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Peace and Understanding Go Together

Mary:
In our reading of A Course in Miracles this morning, we came across one of my most favorite paragraphs in the Course. It is truly helpful to me whenever I read it.

Those who remember always that they know nothing and who have become willing to learn everything, will learn it. But whenever they trust themselves, they will not learn. They have destroyed their motivation for learning by thinking they already know. Think not you understand anything until you pass the test of perfect peace, for peace and understanding go together and never can be found alone. Each brings the other with it, for it is the law of God they be not separate. They are cause and effect, each to the other, so where one is absent the other cannot be. (T-14.XI.12)

This is a good reminder to me to remember not to trust in what I think I know, but to step back and take the time to accept the peace of the Holy Spirit. As I receive peace, everything I need to know will be given me. This is my practice today, and I give thanks.

Holy Spirit to Robert:
Your Self is eternally safe in the changeless Love of God. This safety can be reflected in this dream world you believe you are in. While you identify with the ego made image of yourself, you will not see safety. You will see danger everywhere. That is inherent in the ego thought system.

But if you align your thoughts with the Holy Spirit and turn over all your fear thoughts to the Holy Spirit for healing, you will see a world of safety. When you allow yourself to experience Holy Spirit’s peace, you may be guided to do things in the world that offer protection in form. The key is, in all your decisions, that they be made with the guidance of the Holy Spirit in peace.

When you make decisions based on fear, you only reinforce the seeming reality of separation. When you let your decisions be guided by the Holy Spirit, they will always lead you toward the experience of your safety in changeless Love. The moment by moment practice of staying in peace and letting yourself be guided by the Holy Spirit will lead you to the lawns of Heaven where form no longer matters and the eternal peace and joy of Love are your complete reality. Practice today.

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