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Robert:
Do I really want peace? When I look honestly at how I view the world during my day, I see that my answer to this question is not unequivocal. Whenever my peace is disturbed, I have chosen against peace. I have chosen to believe that an image of separation is real. I would only make this choice if I believed there was some value in separation. The perceived value is that separation offers me a special identity I can call my own. Any “threat” to this identity must be defended against and thus peace is thrown away.
Fortunately, with the help of A Course in Miracles, I am seeing more clearly that the image of a special identity is empty and has no value. The gift of peace is where real value lies. The Course is helping me recognize that the ego’s empty substitutes offer me nothing of value. I don’t really want them. I want the peace of God. That peace is already given.
My job is to be vigilant for peace and to offer any disturbance to the Holy Spirit for Him to shine His loving Light on it so that I may see that there was no substance to what I thought upset me. And I can make way for peace to return to my awareness. This is my practice today.
Mary:
This morning as I go into a place of quiet, I am reminded once again that everyone, because of What they are, has been given all of God. This means that everyone has all of God’s peace, all of God’s Love, for God gives all of Himself to all. This reflects God’s Will of oneness.
Today my practice is to bring this remembering to every part of my day. God’s oneness is all I want to remember. I see that it is meaningless to replace God’s oneness with images of separation. Letting these false images go is my function now. I no longer need to put up barriers to God’s oneness. This is what brings me happiness. This is what brings me peace. And I give thanks.
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