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The Gift of a Peaceful Mind

This world you seem to live in is not home to you. ²And somewhere in your mind you know that this is true.

We speak today for everyone who walks this world, for he is not at home. ²He goes uncertainly about in endless search, seeking in darkness what he cannot find; not recognizing what it is he seeks. ³A thousand homes he makes, yet none contents his restless mind. ⁴He does not understand he builds in vain. ⁵The home he seeks can not be made by him. ⁶There is no substitute for Heaven. ⁷All he ever made was hell.

When you are still an instant, when the world recedes from you, when valueless ideas cease to have value in your restless mind, then will you hear His Voice.

Take time today to lay aside your shield which profits nothing, and lay down the spear and sword you raised against an enemy without existence.

You have not lost your innocence. ²It is for this you yearn. ³This is your heart’s desire. ⁴This is the voice you hear, and this the call which cannot be denied. …⁸And now the way is open, and the journey has an end in sight at last. ⁹Be still an instant and go home with Him, and be at peace a while. (A Course in Miracles, W-182.1:1-2;3;8:1;11:1;12:1-4,8-9. See also ACIM Lesson 182 Insights.)

The ego and the body, its chosen home, seem to exist in this world. But our true Self is not at home in this world. While we identify with the ego, there is an underlying feeling that we are aliens here in a world that is not our Home. We yearn to return to our Home in the changelessness of God’s Love.

Just as the alien in the movie “E.T.” needed help to communicate with his source, we need help to restore our communication with our Creator. We access this Help by stepping back from the values of the world and letting our mind be still. In this stillness, our communication is restored. The Holy Spirit helps us see beyond the alien world to the Love we never left in truth. We “phone home” by welcoming the Holy Spirit’s Voice accepting peace in our mind.

Today we remind ourselves frequently to be still and listen. We want to remember our innocence as Love we are. We want to be at peace. We want to join with God’s joy in the eternal extension of Love.

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