In peace I was created. ²And in peace do I remain. ³It is not given me to change my Self. ⁴How merciful is God my Father, that when He created me He gave me peace forever. ⁵Now I ask but to be what I am. ⁶And can this be denied me, when it is forever true?
Father, I seek the peace You gave as mine in my creation. ²What was given then must be here now, for my creation was apart from time, and still remains beyond all change. ³The peace in which Your Son was born into Your Mind is shining there unchanged. ⁴I am as You created me. ⁵I need but call on You to find the peace You gave. ⁶It is Your Will that gave it to Your Son. (A Course in Miracles, W-230.1–2. See also ACIM Lesson 230 Insights.)
It is fruitless to ask the ego how to find peace, although it is quick to offer its advice. If we feel stressed and seek help, the ego is first to tell us what to do. But its directions are always aligned with the ego’s goal of seek and do not find.
To find true and lasting peace we need to disengage from the ego. It does not know what peace is, for the ego is the idea of conflict. When we are willing to pause and quiet the chatter in our mind, we open the door to welcome the peace of God that is already in us.
God gave us the Holy Spirit to lead us to peace. He knows how to guide us out of the dream of conflict to remember the gift of peace that is forever ours. The simple practice of pausing to disengage from the ego and welcome the Holy Spirit’s help will free us to experience the peace that is our innate Being. Today is a good day to practice.
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