The Holy Spirit is the Mediator between the interpretations of the ego and the knowledge of the spirit. ²His ability to deal with symbols enables Him to work with the ego’s beliefs in its own language. ³His ability to look beyond symbols into eternity enables Him to understand the laws of God, for which He speaks. ⁴He can therefore perform the function of reinterpreting what the ego makes, not by destruction but by understanding. ⁵Understanding is light, and light leads to knowledge. ⁶The Holy Spirit is in light because He is in you who are light, but you yourself do not know this. ⁷It is therefore the task of the Holy Spirit to reinterpret you on behalf of God.
You cannot understand yourself alone. ²This is because you have no meaning apart from your rightful place in the Sonship, and the rightful place of the Sonship is God. ³This is your life, your eternity and your Self. ⁴It is of this that the Holy Spirit reminds you. ⁵It is this that the Holy Spirit sees. ⁶This vision frightens the ego because it is so calm. ⁷Peace is the ego’s greatest enemy because, according to its interpretation of reality, war is the guarantee of its survival. ⁸The ego becomes strong in strife. ⁹If you believe there is strife you will react viciously, because the idea of danger has entered your mind. ¹⁰The idea itself is an appeal to the ego. ¹¹The Holy Spirit is as vigilant as the ego to the call of danger, opposing it with His strength just as the ego welcomes it. ¹²The Holy Spirit counters this welcome by welcoming peace. ¹³Eternity and peace are as closely related as are time and war. (A Course in Miracles, T-5.III.7–8. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)
Whenever we see conflict, we have put the ego in charge of our mind. The ego is constantly on the lookout for differences. By definition, a difference must conflict with what is around it. This keeps the ego satisfied, because without differences, the ego would cease to seem to exist. Because conflict keeps the ego in place, the antidote to the ego is peace.
The Holy Spirit welcomes peace because It welcomes the condition in which God and His Son dwell. The more we focus on welcoming peace in our mind, the more we accept the Holy Spirit’s guidance in our thoughts and actions.
Today we choose to step back and welcome peace in our mind. Here is where we remember the Self God created as His Son. In that recognition, we see every brother as one with this Self.
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