The memory of God comes to the quiet mind. ²It cannot come where there is conflict, for a mind at war against itself remembers not eternal gentleness. ³The means of war are not the means of peace, and what the warlike would remember is not love. ⁴War is impossible unless belief in victory is cherished. ⁵Conflict within you must imply that you believe the ego has the power to be victorious.
Conflict must be between two forces. ²It cannot exist between one power and nothingness. ³There is nothing you could attack that is not part of you. ⁴And by attacking it you make two illusions of yourself, in conflict with each other. ⁵And this occurs whenever you look on anything that God created with anything but love. …⁹Let all this madness be undone for you, and turn in peace to the rememberance of God, still shining in your quiet mind.
Illusion meets illusion; truth, itself. ²The meeting of illusions leads to war. ³Peace, looking on itself, extends itself. ⁴War is the condition in which fear is born, and grows and seeks to dominate. ⁵Peace is the state where love abides, and seeks to share itself. ⁶Conflict and peace are opposites. ⁷Where one abides the other cannot be; where either goes the other disappears. ⁸So is the memory of God obscured in minds that have become illusions’ battleground. ⁹Yet far beyond this senseless war it shines, ready to be remembered when you side with peace. (A Course in Miracles, T-23.I.1:1-5;8:1-5,9;12. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)
Imagine what life would be like without any conflict. To the ego, this would be impossible. To our true Self, this is the only Reality. There is no conflict within what is all the same; this is the condition of Love’s oneness.
Any moment our peace is disturbed is a call for Love. The means for release from all pain and suffering is to forgive the wish for specialness. This wish is the cause of all division, and subsequent conflict.
Today we can give ourselves a gift — the decision to be vigilant for any sign of conflict and recognize it as our call for Love. This is the first step toward healing our mind. When recognized, the call for Love is responded to with Love. Division is healed and the peace of Love’s unity replaces division and conflict. This gift is given to our Self and every brother, for we are one and the same.
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