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Taking the Time to Receive God’s Peace and Happiness

by Revs. Robert and Mary Stoelting, Founders of Pathways of Light

Our soul is nourished as we become more and more willing to journey inward to the Holy Spirit within our mind. As we do this, the ego mind is quieted. The Holy Spirit can then guide us to our inner Light of God’s peace and happiness.

Fear falls away as we are gently brought to the truth of our innate innocence and the fact that we, along with all our brothers, are still as God created us. We feel safe as we let the Holy Spirit nourish our soul by reminding us that God has given everyone in this world all of His eternal Love.

In our experience, we have found that our souls are nourished as we read through the titles of the first 50 lessons of the Workbook. (See Workbook pages iii to iv.) Reading each lesson title reminds us, again and again, that we know nothing on our own. When we get lost in the stories of being separate from God, we need the nourishment that the Holy Spirit brings us.

We also like to frequently review the titles of lessons 61 to 80. (See Workbook pages iv to v.) These titles remind us of our true life purpose and go into more detail about how our Inner Teacher helps us move forward in the process of letting go of grievances and returning to the Light of Truth.

In Chapter 14, Section VIII, Jesus tells us:

“Let your mind wander not through darkened corridors, away from light’s center. You and your brother may choose to lead yourselves astray, but you can be brought together only by the Guide appointed for you. He will surely lead you to where God and His Son await your recognition. They are joined in giving you the gift of oneness, before which all separation vanishes.” (T-14.VIII.3:1-4)

We have found that we need help to pull us out of the quagmire of illusions that we have convinced ourselves is true. Our Father has provided that Help in our minds, where our illusions can be corrected.

We accept this gentle help of the Holy Spirit to see the truth in everyone by letting Him be the Interpreter of all our perceptions. We have found that if anything disturbs our peace of mind, it is a sure sign that we are misjudging what we perceive. Our practice is to continue to let the Holy Spirit show us the truth of Love’s oneness behind all our perceptions.

Another Workbook lesson that helps us is Lesson 106 on pages 190-191: Let me be still and listen to the truth. “Listen, and hear your Father speak to you through His appointed Voice, which silences the thunder of the meaningless, and shows the way to peace to those who cannot see. Be still today and listen to the truth.” (W-106.2:1-2)

As we become more and more willing to still our minds of all the ego’s fearful thoughts, and let the Holy Spirit nourish our soul, we are brought to a mental state of inner peace. We receive the perfect message from the Holy Spirit to free ourselves of the fearful and judgmental thoughts of the ego.

We are raised up to see the Love beyond the fearful stories of the world. We feel more loving, more kind. We become more aware of how to become more truly helpful in this world. We let Holy Spirit lead the way.

“In this world you can become a spotless mirror, in which the Holiness of your Creator shines forth from you to all around you. You can reflect Heaven here. Yet no reflections of the images of other gods must dim the mirror that would hold God’s reflection in it. Earth can reflect Heaven or hell; God or the ego. You need but leave the mirror clean and clear of all the images of hidden darkness you have drawn upon it. God will shine upon it of Himself. Only the clear reflection of Himself can be perceived upon it.”

“Could you but realize for a single instant the power of healing that the reflection of God, shining in you, can bring to all the world, you could not wait to make the mirror of your mind clean to receive the image of the holiness that heals the world.” (T-14.IX.5;7:1)

Everything we perceive in the world is a reflection of what we believe is our reality. If we identify with the ego thought system of separation, we see a world of conflicting images that seem to compete to establish their value.

While we believe we are in the world, there is an alternative way of looking at it that reflects the Love of our Creator. If we are willing to let the Holy Spirit be our Interpreter of our perceptions, we will see this world through forgiving eyes.

We will see Love’s reflection in place of the divisive images that seem to attack. We will be inspired to extend Love from within to join with the Love we recognize in everyone, everywhere. As we let this be the only way we see the world, we are ready to accept Heaven as our Home. As we let our soul be nourished by the Holy Spirit, we extend that nourishment to all our brothers.

The wish for specialness led to the dream of separation, which denies the Source of the only nourishment we need — the Love of God. When we deny His Love, we deny the real Life we live in God. This denial is the cause of our constant search for the Love we believe we are lacking.

Love is the only nourishment we need and we need It only because we have denied God’s gift of all His Love. As we learn to accept the Holy Spirit’s help to see the truth of the Love that is every brother, we make way for the only nourishment we need to be fulfilled.

The end of the dreams of fear and guilt comes when we let go of the wish for specialness; when we let go of claiming an identity we can call our own. Free of this limiting wish, we now see everyone as part of our one Self. We are grateful for all who are willing to join with us in our Father’s Love and let His Light lighten our mind with the vision of Christ.

If we seem to experience anything but peace and happiness, we know we must be believing in a false identity that can never be real. We use this perception as a reminder to take the time to let our soul be nourished by pausing to return to peace and ask the Holy Spirit to help us forgive our mistaken belief. As we accept His help, we remember that all our needs are met by our Father’s changeless Love.

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