Miracles News
October-December, 2010
The One About Peace
After spending a day in seclusion at my family’s farm cabin, an hour driving and a short ferryboat ride away from Seattle, I realized what I was looking for — Peace! What a fabulous word! It even sounds attractive. Why do I always end up thinking peace has either been withheld, or denied to me? Or, that for some strange reason, I just have to suffer a little while longer and then I can enjoy peace. As I sat out on the porch surveying the acres and acres of ready to cut alfalfa, watching several deer wandering through the pasture, I experienced one of those rare (for me) moments when my mind was just quiet.
Along with the warmth of the sun, the sensation of peace literally enveloped me. “This must be what the Course is talking about” I thought. Time was standing still; I had the strong feeling that all was well with everything. After about eleven seconds, my ego kicked in and assured me that to believe living with the thought of peace was not only impossible, but also so selfish and self-centered, I should be ashamed to even want peace. Examples after examples were quickly provided of past misdeeds, some recent and some from long ago, proving why I should not be enjoying peace of mind.
I remembered reading, one cannot get rid of the ego, but it is possible to not value its counsel. I discovered that day, it was possible! I sat back in my chair and just stopped thinking. I’m smiling right now even writing about it! The Course has much to say about peace. I recently read through the text again, starting with the thought that what I was reading was a love story from God to me. What story could God share other than love? And, if God shares all, and He only shares Love, then Love must be all there Is. Who wouldn’t experience peace with those thoughts! “There is a way of living in the world that is not here, although it seems to be.” (ACIM Workbook Lesson 155) What if living in peace was as simple as listening to a love story all day?
Rev. Stephan Mead is a Pathways of Light minister living in Seattle, Washington.
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