The mind which means that all it wants is peace must join with other minds, for that is how peace is obtained. And when the wish for peace is genuine, the means for finding it is given, in a form each mind that seeks for it in honesty can understand. Whatever form the lesson takes is planned for him in such a way that he can not mistake it, if his asking is sincere. But if he asks without sincerity, there is no form in which the lesson will meet with acceptance and be truly learned.
We want the peace of God. This is no idle wish. These words do not request another dream be given us. They do not ask for compromise, nor try to make another bargain in the hope that there may yet be one that can succeed where all the rest have failed. To mean these words acknowlÂedges illusions are in vain, requesting the eternal in the place of shifting dreams which seem to change in what they offer, but are one in nothingness. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 185, W-pI.185.6;7:2-6. See also ACIM Lesson 185 Insights.)
Any time we are not at peace, we are receiving a signal that we have chosen against the peace of God. If we let that irritation, resentment, guilt or judgment of any kind continue, we are choosing illusions in place of the peace of God. We are choosing against our true Self by continuing to follow the ego’s dictates.
But we can choose differently. When we recognize something is disturbing our peace, we can choose the Holy Spirit’s perception in place of the ego’s. The Holy Spirit will show us, in a way that we can grasp and accept, how to see that no harm really happened. There is no true justification for lack of peace. It is only the effect of choosing the ego’s beliefs instead of the truth offered by the Holy Spirit: Only Love is real.
We are so invested in our identification with the ego that the things we see and experience in the world seem real. Without this investment, illusions are recognized as meaningless and without effect. Each time we take a disturbance to the Holy Spirit for His loving correction, we withdraw investment in the ego and take another step toward fully experiencing God’s peace. This is our practice for today.
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