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Letting Peace Return to Our Mind

[There is no will but God’s] can be regarded as the central thought toward which all our exercises are directed. ²God’s is the only Will. ³When you have recognized this, you have recognized that your will is His. ⁴The belief that conflict is possible has gone. ⁵Peace has replaced the strange idea that you are torn by conflicting goals. ⁶As an expression of the Will of God, you have no goal but His.

There is great peace in today’s idea, and the exercises for today are directed towards finding it. ²The idea itself is wholly true. ³Therefore it cannot give rise to illusions. ⁴Without illusions conflict is impossible.

…hold [these thoughts] in mind:

²There is no will but God’s. ³I cannot be in conflict.…

⁵I am at peace.
⁶Nothing can disturb me. ⁷My will is God’s.
⁸My will and God’s are one.
⁹God wills peace for His Son.…

¹²There is no will but God’s. ¹³These conflict thoughts are meaningless.

³There is no will but God’s. ⁴I share it with Him.
⁵My conflicts about _________ cannot be real.

²There is no will but God’s. ³I seek His peace today. (A Course in Miracles, W-74.1:1–2:4;3:1-3,5-9,12-13;4:3-5;7:2-3. See also ACIM Lesson 74 Insights.)

This lesson is training our mind to identify with the truth that we are an extension of God’s Love. As His extension, we have an unbreakable unity with everything His, including His Will. In the oneness of His Love, conflict is impossible. His peace cannot be disturbed.

Our misidentification with the ego thought system of separation sees conflict everywhere. As we affirm that conflict is not real, we are opening our mind to Christ’s vision. We learn to overlook the meaningless images of the ego’s dream of differences. We see our brothers as part of our one Self. With this recognition, peace returns to our mind.

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Extending Love Without Reservation

There is a place in you where this whole world has been forgotten; where no memory of sin and of illusion lingers still. ²There is a place in you which time has left, and echoes of eternity are heard. ³There is a resting place so still no sound except a hymn to Heaven rises up to gladden God the Father and the Son. ⁴Where Both abide are They remembered, Both.

³The changelessness of Heaven is in you, so deep within that nothing in this world but passes by, unnoticed and unseen. ⁴The still infinity of endless peace surrounds you gently in its soft embrace, so strong and quiet, tranquil in the might of its Creator, nothing can intrude upon the sacred Son of God within.

³Nothing is asked of you but to accept the changeless and eternal that abide in him, for your Identity is there. ⁴The peace in you can but be found in him. ⁵And every thought of love you offer him but brings you nearer to your wakening to peace eternal and to endless joy.

²Be very still and hear God’s Voice in him, and let It tell you what his function is.

…seek not the eternal in this world. ⁵Forgiving dreams are means to step aside from dreaming of a world outside yourself. ⁶And leading finally beyond all dreams, unto the peace of everlasting life. (A Course in Miracles, T-29.V.1:1-4;2:3-4;3:3-5;4:2;8:4-6. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

The peace of God is available to us now. We need only forgive our belief in a world outside ourselves. This simple requirement seems hard only because we have taught ourselves that we are a body with a separate identity, living in a world where Love’s unity is denied.

When we are willing to accept the Holy Spirit’s help, we will find the peace within that protects our true Self. We will remember that we are forever loved and loving. We will remember the eternal joy that is part of our unity with our Father. Today we choose to be still and welcome God’s Voice Which guides us to fulfill our function by extending His Love without reservation.

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Learning of Our Oneness with All

Christ’s vision has one law. ²It does not look upon a body, and mistake it for the Son whom God created. ³It beholds a light beyond the body; an idea beyond what can be touched, a purity undimmed by errors, pitiful mistakes, and fearful thoughts of guilt from dreams of sin. ⁴It sees no separation. ⁵And it looks on everyone, on every circumstance, all happenings and all events, without the slightest fading of the light it sees.

[Christ’s vision] can be taught; and must be taught by all who would achieve it. ²It requires but the recognition that the world can not give anything that faintly can compare with this in value; nor set up a goal that does not merely disappear when this has been perceived. ³And this you give today: See no one as a body. ⁴Greet him as the Son of God he is, acknowledging that he is one with you in holiness.

Thus are his sins forgiven him, for Christ has vision that has power to overlook them all.

²And thus Christ’s vision looks on you as well. ³This lesson is not difficult to learn, if you remember in your brother you but see yourself. ⁴If he be lost in sin, so must you be; if you see light in him, your sins have been forgiven by yourself. ⁵Each brother whom you meet today provides another chance to let Christ’s vision shine on you, and offer you the peace of God. (A Course in Miracles, W-158.7:1–9:1;10:2-5. See also ACIM Lesson 158 Insights.)

Nothing the body’s eyes show is has any reality, because the body itself is not real. The body and the world of separation stands as a barrier that hides the truth of our Reality in the oneness of God’s Love. We have trained ourselves to trust what the body’s eyes see.

We have not lost the means to see the presence of Love. We simply need to retrain our mind to trust our inner vision which looks on all from the perspective of Love. This is Christ’s vision. It sees only the holiness of Love everywhere and in everyone. It overlooks the meaningless images of the ego’s world. As we give Christ’s vision priority, we learn that we are united with All in the peace of God.

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Remembering Our Purpose to Be Love

My only function is the one God gave me.

