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Welcoming the Peace of Our True Self

There is nothing else for you to find except the peace of God, unless you seek for misery and pain.

Come home. You have not found your happiness in foreign places and in alien forms that have no meaning to you, though you sought to make them meaningful. This world is not where you belong. You are a stranger here. But it is given you to find the means whereby the world no longer seems to be a prison house or jail for anyone.

Peace is the bridge that everyone will cross, to leave this world behind. But peace begins within the world perceived as differ­ent, and leading from this fresh perception to the gate of Heaven and the way beyond. Peace is the answer to conflicting goals, to senseless journeys, frantic, vain pursuits, and meaningless endeavors. Now the way is easy, sloping gently toward the bridge where freedom lies within the peace of God.

For peace is union, if it be of God. We seek no further. We are close to home, and draw still nearer every time we say:

There is no peace except the peace of God,
And I am glad and thankful it is so. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 200, W-pI.200.1:5;4;8;11:7-9. See also ACIM Lesson 200 Insights.)

Peace is our Home. It is where God created His Son to remain at one with Himself. There is nowhere else in truth.

In the ego’s quest for specialness, it made itself a home where the oneness of God could not enter. The ego always sees itself in opposition, for the idea of joining in oneness terrifies it. The acceptance of oneness without reservation would instantly dispel the ego. For this is the choice for Reality in place of the ego’s illusions of being separate and different.

Perception of a world of differences and limitation is a choice to be undone. These perceptions can never bring us happiness and peace. Each time we recognize a perception that disturbs our peace, we can undo it by asking the Holy Spirit for help. We accept His help by pausing and welcoming the peace of our true Self. It is always there to receive through our willingness to step back from our involvement in the world.

Our willingness to question the reality of our perceptions opens our mind to receive the Holy Spirit’s true perception instead. His true perceptions show us the oneness of God’s Love that joins us with every brother. It frees us from conflict, guilt and fear and carries us to the gates of Heaven. We are welcomed home with His full embrace.

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