Come home. …This world is not where you belong. You are a stranger here. But it is given you to find the means whereby the world no longer seems to be a prison house or jail for anyone.
Peace is the bridge that everyone will cross, to leave this world behind. But peace begins within the world perceived as different, and leading from this fresh perception to the gate of Heaven and the way beyond. Peace is the answer to conflicting goals, to senseless journeys, frantic, vain pursuits, and meaningless endeavors. Now the way is easy, sloping gently toward the bridge where freedom lies within the peace of God.
The peace of God is ours, and only this will we accept and want. Peace be to us today. For we have found a simple, happy way to leave the world of ambiguity, and to replace our shifting goals and solitary dreams with single purpose and companionship. For peace is union, if it be of God. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 200, W-pI.200.4:1,3-5;8;11:3-6. See also ACIM Lesson 200 Insights.)
To understand something is to know its true meaning. The images of the world cannot be understood because they are illusions with no meaning of their own. We make the images seem real by assigning meaning to them, but an assigned meaning can never be true. The world is chaotic because everyone assigns their own meaning to the world. Thankfully, this is not our true Home.
The Course tells us that peace and understanding come together and are never found alone. This is why peace is the bridge that leads us to the door of our true Home in Heaven, where all true meaning is. Only Love is real so all true meaning is Love.
When we quiet our minds and let ourselves rest in peace, the meaningless world fades so that we can see the eternal presence of Love. This Love calls to us, reminding us that we share the Will of Love. Our only function is to be Love by extending Love. This is Heaven, our Home.
Today let us join together to answer Heaven’s call by letting the Holy Spirit help us see with Christ’s vision the Love that is everywhere.
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