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A Lesson in Love

To give is to receive. Today we will attempt to offer peace to everyone, and see how quickly peace returns to us. Light is tranquility, and in that peace is vision given us, and we can see.

To give and to receive are one in truth.
I will receive what I am giving now.…

To everyone I offer quietness.
To everyone I offer peace of mind.
To everyone I offer gentleness. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 108, W-pI.108.7:3-5;8:2-3,6-8. See also ACIM Lesson 108 Insights.)

We cannot judge and offer peace at the same time. Judgment is the denial of peace, for judgment divides and therefore is an attack on the oneness of God’s Creation.

The gift of peace is already in us in the part of our minds that knows our oneness with all that is real. To offer the gift of peace, we must lay aside any thought of judgment, for it interferes with our awareness that we already have peace. The practice of offering peace to our brother helps us to open our minds to the recognition of our unity with our brothers.

In the beginning of our practice, we may not be able to offer peace without reservations. So our gift of peace is limited and it is returned to us with the same limitation. But as we continue to practice offering peace to a brother, we experience a lessening of our reservations. More and more we are willing to offer peace fully. This means our willingness to let go of judgments is increasing as we learn Holy Spirit’s lessons in Love.

Our practice today of offering peace to every brother is a practice of receiving peace as well.

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