about yourself to the truth, and helps you depart in peace, unburdened and certain of your purpose. (A Course in Miracles, W-pI.61.4:2-3)

The truth in all of us is that we are the Light of the world because we are God’s Son. We are unaware of this Light when we believe we are a body, separate from God and each other.

Today’s practice is to remind ourselves frequently that, as God’s Son, we are the Light of the world. As we accept this fact, we release the false images of separation and the guilt that comes with them. We free ourselves to remember that we are Love and nothing else. We experience the deep peace that is our natural state in Heaven.

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Today Is Dedicated to Accepting the Truth

Today is a day of special dedication. We take a stand on but one side today. We side with truth and let illusions go. We will not vacillate between the two, but take a firm position with the One. We dedicate ourselves to truth today, and to salvation as God planned it be. We will not argue it is something else. We will not seek for it where it is not. In gladness we accept it as it is, and take the part assigned to us by God. (A Course in Miracles, W-pI.98.1)

We let the veil of illusions be lifted today. We walk hand in hand with the Holy Spirit, receiving a changed perception as we go through our day. We receive the Holy Spirit’s peace, and give as we receive. We receive the certainty that we are still as God created us, along with every brother. We let ourselves be carried by Holy Spirit through the day, knowing our safety and invulnerability are assured. We let ourselves feel the happiness and joy that come as we take the part assigned to us each moment of this day. We have a mighty purpose to fulfill — to accept the truth today.

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Seeking Happiness Where It Can Be Found

Everyone wants to be happy. Every day we search for happiness. Yet it seems to elude us. This is because we are following the direction of the ego, which will always tell us to search where it cannot be found. But there is another Guide Whose purpose is to lead us back to Heaven, where we will find the happiness we seek.

Forgiveness is the key to happiness. If we were as diligent about following the Holy Spirit’s guidance instead of the ego’s, our days would be filled with joy. We would be shown the Light of Love everywhere instead of the darkness of separation and fear. We would recognize our brothers as our dearest and trusted Friends. We would feel our oneness as we see the innocence in our brothers and ourselves.

Once again, our practice today is to hold our minds open to the Holy Spirit’s guidance and vision to let our vain imaginings be replaced by the Holy Spirit’s perception of the truth in us and all our brothers. Thus will we move forward on our quest to return to the happiness given us in our creation.

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Take Every Problem to Him

God offers you the means to see [your brother’s] innocence. Would it be fair to punish him because you will not look at what is there to see? Each time you keep a problem for yourself to solve, or judge that it is one that has no resolution, you have made it great, and past the hope of healing. (A Course in Miracles, T-26.II.5:5-7)

It is our insistence that the images of the world are real that stands in the way of our healing. These images were made to make it seem that we actually have separated from our Source, and are therefore weak and capable of loss. It makes problems seem real and unresolvable. This is a self deception that keeps us limited and fearful. It need not be.

We have the means within our minds to let this self deception be undone. Yet we must be willing to bring each of these deceiving images, these mistaken beliefs, to the Voice for Love in our minds with willingness to receive Its gentle correction of our misperception.

This practice is the key to happiness and peace. It is the means by which we exchange hell for Heaven, fear for Love. Today our practice is to interpret no image in the world on our own and to welcome the Holy Spirit’s interpretation instead.

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Willingness to See We Are One with Our Brother in Love

No one can look upon the fear of God unterrified, unless he has accepted the Atonement and learned illusions are not real.

To look upon the fear of God does need some preparation. Only the sane can look on stark insanity and raving madness with pity and compassion, but not with fear. For only if they share in [madness] does it seem fearful, and you do share in it until you look upon your brother with perfect faith and love and tenderness. Before complete forgiveness you still stand unforgiving. You are afraid of God because you fear your brother. Those you do not forgive you fear. And no one reaches love with fear beside him. (A Course in Miracles, T-19.IV.i.9:1;11:1-7)

The illusion of separation is the effect of rejecting our oneness in God’s Love. The desire for specialness is the rejection of oneness. This desire produces the illusion that we are separate and alone. Within this delusion, we think we are unique individuals with private thoughts we do not share. As long as we identify with this false image of ourselves, we will fear the oneness of Love, because it would mean the end of the false identity we have claimed as our own. Yet the only way out of fear is to let go of this false identity and claim our real Identity as Love in the one Mind of Love.

Within the framework of the illusion of separation, we cannot find our way back to Love’s oneness. We need our true Self, our inner Teacher, to lead us out. Our inner Teacher leads us out through forgiving, or letting go of, the dream of separation. Our brother becomes our savior as we are willing to let the veil be lifted to see the innocent face of Christ in place of our delusions of separation and guilt. Our inner Teacher shows us the face of Christ as we are willing to receive It. This is our practice for today.

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Returning to the Center of Peace Within

In silence, close your eyes upon the world that does not understand forgiveness, and seek sanctuary in the quiet place where thoughts are changed and false beliefs laid by. …Be glad to hear the Voice of truth and healing speak to you, and you will understand the words He speaks, and recognize He speaks your words to you. (A Course in Miracles, W-pI.126.10:1,3-4)

Our right mind is a place of peace that remains eternally joined with the Mind of Love. It is undisturbed by the chaos of the ego thought system of separation. Our right mind is a place of refuge that we can go to in any moment to be reminded of the truth and to be healed of the false ideas that bring us fear and guilt.

The practice of going to this center of peace within to let our minds be healed is how we let go of judgment and guilt. It is here that we are able to give and receive the gift of forgiveness. It is here that we are freed from the self imposed limits that come with the belief in separation. This is our practice for today.

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