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Letting Go of False Images

Robert:
Do I really want peace? When I look honestly at how I view the world during my day, I see that my answer to this question is not unequivocal. Whenever my peace is disturbed, I have chosen against peace. I have chosen to believe that an image of separation is real. I would only make this choice if I believed there was some value in separation. The perceived value is that separation offers me a special identity I can call my own. Any “threat” to this identity must be defended against and thus peace is thrown away.

Fortunately, with the help of A Course in Miracles, I am seeing more clearly that the image of a special identity is empty and has no value. The gift of peace is where real value lies. The Course is helping me recognize that the ego’s empty substitutes offer me nothing of value. I don’t really want them. I want the peace of God. That peace is already given.

My job is to be vigilant for peace and to offer any disturbance to the Holy Spirit for Him to shine His loving Light on it so that I may see that there was no substance to what I thought upset me. And I can make way for peace to return to my awareness. This is my practice today.

Mary:
This morning as I go into a place of quiet, I am reminded once again that everyone, because of What they are, has been given all of God. This means that everyone has all of God’s peace, all of God’s Love, for God gives all of Himself to all. This reflects God’s Will of oneness.

Today my practice is to bring this remembering to every part of my day. God’s oneness is all I want to remember. I see that it is meaningless to replace God’s oneness with images of separation. Letting these false images go is my function now. I no longer need to put up barriers to God’s oneness. This is what brings me happiness. This is what brings me peace. And I give thanks.

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Allowing Time for Quietness

Robert:
To be truly helpful, I need to let only Love be my Guide. Love always shows me the innocence and Love that is everywhere. It answers every call for Love with Love. Love does not judge. Love always joins with Love and sees past all appearances in form. Peace and joy are attributes of Love. So when I let Love guide me, I experience joy and peace.

Forgiveness is Love’s reflection in this world. Forgiveness is release from condemnation and makes way for Love to enter. Without judgment, innocence is recognized. If I want to return to the full awareness of Love, I have one function — to forgive all judgments.

Today my practice is to offer all my opinions, all my judgments, to the Holy Spirit in exchange for His singular judgment that only innocence is real. This is how I make way for the awareness of Love’s presence.

Mary:
What is today for? I receive the insight from Holy Spirit that today is for mind healing. Today is for the practice of opening my mind to truth.

In order to do this I must provide a space for quietness—to allow my mind to be open to the Holy Spirit’s change of mind. Only in quietness is the veil of separation lifted. Only in quietness is the insanity of the ego’s thoughts of separation purified. I am always choosing one or the other—the ego’s thought system or the Holy Spirit’s bridge to truth. Allowing time for quietness lets the truth to shine through. This is my practice for today.

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Walk in the Truth of Love Today

Holy Spirit to Robert:
Walk in Love today. Love will carry you in peace through all appearances. Love will show you the changeless truth beyond every image you see in the world.

Peace is the condition of Love. To walk in Love, you must be in peace. Be mindful of your peace today and bring all your disturbing thoughts to Me. I will shine the Light of Love on them and show you the truth beyond the appearance. With this practice, today will be a day of release and gratitude.

Holy Spirit to Mary:
Let remembering the truth be your only goal today. The truth is you are the Light of God and Light sees only Light. Let yourself be aware of the Light of truth today. This willingness to be aware of the truth brings you peace and happiness.

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Be Vigilant for Peace

Holy Spirit to Mary:
Let simple, uncomplicated Love lead your way today. Soften and follow… Remember you do not know what anything means… Relax, step back frequently, and listen with an open mind… Let this habit be strong through continued practice throughout the day. Be gentle with yourself. Let yourself receive the happiness this practice brings.

Holy Spirit to Robert:
Be vigilant for peace today. When you recognize that your peace has been disturbed, relax. Tune in to the center of peace within. It is always with you. As you return to your center of peace, you will join with My vision and see that what disturbed your peace was a misperception. My vision always shows you your complete safety within the Love of God. Be vigilant for peace today and learn that you are loved without limit.

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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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