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July-September, 2011

Inner Peace Comes With the Release of Specialness

by Rev. Nancy Miiller, O.M.C.

How many times have you been in a team meeting or group situation and had the thoughts of, “Wow, they have their act together!” or “I wish my new team was buttoned up like my old team”? Even with an individual person, you can have these kinds of thoughts, and then you confide in another ‘trusted’ person to share your ‘perceived observations’ of the other individual’s achievements or inadequacies.

And how many times have you blamed another for the cause of your own problems? Even looking around you, in the news, on the street, in your home, or even in your place of worship, finger pointing happens. Think about how many times and on which end you have played which role. How many times did you feel special and how many times did you feel weakened?

All these situations reflect comparisons between people or situations. A Course in Miracles teaches us that comparing makes separation real, thus it is a device of the ego. Comparing makes one person ‘special’ and one person ‘weak.’ Any time this occurs a judgment is made which is an attack on our Self, whether we are aware of this fact or not.

Since specialness is an ego device, specialness is cloaked in all relationships, including special relationships. Special relationships are easily defined as your romantic partner, close family and friends. We all put these groups up on a pedestal or create special rules or constructs in and around these people. The Course is very clear. There is only One holy Son of God and that is everyone we see in the illusion. Our job is to see beyond the body we see with our eyes to be the Oneness in everyone we see. This does not mean that we do not love our partners, families or friends. It means to love everyone because Love is What we all are in reality.

Recently at work, ‘an awareness’ has surfaced of this very nature. I found myself comparing in various situations, thus judging people, events and the overall idea of work. Not such pleasurable thoughts, but ones to ponder my beliefs, values, and participation in order to let go of the hidden guilt; any thoughts or ideas where I’ve made a judgment of any kind and where my inner peace and love is shut down. Therefore, how can I see the truth of love and peace of my Self without first seeing it in others?

In order to attain the state of inner peace, the Course talks about how I must release all ideas of specialness or lack that I hold against others and myself. Forgiveness is the means of releasing all specialness I hold in my ego mind. Forgiveness is done along with the help of the Holy Spirit, Who knows the Truth of all things. Seeing only Truth in wholeness and innocence, the Holy Spirit clears away all limiting thoughts.

Only illusions can be forgiven and once forgiven the illusion disappears into the nothingness of which it was created. Slowly and gently our Spirit Mind fills our awareness and inner peace and love becomes our being, returning us to the state we have never left.

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