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Accepting the Gift of Peace

Holy Spirit to Mary:
Pay attention to what is happening in your mind in the now moment… Pay attention to receiving My gift of peace in this now moment… Accepting peace is accepting a powerful gift that is always available to you…

Today focus on accepting the gift of peace on a consistent basis. It is the way out of the experience of doubt and uncertainty. It is the way out of hell for you. Today focus on accepting peace now. Do this and everything else will fall in place with no effort on your part.

Robert:
This morning our time with Spirit has had a different form than usual. As usual, we started with reading in A Course in Miracles. But there are projects in the works that can be progressing in the background while we focus our attention on Spirit, such as getting printing done. So during our time with Spirit, there were ‘interruptions’ when we were led to get a project started and then come back to full attention on Spirit. This happened several times as it appeared that we went back and forth between giving our attention to Spirit and attending to printing catalogs.

This has been a great exercise in the practice of walking with Spirit through the day. By staying in peace, we could switch back and forth between “worldly activities” and giving conscious attention to the Spirit within; we were able to quickly let go of the projects and focus our attention within. To me the lesson is that it is possible to walk with Spirit throughout the day. All I need to do is to pause as needed to refocus on the quiet peace of Spirit within. The more I do this the easier it is and the smoother I flow through the day. With practice, reconnecting with peace can be accomplished in an instant. I will continue today with this practice.

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One Step at a Time

Holy Spirit to Mary:
Take one step at a time, remembering in each moment to step back and choose peace… Be like a little child, remembering that you do not know what anything means… Step back and receive peace and understanding from the Holy Spirit… Continue this throughout the day…

Robert:
When it seems like there is a lot of things to do, things to remember, I find it helpful to write them down so that I can let them go. While the ‘to do’ thoughts are racing through my mind, my attention is on the ‘future’ rather than now. Writing these things down so that I can let them go makes the next step easier — taking time to go to peace and opening to Holy Spirit’s lead. Then I let Holy Spirit set the priorities of what to focus on in the now moment. I get myself into trouble when I try to decide on my own what I should be doing.

Today seems to be one of those days where I need to redouble my attention to my level of peace and stepping back to follow. This is how I let Holy Spirit be my time manager. He always does a better job than I do. On my own, my doing becomes simply a reinforcement of the belief that I am alone and separate. With His lead, all my doing is in service to awakening. Today I would follow and serve.

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In Peace I Remember I Am Being Carried

Robert:
When I trust in Holy Spirit’s plan, I am always at peace. I am confident that all my needs are met. My heart is filled with gratitude in the present moment. I feel the Love of God in me and see It everywhere. I recognize the images of the world as inconsequential and therefore non-threatening.

But the moment I shift into planning for my safety so that I can be ‘sure’ that my needs will be met, peace is replaced by uncertainty, impatience and at least a low level of anxiety. This way of thinking is so habitual that I have to be especially vigilant to recognize that I have slipped into the old habit. It seems normal because I have done it for so long. But the benefit of staying in a state of peace is worth the effort. Today is another day of vigilance because I want to remember the peace of God is my own.

Mary:
This morning as I go into the place of quiet in my mind, I am gently reminded that I am being carried. I am reminded to place the future in the Hands of God. I am reminded that, in fact, there is no past and there is no future. There is only the eternal presence of Love. I am gently reminded to step back frequently today, and to allow peace to lead the way. In this state of mind, my level of trust is strong. This is my practice for today, and I am grateful.

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Accept Peace to Have a Happy Day

Accept Peace to Have a Happy Day
Mary:
The truth is that peace is here, right now, if I am willing to accept it. My willingness to accept peace at any given moment determines what I experience in this moment.

I am realizing how important accepting peace is to having a happy day — a day filled with gratitude and trust. The gift of peace comes from my true Self — the eternal Spirit of Love I have always been and always will be. I have the opportunity to experience God’s gifts as I am willing to accept them. Today is a day of accepting peace. And I give thanks.

Robert:
A Course in Miracles says that peace is natural to those who trust. It also says that it is inevitable that we will feel anxious and fearful if we are trusting in our own strength. So if I am feeling anything less than peace, I must be relying on my own strength. I am attempting to make my own plans instead of following Holy Spirit’s. Trusting in Holy Spirit’s plan is where I will find the peace that is natural because I will be trusting in God’s strength, not my own.

Today is a day to practice being mindful of any disturbance to my peace and bringing it to the Holy Spirit with a willingness to see as He sees.

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See All Things Differently

Robert:
When I wake up from a dream, images from a dream may still be fresh in my mind, but I know they are not real. Similarly, to wake up from the dream of a world of separate bodies and separate things, I need to realize that the images of the world are not real. To do this I must shift my attention from the teacher that taught me to believe a world of separation is real to the Teacher in my mind That knows only the oneness of Love is real.

