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Soaking in God’s Peace

Holy Spirit to Mary:
Let go of efforting. Just relax. Know that your true Self is with you in your mind, always ready to guide you in a flow of peace. Keep your mind open to receiving peace… Make this your highest priority, rather than trying to solve problems on your own.

Breathe in peace… Let peace melt away every concern… Let yourself rest in God’s peace… Let yourself receive the full benefits of God’s gifts to you… Let everything else melt away… Just peace… Just the eternal present in God’s Love…

Give yourself time as often as you can to rest in God’s Love. This brings you to the awareness of Love’s Presence. This is not a little gift. It changes your whole perspective about everything in the world. It brings you back to the awareness of What you are and Where you are eternally. The trivial concerns of the world soften as you step back from it even just a little. Here you feel Holy Spirit’s calmness and confidence. Here you rise above the world to see the Love that is always there. Here you feel safe. Here is your strength. Here is your Home.

After this beautiful interval of soaking in God’s peace, you come back to the world with a new perspective. You have a strong knowing that the perfect circumstances are showing up as you need them to serve the Holy Spirit’s purpose of awakening from the dream. You give thanks that you have so much help in awakening from the dream of separation.

Robert:
My heart is filled with joy as I recognize the day as another opportunity to see Love everywhere. The Love that I am automatically joins with all Love, for that is Love’s nature. My job is to disregard all seeming interferences that appear to block the awareness of Love’s presence. Love is always present, being eternal and changeless. No matter what wild imaginings I may believe, they cannot change the eternal Presence of Love.

So today is another day to practice looking past appearances and letting the Holy Spirit show me that appearances have no substance, while Love is all that matters. It is this I want today. As I accept it, joy fills my heart.

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Willing to Awaken

Robert:
Time is one of the ego’s principal mechanisms for making separation appear real. The past seems to be out of reach, yet we put great effort into remembering the past. We try to memorize facts and experiences. Because we have made the past so important, we put a lot of effort and energy into creating monuments to the past. We fill photo albums and scrapbooks and shelves with images and trinkets to help us remember the past. We put stone monuments in the ground with the hope that they will provide a lasting link between the past and the future. We research into the past for the genealogy of the body in an attempt to link ourselves to the past and thereby establish that we have a meaningful existence now.

Because the ego has no meaning, it tries to establish meaning based on the past. Then it tries to use the past to give meaning to an unknown future. We try to plan for a future that is not here, but the only resource we have to plan for the future is the past, which is also not here. Thus we use imaginary “memories” or images from the past to build images in an imaginary future. The present is totally ignored. In fact the present is denied because, in the present, we would find the reality of Love and recognize the ego is nothing.

We see here how the ego would hide the simplicity of oneness now with the complexity of past and future woven out of illusions. Of ourselves we cannot find our way out of this complex and confusing world of time and space we have made.

By the grace of God we have the means in our mind to reach beyond the little self image we have made to the strength and vision of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit sees the complex dreams we have made but does not believe them. Thus He can provide a bridge that we can understand that gently and lovingly leads us out of our self-made prison into the freedom of the Light of Love.

This is my prayer today: Holy Spirit, help me to see as You see. I offer You my thoughts, my images, with willingness for You to use them on behalf of awakening to Love. Guide me in all my doing. I cannot awaken on my own, but with You all things are possible. Thank You for Your gifts of strength and peace and loving guidance. Amen.

Mary:
I begin today by putting out the welcome mat to the Holy Spirit. I am willing to remember that I know nothing on my own. I am willing to relax and accept Holy Spirit’s gift of peace. I am willing to let myself be carried. The Holy Spirit knows the big picture and will bring whatever we need in the moment to fulfill His plan of awakening. All I have to do is to remember once again to choose peace, be quiet and listen. This is my practice today.

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The Vision of Christ

Mary:
This is my prayer for today: Heal my mind, my Father. Let all my thoughts be still. Let me not bring the past to the present. I am as a little child, willing to be led. I do not know the way, but You do. I am willing to be quiet and listen. I am willing to let go of what I think I know and be led to the truth of my true Identity in You. And now I simply soften, relax and welcome your peace…

As I am willing, You carry me to a different state of mind, where all is seen as One. Differences dissolve and are seen as meaningless. Your effortless peace and Love replace all the uncertainty and confusion that seemed so real before. As I give welcome to peace, the veil is lifted and there is now only a calm reassurance of Love’s Presence, Which is everywhere.

It is here that everyone in the dream of separation resides, whether we realize it or not. We are safe at Home in God and this is what the vision of Christ brings to us. This is the true meaning of Christmas. What a wonderful way to celebrate Christmas — to give welcome to the truth that we are all the same in the one Christ Mind. What better gift could I give to everyone but to give welcome to the truth in my mind, which I share with everyone.

Robert:
Symptoms of dis-spiritedness: Fatigue, confusion, uncertainty, fear, sadness, sickness, depression, loneliness, lack and loss — pretty much the condition of the physical world. Symptoms of being in Spirit: Supreme happiness; a quiet peace that cannot be disturbed; a sense of safety and certainty; a sense of overflowing Love that is welcomed and extended without condition nor limit.

When I identify with an image of myself, I am denying Spirit and experience the symptoms of dis-spiritedness. All I need do to return to Spirit is to be willing to let go of identifying with a false image. I need only be willing to accept Spirit, to accept my Self. The symptoms I experience clearly demonstrate whether I am denying or accepting Spirit. Today I will be vigilant for Spirit. I want the peace of God and so I would accept His gift.

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Step Back and Let the Holy Spirit Lead

Robert:
Love is simple. Being one, It can see nothing else, being unable to conceive of anything but Love. As Love’s extension into the dream of separation, the Holy Spirit recognizes lovelessness, to which it has only one answer: Love.

