…learn to require no special settings in which to apply what you have learned. You will need your learning most in situations that appear to be upsetting, rather than in those that already seem to be calm and quiet. The purpose of your learning is to enable you to bring the quiet with you, and to heal distress and turmoil. This is not done by avoiding them and seeking a haven of isolation for yourself.
You will yet learn that peace is part of you, and requires only that you be there [in peace] to embrace any situation in which you are. And finally you will learn that there is no limit to where you are, so that your peace is everywhere, as you are. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Review I, W-pI.revI.4:2-5:2. See also ACIM Lesson 51 Insights.)
Most of the time our experience in the world is anything but peaceful. Yet the truth of What we are, the Self that is God’s Son, is eternally peaceful. That this isn’t our experience tells us that we are believing in a false world that seems to be real only because of our investment in it. It is time to withdraw our investment in that which offers us nothing. We need to redirect our investment to the practice of accepting our true Self. We do this by letting go of our judgments, which are investments in a false world.
Instead, turn to the Voice for God within with willingness to receive His judgment in place of ours. The Holy Spirit will always invest in the truth that will set us free. With His help we open the door to the peace within and we let that peace shine forth in the world. The Light of peace will dissipate the shadows of judgment and reveal the limitless peace that is our natural state.
Today we practice withdrawing our investment in judgment and welcoming Holy Spirit’s investment in our true Self.
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