This Teacher recognizes that the body’s perceptions will always show differences, but it does not acknowledge them as real. So my job is not to deny that the body’s eyes show me differences, but to be willing to let my inner Teacher show me that the differences are not real. It is through learning this that I will awaken to the safety, peace and happiness of Love’s oneness.

Today my practice is to hold my mind open to the lessons of my inner Teacher. I am willing to see all things differently.

Mary:
Today I have another opportunity to practice choosing peace. I have another opportunity to open my mind to the Teacher of peace — the Holy Spirit. Peace is always there, waiting for my acceptance. Today’s practice involves opening the door to peace so that peace fills every corner of my mind. This willingness to accept peace helps me see everything in the world differently. It helps me rise above the battleground to see the Love is always there behind every thought of conflicting interests. Accepting peace is my one goal today. And I give thanks.

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Learning to See Past Differences

Robert:
The Manual for Teachers in A Course in Miracles tells us, “Only the mind evaluates [the body’s eyes’] messages, and so the mind is responsible for seeing.” (M-8.3:10) It goes on to say, “The body’s eyes will continue to see differences. But the mind that has let itself be healed will no longer acknowledge [differences].” (6:1-2)

This reinforces for me the importance of learning to sort the true from the untrue, the real from the unreal. It is the basis for healing. Because Love is one, there can be no differences in Love. Thus all perception of differences is illusion.

So the test for the unreal is very simple. Is this perception showing me differences? Does it change? If it does, it must be unreal. How simple healing is. All I need to do is not acknowledge differences. This only seems hard to do because the part of my mind that identifies with the ego wants the differences to be real.

The way to disconnect from ego identification is to shift my attention to the Holy Spirit, my true Self. My true Self will show me the oneness It knows and help me recognize illusions for what they are. This is the path to peace. This is the path to lasting happiness. This is all I really want.

Mary:
Today it is my opportunity to join with the Holy Spirit, Who will show me the difference between the real and the unreal. It only takes my willingness to step back and listen.

This is my lesson for today — to step back and listen for Holy Spirit’s perspective all through the day. As I am willing, the Holy Spirit will show me again and again that all the differences I see are equally unreal. As I allow the veil to be lifted, behind every difference is the one, united Love that is eternally there. I cannot change what God created, and God created only changeless Love. And for this I give thanks.

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Remembering to Laugh with Holy Spirit

Robert:
Sorting the unreal from the real is essential to waking up from the dream. If I believe something really happened in the world, it is impossible to justify forgiveness. The justification for forgiveness is the recognition that what seemed to happen did not happen in truth. When this is fully recognized, forgiveness is automatic and complete.

The experience of a world of separate images is the effect of believing in the ego thought system of separation. From within that belief, it is impossible to see the world as unreal and untrue. My judgments will always seem justified; guilt and fear will seem real; anger will seem justified; and forgiveness cannot be justified as long as this belief in separation is maintained. This is why it is impossible, from within the dream, to sort the unreal from the real.

The good news is that we have within our minds the means to remember what is real — the Holy Spirit, our true Self. The daily, moment-by-moment practice of stepping back and opening my mind to my true Self’s perception is the way to awaken. If I am willing to receive my true Self’s interpretation, I will learn to recognize the untrue for what it is. I will be able to see from my true Self’s perspective that what I thought happened did not and had no effect.

This is how I forgive. This is how peace is returned to the troubled mind that believes it is alone and separate. This is how the mistaken belief in being separate is gently and lovingly undone and the mind is restored to the recognition of its wholeness as Love created It. Today is another day to practice stepping back and opening my mind to receive my true Self’s perception. Together, we will gently laugh at the misperceptions and let them go.

Mary:
One way that helps me when I find that I am caught up in making a world of separate bodies real is to step back and quiet my mind… I imagine that I am under a shower of Light, a shower of God’s peace… I remain open to receiving God’s gift of peace and taking it in to heal every tense spot.… I let it heal all the tension in my body, starting with the top of my head and flowing down clear to my toes… I see peace taking over where there was once tension… Everything drains away and only peace is left… Here there is quietness… Here there is rest…

In this sacred place of peace, there is a feeling of gentleness and comfort… There is a feeling that everything is all right and that all is well… Where there was once a feeling of conflict, now resides a gentle smile… In this quiet place of peace, I ask for inner direction and whatever I need to know is gently there… I remember that Love is… God is… There is nothing else.

The Holy Spirit gently moves me past the clouds and I see their unsubstantial nature… What matters is that I am still as God created me… God’s Son is one and nothing has happened to change God’s one Son…

Only the eternal is true… I can relax now… I can laugh with the Holy Spirit at the unsubstantial nature of dreams of separation… Everyone is safe in the one Mind of God and has never left in truth… And I give thanks.

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