The idea for today reaffirms your commitment to salvation. ²It also reminds you that you have no function other than that. ³Both these thoughts are obviously necessary for a total commitment. ⁴Salvation cannot be the only purpose you hold while you still cherish others. ⁵The full acceptance of salvation as your only function necessarily entails two phases; the recognition of salvation as your function, and the relinquishment of all the other goals you have invented for yourself.

³This is the only way in which you can find peace of mind.

²Today’s idea offers you escape from all your perceived difficulties. ³It places the key to the door of peace, which you have closed upon yourself, in your own hands. ⁴It gives you the answer to all the searching you have done since time began.

…close your eyes, repeat the idea to yourself once again, and watch your mind carefully to catch whatever thoughts cross it. ³At first, make no attempt to concentrate only on thoughts related to the idea for the day. ⁴Rather, try to uncover each thought that arises to interfere with it. ⁵Note each one as it comes to you, with as little involvement or concern as possible, dismissing each one by telling yourself:

⁶This thought reflects a goal that is preventing me from accepting my only function.

⁴On this clean slate let my true function be written for me.

…try to get the sense of being willing to have your illusions of purpose be replaced by truth.”

²My only function is the one God gave me. ³I want no other and I have no other. (W-65.1;2:3;3:2-4;5:2-6;6:4-5;8:2-3)

We were created by Love as Love, and nothing else. As Love, our only function is to extend Love without limit.

When we believe we are limited by a body in a world of separation, we believe we have added something else to our identity. By forgiving this mistaken belief, we save ourselves from the illusion that Love can be limited in any way.

When we recognize a thought that interferes with our extension of Love, we need to let it pass by and welcome the thoughts of Love that unite us with our brothers and our Father. As we assert our dedication to being Love’s expression, we identify with our true Self as God’s extension of His Love.

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Remembering Our Father’s Sure Protection

There is a light in you the world can not perceive. ²And with its eyes you will not see this light, for you are blinded by the world. ³Yet you have eyes to see it. ⁴It is there for you to look upon. ⁵It was not placed in you to be kept hidden from your sight. ⁶This light is a reflection of the thought we practice now. ⁷To feel the Love of God within you is to see the world anew, shining in innocence, alive with hope, and blessed with perfect charity and love.

Who could feel fear in such a world as this? ²It welcomes you, rejoices that you came, and sings your praises as it keeps you safe from every form of danger and of pain. ³It offers you a warm and gentle home in which to stay a while. ⁴It blesses you throughout the day, and watches through the night as silent guardian of your holy sleep. ⁵It sees salvation in you, and protects the light in you, in which it sees its own.

This is the world the Love of God reveals.

⁵If you feel the Love of God within you, you will look out on a world of mercy and of love. (A Course in Miracles, W-189.1:1–2:5;3:1;5:5. See also ACIM Lesson 189 Insights.)

To the ego, the world this lesson describes is inconceivable. That is because it does not know what Love is. All the forms the ego conjures contain some element of danger and pain which can not exist within the oneness of God’s Love.

We are learning that the ego’s dark world is not our home. Our true Self resides in God’s Love, where we are always “blessed with perfect charity and love.” His Love remains within us. It is the light in which our inner vision sees our eternal unity with our Father and every brother. We can rest with certainty that we are held eternally within His sure protection.

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Resting in the Eternal Love We Are

I bless the world because I bless myself.

²God’s blessing shines upon me from within my heart, where He abides. ³I need but turn to Him, and every sorrow melts away, as I accept His boundless Love for me.

²I will be still, and let the earth be still along with me. ³And in that stillness we will find the peace of God. ⁴It is within my heart, which witnesses to God Himself.

⁵I am not a body. ⁶I am free.
⁷For I am still as God created me. (W-207.1:1-3;208.1:2-7)

Imagine what it would feel like if you were in a situation where you felt perfectly safe, perfectly fulfilled and perfectly loved. The best your imagination can provide you is the tiniest inkling of what God has already given us, His Son. The Love He is is already ours. It is in us now, eternal and changeless.

Today we are reminding ourselves of the Reality in which we live and have our being. All this we can recognize when we accept that we are not a body in a world of separation. We are the spirit of Love, forever remaining as Love created us. We are eternally united in Love with a bond that can never be broken. We rest in this thought today and invite all our brothers to rest with us.

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Welcoming the Reality of Love

God is in everything I see.

The idea for today explains why you can see all purpose in everything. ²It explains why nothing is separate, by itself or in itself. ³And it explains why nothing you see means anything. ⁴In fact, it explains every idea we have used thus far, and all subsequent ones as well. ⁵Today’s idea is the whole basis for vision.

You will probably find this idea very difficult to grasp at this point. ²You may find it silly, irreverent, senseless, funny and even objectionable. ³Certainly God is not in a table, for example, as you see it.

Try then, today, to begin to learn how to look on all things with love, appreciation and open-mindedness. ²You do not see them now. ³Would you know what is in them? ⁴Nothing is as it appears to you. ⁵Its holy purpose stands beyond your little range. ⁶When vision has shown you the holiness that lights up the world, you will understand today’s idea perfectly. (A Course in Miracles, W-29.1:1–2:3;3:1-6. See also ACIM Lesson 29 Insights.)

All appearances in the world are ego decoys that interfere with what the vision of our true Self sees. As part of God, our one Self sees only the Love of God. Nothing else exists. By reminding ourselves that God is in everything we see, we are training our minds to be open to the vision of our true Self.

This vision shows us that we live in God’s Universe of Love. We overlook the empty images the ego offers, knowing they can have no effect on our eternal state of peace and joy. We are opening our mind to welcome the reality of Love.

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