Why wait for Heaven? ²Those who seek the light are merely covering their eyes. ³The light is in them now. ⁴Enlightenment is but a recognition, not a change at all. ⁵Light is not of the world, yet you who bear the light in you are alien here as well. ⁶The light came with you from your native home, and stayed with you because it is your own. ⁷It is the only thing you bring with you from Him Who is your Source. ⁸It shines in you because it lights your home, and leads you back to where it came from and you are at home.
⁵It is not difficult to look within, for there all vision starts. ⁶There is no sight, be it of dreams or from a truer Source, that is not but the shadow of the seen through inward vision. ⁷There perception starts, and there it ends. ⁸It has no source but this.
The peace of God is shining in you now, and from your heart extends around the world. ²It pauses to caress each living thing, and leaves a blessing with it that remains forever and forever.
The peace of God can never be contained. ²Who recognizes it within himself must give it. ³And the means for giving it are in his understanding. ⁴He forgives because he recognized the truth in him. (A Course in Miracles, W-188.1;2:5–3:2;5:1-4. See also ACIM Lesson 188 Insights.)
We are the Light of the world because we are an extension of the Love that created us. The Light of Love in us shines without limit. As we recognize this, the Light we are illumines our world. We see that only Love is real and we look upon a world of innocence. We see no justification for judgment, only the holiness of all Creation.
Today we pause to remember the Light within by welcoming the peace of God. Peace is our natural state. We are grateful that we have the means to see past images of separation to see the Light which unites us in the universe of Love.
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