Peace and happiness are characteristics of Love. Thus if I am not supremely happy and at peace, I must be denying Love. It is this denial that must be corrected and it is this correction that is Holy Spirit’s function.

When I think it is my job to resolve any perceived problem, I begin to make up plans that I think will help. I have noticed a characteristic feature of planning on my own — It usually brings with it a sense of complication that can lead to a sense of feeling overwhelmed with trying to figure it out.

This feeling is a valuable flag that brings to my attention that I am edging the Holy Spirit out and identifying with the ego thought system. It lets me know that it is time to turn over my plans to the Holy Spirit. It’s time to step back, step aside and let the Holy Spirit guide. This practice brings me back to peace, absolves me of the heavy load of trying to consider all the possible effects of my plans, and opens my mind and heart to the Holy Spirit’s inspiration. I notice my shoulders relax, my breathing is easier and happiness returns. Today I will practice again stepping back to let the Holy Spirit lead.

Mary:
Once again, today my only goal is the acceptance and extension of peace. In order to be consistent with this, it is helpful to frequently check my level of peace. Remembering that I rest in God helps. Remembering that I am being carried by the Holy Spirit helps. Remembering that I am just watching a movie helps. Remembering that I am still as God created me and that there is nothing my holiness cannot do helps.

Asking myself frequently, “What am I and Where am I in truth?” helps me stay connected with the Holy Spirit. As I am able to practice this with more frequency, the Holy Spirit brings me inspiration in the moment without effort. Thank you, God. I love you, God. All is flowing in perfect order and I give thanks.

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Accept His Gift

Holy Spirit to Robert:
In Heaven, where all is one, there is no adversary, no competition, no need to defend or plan for your safety. In Heaven, where all is one, you have no needs because all of Heaven is yours, given you by God. This is your Home. This is your natural state.

Your one problem is that you believe you are not at Home. You believe in a self-made image of yourself, fabricated of nothing and having no effect on What and Where you are in truth. But this self-made image stands between you and your experience of Home. And so you engage in countless plans building edifices to protect your image, not realizing that you remain unchanged in the Heart of Love.

Let this go. It is not worthy of you, God’s holy Son. Accept God’s gift and be free. Do this by joining with your brother, recognizing the Christ in him so that you can see it in yourself. Look past the grim and grizzly images of fear and hate that separation would have you see. They are neither true nor real. They are nothing and therefore can have no effect. You are the holy Son of God himself, safe in His Love, eternally at peace, in quiet joy. Accept His gift.

Holy Spirit to Mary:
Do not take this world too seriously, for it is not where you are in truth. In truth, it is just a false image of separation and has nothing to do with God’s creation of his one united Son.

Practice looking at what you are making so real with Me today. I can lighten your load by helping you not take it so seriously. Everything you see through the body’s eyes is just image making and is not really there. You are still safe at Home in Heaven and have never left.

Learn to laugh with Me today. Learn to be lighthearted. Hand over all your thoughts to Me. Together we will not take it so seriously. Everyone is safe at Home in Heaven, no matter what dreams of doom and gloom appear in the ego thought system. Hold My Hand all through the day and let the veil be lifted to see the Christ in everyone.

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Holy Spirit: “What’s Mine Is Yours”

Holy Spirit to Robert:
Step back and let Me lead the way. Remember that you do not perceive your own best interests. As you see yourself now, you cannot know the full effects of your choices and decisions; you cannot know what is truly helpful to all.

But My vision is not limited by how you perceive yourself. That is why it is essential that you step back from your image of yourself and give all your perceptions to Me. Let Me lead you to the full expression of God’s Love in this world you believe in. Only thus will you learn of your freedom. Only thus will you learn how to free your brother along with yourself. Only thus will you learn to see a forgiven world.

Your attempts to plan on your own stand as a barrier against the gift of freedom I offer you. Hand your plans to me. Let them go. I am here in your heart and mind. My only purpose is to guide you to the full recognition of the Self you are. I can use all things in the world you perceive on behalf of leading you to freedom. Rest in My certainty. Rest in My Love. Rest in My peace. What’s Mine is yours.

Holy Spirit to Mary:
You are safe. You are innocent. You are loved. You are Home. Let this awareness sink deeply into every part of your mind.

Just relax and let this awareness in. You are safe. You are innocent. You are Home. This includes everyone you see in the world. There is just one Son and everyone is included. Let your acceptance of this truth grow. God’s one Son has never left Heaven, which means everyone you are currently aware of has never left Heaven. Apply this awareness to everyone you think of.

God’s one Son is still as God created him. Relax and let this awareness return to your holy mind.

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The Blessing of Being Carried

Robert:
For several months a common theme in the inspiration we have received from Holy Spirit has been to let ourselves be carried. It needs repetition because the ego is the idea of being alone and having to “fend for itself.” Letting myself be carried is really a path that leads to freedom from the ego. Letting myself be carried is how I learn how much I am loved by my Creator, how much help I have, and the strength that is available to me when I am willing to accept that Help.

The practice of stepping back and letting the Holy Spirit do the planning, guide my steps and inspire my thoughts leads me to the experience of freedom from limitation. Ultimately it absolves me from guilt because the Holy Spirit’s guidance always blesses all, excluding none. Guilt comes from exclusion. Peace and joy come with inclusion of all my brothers.

And so today is a another blessed day in which I get to practice letting myself be carried by the Love of God.

Holy Spirit to Mary:
Let yourself remember today that in truth, all is well. Let yourself remember today that you are still safe in the Mind of God and that you have never left. Like the prodigal son story, you are learning that everyone is innocent, along with you. God loves His Son as one. God knows He is one with His Son.

Let today be a day of quiet remembering of the truth. Give your time to God today to hear the truth. That is what time is for.

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