A Course in Miracles Lesson #245
“Your peace is with me, Father. I am safe."
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| "Making Camp in Mongolia" photo by Aaron Springston |
Today's lesson tells us: "Your peace goes there with me. It sheds its light on everyone I meet." Sometimes this peace seems easier to realize than at other times. We all have periods in our lives when everything feels fragile, and our safety and peace are overshadowed by anxiety and fear. Perhaps there's something to be said for the old self-help adage of "fake it until you make it"! If I extend peace and Love to all I meet, whether I feel it or not, but simply go through the motions with a sincere desire to know peace and pass it on, at some point the mist of sadness lifts. I remember one day I was walking the dogs and met a new neighbor on the street. She immediately started telling me how horrible things were in her life, giving vivid examples, until she had started yelling at me. I wasn't feeling particularly happy at that moment and the temptation was to walk away or perhaps retaliate. But instead I said to myself: You've got to say something nice to this woman! And so I thought about what I truly admired about her and said, You have beautiful hair! Well, she burst into tears and we hugged and went inside and had tea and a nice, loving conversation. By insisting on the Truth of our being, we both demonstrated the healing peace of that realization.
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
“Spiritual living and blessedness are the only evidences, by which we can recognize true existence and feel the unspeakable peace which comes from an all-absorbing spiritual love.”
Science & Health Page 264:24-27
