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The Path from Conflict to Peace

The Holy Spirit is the Mediator between the interpretations of the ego and the knowledge of the spirit. ²His ability to deal with symbols enables Him to work with the ego’s beliefs in its own language. ³His ability to look beyond symbols into eternity enables Him to understand the laws of God, for which He speaks. ⁴He can therefore perform the function of reinterpreting what the ego makes, not by destruction but by understanding. ⁵Understanding is light, and light leads to knowledge. ⁶The Holy Spirit is in light because He is in you who are light, but you yourself do not know this. ⁷It is therefore the task of the Holy Spirit to reinterpret you on behalf of God.

⁷Peace is the ego’s greatest enemy because, according to its interpretation of reality, war is the guarantee of its survival. ⁸The ego becomes strong in strife. ⁹If you believe there is strife you will react viciously, because the idea of danger has entered your mind. ¹⁰The idea [of danger] itself is an appeal to the ego. ¹¹The Holy Spirit is as vigilant as the ego to the call of danger, opposing it with His strength just as the ego welcomes it. ¹²The Holy Spirit counters this welcome by welcoming peace. ¹³Eternity and peace are as closely related as are time and war. (A Course in Miracles, T-5.III.7;8:7-13. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)

The appeal of danger and conflict to the ego is evident in the subjects that make news in the media. They are all about danger from weather, disease, fellow humans, the earth itself. Entertainment programs must contain elements of conflict or they will attract very little audience. This is the ego’s bread and butter. It feeds on conflict.

But in the oneness of God’s Love, conflict is impossible. Love is our Home, our safety and peace. Though we may dream of conflict, we remain eternally at rest in God’s peace. In the dream, we forget What we are. The Holy Spirit is the means for us to find our way out of the dream. He dwells in peace within us, ready to reinterpret our misperceptions.

His guidance waits only on our welcome. We welcome the Holy Spirit by welcoming peace instead of conflict. Peace and understanding go together and are never found alone. The practice of stepping back from our involvement in the world to welcome peace frees us to awaken to the Love in which we live and have our being. We can always have peace instead of conflict.

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