⁶In quietness is [the peace of God] acknowledged universally. ⁷For what your inward vision looks upon is your perception of the universe.
Sit quietly and close your eyes. ²The light within you is sufficient. ³It alone has power to give the gift of sight to you. ⁴Exclude the outer world, and let your thoughts fly to the peace within. ⁵They know the way. ⁶For honest thoughts, untainted by the dream of worldly things outside yourself, become the holy messengers of God Himself.
We practice coming nearer to the light in us today. ²We take our wandering thoughts, and gently bring them back to where they fall in line with all the thoughts we share with God.
…we acknowledge that the peace of God still shines in us, and from us to all living things that share our life. ²We will forgive them all, absolving all the world from what we thought it did to us. ³For it is we who make the world as we would have it. ⁴Now we choose that it be innocent, devoid of sin and open to salvation. ⁵And we lay our saving blessing on it, as we say:
⁶The peace of God is shining in me now.
⁷Let all things shine upon me in that peace,
and let me bless them with the light in me. (A Course in Miracles, W-188.5:6–6:6;9:1-2;10. See also ACIM Lesson 188 Insights.)
Because God is Love and nothing else, His Thoughts are extensions of His Love. The thoughts we share with Him must also be thoughts of Love. Everything in the world is a projection from our mind. Thus forgiving thoughts reflect the thoughts of Love we share with God.
Forgiveness lifts the veil of unforgiveness that hides the presence of Love in which we dwell. Forgiveness occurs when we are willing to step back from the wish for specialness and separation. When we pause to go within to find the peace of God, we receive Christ’s vision. His vision shows us the Love that is with us always.
Like superman’s x-ray vision, Christ’s vision sees beyond the images in the world to the oneness of Love we share with every brother in God’s Love. We learn that nothing has occurred to change our true Self’s eternal unity with changeless Love.
Today we are willing to step aside from our perceptions of the world with willingness to receive true perceptions through Christ’s vision. This is how we welcome the peace of God.
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