Today we read in A Course in Miracles:
How can you know whether you chose the stairs to Heaven or the way to hell? Quite easily. How do you feel? Is peace in your awareness? Are you certain which way you go? And are you sure the goal of Heaven can be reached? If not, you walk alone. Ask, then, your Friend to join with you, and give you certainty of where you go. (T-23.II.22:6-13)
This makes it very clear that peace is a condition of Heaven. As I am able to let go and accept the gift of peace that is within me, I walk toward Heaven. It does not require effort to be in Heaven. Yet I am so deeply entrenched in the ego thought system of separation that it does require effort to be vigilant for peace. The Course tells me that effort is needed until I realize Where I really am. In reality there is no effort at all needed to be in Heaven because that is where my Father wills me to be.
Today I choose to walk toward Heaven. For this purpose, my effort will be focused on vigilance for peace and taking any disturbance to the Holy Spirit for His help. He is the Friend Who always offers me the vision of truth that sets me free.
As I go through my day, there are times when I forget that I have a Friend to lead me in every situation. At these times I think I already know and seem to be on automatic pilot, deciding things on my own again.
As soon as I realize this I have found a helpful to way switch back to joining with my Friend. I stop and close my eyes. I see myself under a shower of Holy Spirit’s peace and Love. I stay there as long as needed, absorbing in the peace and allowing tension to fall away. I feel gratitude and appreciation that my Friend goes with me, and express a willingness to follow, not lead. I leave an empty space for Holy Spirit to fill. I remember that I do not know what anything means and open to receiving the truth. I return again to following where Love leads me. This is how I choose the way to Heaven. And for this I give thanks.
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