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All I Really Want Is the Peace of God

Robert:
All I really want is the peace of God. I want to remember that I am at Home in Love. When I am identified with the ego thought system, I still look for Love and peace. But the ego directs me to look where it can’t be found. All my judgments and opinions are simply statements about where I think I can find peace and happiness. I will be at peace if this situation looks the way I want it. I will feel loved if that person behaves the way I want them to. The list goes on and on, for the ego can make up myriad forms to substitute for the one, united Love of God.

But all I really want is the peace of God. God has already given me everything that He is. To recognize this I must accept it. To accept it I must let go of the ego made substitutes that simply delay and divert my awareness of the ever present peace that is in me. Forgiveness is the way that I let go of those false substitutes and welcome God’s gift.

And so today is another day for the moment-by-moment practice of laying all my ideas about how anything should be or look in the hands of the Holy Spirit. with willingness to receive His vision. I give thanks for the voice for God in my mind always ready to show me the way to experience the peace of God.

Mary:
Today my practice is to keep my mind open to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. I see a picture of an open door with Light streaming through. This Light brings peace to my mind and I remember that everything is all right. We are all safe in God’s one Mind of Love. Remembering this consistently is what today is for. And I give thanks.

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Choosing Through the Holy Spirit

Robert:
In our reading in A Course in Miracles today, this stood out to me: “Choosing through the Holy Spirit will lead you to the Kingdom.” (T-6.V.5:1)

This is why the practice of stepping back and following Holy Spirit’s lead is essential to awakening. When I attempt to choose on my own, I have faulty, limited information to work with. Believing I am on my own keeps me from the awareness of the truth of the Kingdom. It limits me to what I am able to remember from the past and perceive through the body.

But when I choose through the Holy Spirit, I choose to accept His limitless vision. Every choice I make through the Holy Spirit teaches me of the limitless of Love and the peace of God, because that is the only lesson the Holy Spirit teaches. So every choice is a choice between limitation and limitlessness. When I am vigilant to choose through the Holy Spirit, I am vigilant for completion. I am vigilant for the Kingdom of Love.

Today is an opportunity to practice the happy choice of following Holy Spirit’s lead.

Mary:
Today it is my opportunity to relax and practice letting go of all I think I know. It is my opportunity to open my mind to Holy Spirit’s peace and quietness. In truth I, along with everyone, rest in God’s Mind right now. In God’s oneness we all abide for eternity. Letting myself remember this truth is my practice for today. And I give thanks.

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Let Love Be My Interpreter

Holy Spirit to Mary:
Let go and let God… Let yourself be carried by the truth that all is mind in the Mind of God… Relax and listen to the truth…

Open to My gift of peace… Let God’s peace fill you up until it is overflowing and extends to the whole world…

Live in God’s peace today… Receive and extend Love as you live in God’s peace… Receive the blessings from your one true Self and know that these same blessings extend to everyone… Let this be your practice today.

Robert:
Today I heard a sound outside. Immediately I scanned through past experience trying to find a label for that sound. As I observed this I realized that if I was able to find a label, I would feel more safe. This is the way the ego works — interpret all things based upon past learning. When past learning seems to be insufficient, the next step is to go into defense mode. If I can’t figure out what it is, it might be dangerous. This process happens in a matter of seconds and is so automatic that most of the time I don’t even realize that it is going on. It is an automatic mechanism that maintains the seeming reality of the world.

If I want to experience the peace of God, I must be willing to step back from these ego trance scripts and open my mind to the Interpreter Who knows the past is not real and therefore sees everything in the present moment. Only Love is in the present, so the Holy Spirit sees everything through the eyes of Love. There is no possibility of loss nor change at all. Love sees only Itself reflected. It sees only innocence. Love is always at peace. This is what I want to experience. So today I choose to practice stepping back and letting the Holy Spirit interpret all things.

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Two Advisors

Robert:
I always have a choice between two advisors. There is the Advisor Who knows all things, can see the effects of every choice throughout time, is kind and loving and always has my best interest in mind. The other advisor sees everything from the perspective of being separate and so it is defensive, fearful, has a severely limited awareness of the effects of its choices and ultimately wants me dead as the final confirmation that it is right.

