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Peace—the State Where Love Abides

Robert:
In our reading in A Course in Miracles this morning, these sentences stood out to me:

The memory of God comes to the quiet mind. …Peace, looking on itself, extends itself. …Peace is the state where Love abides, and seeks to share Itself. (T-23.I.1:1;12:3,5)

What this tells me is that if I want to remember God, I must be willing to be in peace. It means I must be willing to give up all conflict, all judgment. It is judgment that keeps conflict in place because it makes the appearance of conflict seem real.

Yesterday I had an experience where I perceived a loss that made me angry. I had a judgment about what I believed should be. And since it appeared that I did not have it, I wanted to make someone guilty for taking it from me. Anger is the attempt to make another guilty. This was definitely not a happy feeling.

I knew immediately that I had to let it go, though part of me still believed the anger was justified. I focused on relaxing and opening my mind to peace. I softened and gradually settled down. Whenever I thought about it and felt my peace disturbed, I reminded myself that I would rather have peace than a grievance, and asked the Holy Spirit to help me see it differently.

I had to continue this practice for a while for peace to become more consistent. Gradually I came to recognize that what I thought was so important didn’t really matter. And I began to see the possibility of blessing coming out of the situation. Today as I think of what triggered the anger, I am at peace. Thanks to the Holy Spirit’s help, I truly see that it does not matter.

Mary:
This reading reminds me that if I want to be happy, I will be vigilant for opening my mind to the awareness of God’s everlasting peace.

If I am not feeling peaceful, I have once again replaced peace with judgment. Once I notice this, my job is to once again to return to peace instead of reinforcing the ego’s make-believe world of separation. When I choose peace, my mind quiets and the feeling that all is well returns. I am thankful for this reminder to be vigilant for peace. This is my practice for today.

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Accepting Joy

Holy Spirit to Robert:
My joy I offer you, freely and without limit. I offer you but what is already yours. It waits only on your welcome for it to be your experience.

Your wish for specialness, to be an individual with a separate identity, is your denial of joy. What limits you to a body stands between you and the experience of your Self. Would you not exchange pain and depression for limitless joy?

Open the door to My gift today by being attentive to peace. It is in peace that you join with Me and share My joy. It is in peace that you see the Love your brother is, recognizing that he is not a body nor are you. Join with Me in peace today and we walk together to joy.

Holy Spirit to Mary:
What do you want today? Do you want the complexity of the ego or the simplicity and purity of God’s Love? If you want God’s Love, you will find It. And you will experience the peace and joy that comes with accepting God’s oneness. This is yours today, as you are willing to receive the truth of God’s Love and extend the truth to all.

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Let Me See Love’s Oneness Today

Mary:
Images of separate bodies are like a veil before the oneness of Love. Seeing separation is the same as rejecting the truth of God’s oneness. God’s perfect oneness means all that is is unified as one Love.

Holy Spirit, help me see Love’s oneness today. Help me use this day to see the Love that everyone truly is. My practice for today is to step back and remember the truth of Love’s oneness.

Robert:
My practice today is to stay in the center of peace within. It is in this center of peace that I recognize the Holy Spirit’s inspiration and vision. From this center of peace, every moment, every situation is used on behalf of awakening. This is my practice today.

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Accepting Our One Self

Robert:
Judgment is self-destructive. It destroys the awareness of my unity with Love, Which is all there is. If I want to know the joy and peace of Love, there is only one thing to do — let go of judgment. Since judgment is so central to the experience of this world, letting it go seems to be a tall order. Yet keeping it leads only to fear and despair. Letting go of judgment leads to freedom and the memory of the one Self I share with all.

Since judgment seems to be a key to survival in this world, I need help from beyond the world’s thought system to let it go. I am grateful that this Help is already in my mind. I need only be willing to accept It. Today my practice is to offer all my judgments, all my interpretations, to the Holy Spirit with willingness to accept His in their place. This is how today will be a lesson in awakening.

Mary:
I am seeing that the Holy Spirit is my dearest Friend in every situation. It is my job to pay attention to the true Self That resides in my mind. This same Friend is everyone’s true Self. When I am willing to join with my inner Friend, I am joining with everyone because there is only one Self. This is my focus for today.

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Beyond the Stories of the World

Robert:
As I look upon the stories of the world with the Holy Spirit, I see that there is less and less to talk about in the world’s terms. If my function is to remember only the Love that is given us by God, then it is not my job to join with the stories of lack, devastation, guilt and fear in the world. My job is to consistently hold my mind open to the Holy Spirit’s way of seeing these stories.

Every story of the world is an opportunity to practice seeing beyond the images to the truth of Love. Every one is a lesson in Love when I am willing to see as Holy Spirit sees. The appearance of violence becomes a reminder that the Son of God is not a body. He is still Love as God created Him. The appearance of harm is just an image projected from the part of my mind that is identified with a false image. It shows me the need to teach the lesson in Love that sees the Son of God as Love and nothing else.

As I practice paying attention to Holy Spirit’s way of seeing, there may be occasions when I am inspired to say something that would be helpful in the moment, but it may also be that I say nothing while I hold my attention on the vision of my true Self. Either way, I am teaching myself that I am Love and nothing else, as God created me. Today is another happy day to practice aligning myself with the Love that is God’s creation.

Mary:
Today my practice is to stay in the present moment and allow myself to be led by the Holy Spirit… Today’s practice involves letting go of the past and future. This letting go opens the door to the Light of the Eternal Present… The Light of the Eternal Present is brought to me by the Holy Spirit, as I am willing to receive. I need nothing more than this to awaken to what is eternally real.

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Another Chance to Choose Again

Another Chance to Choose Again
Mary and Robert:
In our reading in A Course in Miracles this morning, this is what stood out to us:

The images you make cannot prevail against what God Himself would have you be. Be never fearful of temptation, then, but see it as it is; another chance to choose again, and let Christ’s strength prevail in every circumstance and every place you raised an image of yourself before. For what appears to hide the face of Christ is powerless before His majesty, and disappears before His holy sight. (T-31.VIII.4:1-3)

This reminds us that the images we see are coming from our own mind. We are always choosing between how the ego sees and Christ’s vision. It reminds us that even if we have believed in images of separation in the past, we always have another chance to choose again. It also tells us that we don’t have to feel guilty when we fall back into judgment, guilt and fear. We just need to remember that it is another chance to choose again.

This is another way of saying, “Whatever the problem, use it for awakening.” Whatever seems to show up in our lives, if it is not Love, it is a lesson in Love. We now have another opportunity to choose happiness instead of the pain of projecting guilt. We have another opportunity to remember that God’s Son is one. What a happy habit to develop!

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Recognition of the Truth

Holy Spirit to Mary:
In all your interactions today, be willing to see the Christ. Be willing to see the truth about every brother you meet or even think of. You may not realize how powerful this is. In truth minds are connected because the Son is one. As you practice vigilantly focusing on the Christ in every brother, you help every brother and you help yourself awaken from the dream. Practice this today.

Holy Spirit to Robert:
I will always lead you toward the full recognition of the truth of What you are. That is the only meaningful use of time. Let Me take the lead in all your doing; let Me be your Interpreter of every image, every perception. As you practice doing this, every moment is a step toward awakening, a step toward freedom to be as God created you.

Do not limit how I can help you. Something as seemingly mundane as balancing a checkbook I can use on behalf of your awakening. The ego would use it as a demonstration of complexity and conflict. I can use it as a demonstration of the peace and blessing that comes with following My lead.

You are always free to choose your advisor. Remember that I offer you peace, happiness and Love. Together we join with the Truth in you. Let this be your practice today.

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