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Freedom to Be Love and Nothing Else

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could see peace instead of this. Peace of mind is clearly an internal matter. It must begin with your own thoughts, and then extend outward. It is from your peace of mind that a peaceful perception of the world arises.

It is your inner world to which the applications of today’s idea should be made.

Search your mind for fear thoughts, anxiety-provoking situations, “offending” personalities or events, or anything else about which you are harboring unloving thoughts.

The purpose is to protect yourself from temptation throughout the day. If a specific form of temptation arises in your awareness, the exercise should take this form:

I could see peace in this situation instead of what I now see in it.

It will help you if you tell yourself specifically:

I can replace my feelings of depression, anxiety or worry [or my thoughts about this situation, personality or event] with peace. (, A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 34, W-pI.34.1:2-4;2:4;3:2;5:2-4;6:3-4. See also ACIM Lesson 34 Insights.)

The Course tells us that peace and understanding always come together. This is why the practice of reminding ourselves that we could see peace in place of anything that disturbs our peace is essential to release ourselves from the limitations of the ego. Peace is the condition of knowledge; it is the condition of knowing that the peace of God is our own.

The practice of opening our minds to see peace in place of any disturbance is the means of returning to our true Home in the Heart of God. This practice will free us from the fear and guilt inherent in the ego thought system. It will free us from identifying with a false, separate identity. It will lead us to the full remembrance that we are Love and nothing else, for only Love is real.

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