The choice for which advisor to follow seems obvious. Yet all too frequently I choose the advisor that knows not about Love because I have deceived myself into thinking that somehow it has something to offer that I want — something I can call my own, a special identity and most importantly a body that I believe I am. This is why I seem to be in a world of form.

The message that I get from A Course in Miracles is that I am God’s Son (along with everyone), complete and healed and whole, shining in the reflection of His Love. I am not a body. To release myself from identifying with the body is to release myself to experience the infinite Love of God’s creation. This release is accomplished through forgiveness, because the body is a construct built upon the past. Forgiveness is letting go of the past and allowing myself to be fully present in the eternal now, where there is only Love.

My prayer today is to be willing to accept the guidance of the Advisor Who sees me as the Love I am and will guide me to see that Love everywhere.

Mary:
Today it is my opportunity to practice seeing the Light and Love beyond every form. In order to do this, I must be willing to not decide anything on my own. I must be willing to step back and be shown the truth, the Love that is really there. This is my practice for today and I give thanks.

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Happiness and Peace are Present Now

Robert:
Two lessons from the Workbook stand out to me, “I rest in God” and “The peace of God is shining in me now.” Happiness and peace are present now. They cannot be found in the past or future because the past and future do not exist. The appearance of a world is built upon images of the past and therefore does not exist in reality. If I want to rest in God’s peace, I must be willing to let go of the past, to forgive. This is how I clear away the barriers to the awareness of Love’s presence now.

Everything the body’s eyes shows me reminds me of the past. I label everything with names and meaning from the past. But believing in these images the body’s eyes show me blocks my awareness of the joy of now. I don’t need to deny that I see the world through the body’s eyes. But I do need to step back from the labels and meanings I give these images and let the Holy Spirit be my Interpreter on my behalf. He will teach me how to see the Love beyond the form, the unity beyond the images of separation.

Today my practice is to interpret nothing on my own and let the Holy Spirit guide me in each moment.

Mary:
As I go to the Holy Spirit this morning and listen for Holy Spirit’s insight in how to be truly helpful, this is what I receive:

As you go through your day, just remember that you rest in God. Let that feeling of rest come into your mind and permeate the present moment. Let that feeling of quietness and peace be present in your mind. Receive these gifts from Me as you walk through your day. Return to the fact that you rest in God right now for eternity. Let yourself feel the gratitude that comes with accepting the truth of What you are and Where you are eternally.

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I Rest in God

Robert:
I rest in God. When I remember this, I am content. There is nothing in the world I need to change, rearrange, organize or plan.

I rest in God. In this remembrance I know I am safe. I see a world that is one with me. There is nothing that threatens me that I need to defend against. There is no “other.” In my heart I know my brother is one with me; we are joined in Love. I remember God’s Will is mine and I am at peace. I rest in God.

Mary:
Today, once again, it is my opportunity to choose peace. It is my opportunity to let peace carry me to a state of mind where I remember the truth. It is my opportunity to follow where peace leads me. It is my opportunity to let go of deciding what anything means on my own. It is my opportunity to listen and receive the awareness of that all is well from the Holy Spirit. And I give thanks.

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Accepting Holy Spirit’s Inspiration

Robert:
What do I value? This is a question to use with every choice, every perception I have in the world. If I value the body or any image in the world, I am valuing separation. But when I value truth, I value the unity of Love. Of myself, I do not know how to recognize true value. But with the vision of Holy Spirit, my true Self, I am helped to overlook the form to see the unity that joins us all in Love’s peaceful, kind embrace.

Today I choose to open my mind to Holy Spirit’s vision to see the Love that is everywhere around me and in me.

Mary:
Today I ask to be inspired by the Holy Spirit. To receive Holy Spirit’s inspiration, I must be willing to accept the gift of peace the Holy Spirit always brings. As I accept peace, I relax and what is not real falls away in my mind.

I am reminded once again that only Love is real, and that I am in communion with all that is real, always. I am shown the Light of Love that every brother truly is and see that we are one. All this comes when I am willing to accept Holy Spirit’s inspiration.

This is my job today — to apply Holy Spirit’s inspiration to every situation that arises during the day. This practice brings me peace and understanding. And I give thanks.

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