The function of holding the peace, or holding the space of love, or something along those lines, is often mentioned in these daily writings. Sometimes readers ask what that means, wondering why I think it's necessary to do anything of the sort. I've been asking myself this question as people dear to me are facing uncertainty, having some tough decisions to make. I have the deep feeling that it is my purpose to stake out a neutral space and hold it as an oasis of peace. Sometimes that space is invaded by fear or anger, but that doesn't mean it has been spoiled. By the recognition that reflecting Love is our native state, and that other emotions are only human diversions, this is the way I reclaim a neutral, loving attitude, holding it steady for anyone wishing to join in the peace. While I agree with those who tell me there is a spiritual solution to every problem, I am learning there never was a problem to begin with, and that this basic understanding is the solution.
"You have no idea of the tremendous release and deep peace that comes from meeting yourself and your brothers totally without judgment. When you recognize what you are and what your brothers are, you will realize that judging them in any way is without meaning. In fact, their meaning is lost to you precisely because you are judging them. All uncertainty comes from the belief that you are under the coercion of judgment. You do not need judgment to organize your life, and you certainly do not need it to organize yourself. In the presence of knowledge all judgment is automatically suspended, and this is the process that enables recognition to replace perception."
A Course in Miracles T.3.VI.3
“Destroy the five senses as organized matter, and you must either become non-existent, or exist in Mind only; and this latter conclusion is the simple solution of the problem of being, and leads to the equal inference that there is no matter.”
Mary Baker Eddy - Rudimental Divine Science Page 5:26-2
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