Holding Peace

photo credit: Aaron Springston

It's easy to fall into fear and anger in these turbulent times. I probably do it 10 or 20 times a day! When we hear things we know to be untrue, it can be easy to defend our beliefs with arguments. These days there are many things meant to "trigger" us into mindless anger. There's even a book by this name, telling how to upset people on purpose with wild mis-statements and points of truth which can be upsetting. So I am adamant in this peace I live, with a determination never felt before in my lifetime, a determination to live love, truth, goodness. Some people can stay pretty calm by meditations and affirmations which run through their heads. Some try to hide away from unsavory topics and hold peace in that way. My hope is to hold onto it in the face of any and all challenges, reaching deep and wide and high to feel the Love from which we are all created. Sometimes I feel like Bill Murray in "What About Bob?", as he repeats: I feel good, I feel fine, I feel wonderful! But you know what? Do anything it takes to hold onto the loving forgiveness which never blames in the first place. Namaste 

"You believe in what you value. If you are afraid, you are valuing wrongly. Your understanding will then inevitably value wrongly, and by endowing all thoughts with equal power will inevitably destroy peace. That is why the Bible speaks of “the peace of God which passeth understanding.” This peace is totally incapable of being shaken by errors of any kind. It denies the ability of anything not of God to affect you. This is the proper use of denial. It is not used to hide anything, but to correct error. It brings all error into the light, and since error and darkness are the same, it corrects error automatically." A Course in Miracles text