February 23, 2010
Over the years we have developed many beliefs about ourselves, others, and God. How many of these beliefs are true? And how many of these beliefs are colored by our perception of all of our past experiences? More than likely, most of our beliefs are based on our perception of our experiences and not rooted in Truth. And so many of our beliefs don’t work together, or are even irreconcilable with each other. Our first tendency is to try to reconcile our beliefs with each other and then, when that doesn’t work, we ignore the inconsistencies and slog on through the mire, avoiding the differences we cannot reconcile.
So we go through life embroiled in a war against ourselves. Each mistaken belief we have is fighting for its rightness. If any belief is not rooted in truth it will never be reconciled with any other mistaken belief. And so the war with ourselves goes on and on in our minds. Any belief based on illusion is a belief in nothing, for illusion is just illusion. And when illusion fights with illusion, there is nothing that can be reconciled. We end up spinning in circles and going nowhere. There is no winning or losing in illusion, just ongoing confusion and conflict.
Truth is our true nature. It always dwells deep within us. There is nothing that can threaten it, for there is nothing else. All else is illusion. Truth has no need to fight our illusory beliefs because they are no more than illusion. Why would anyone fight nothing? We would call that madness. And so God sees that there is nothing to fight.
As we allow ourselves to see that we are One with God, we can begin to let go of our beliefs that we have become so attached to. We may need to let go of those beliefs many times as we learn to trust the awareness of our Oneness with God. As we learn to trust what we already know, we will experience the peace of God, and the assurance that we are who we really are will grow within us. We will find ourselves allowing the love, peace, and joy of God to radiate from us which will return to us from all those we encounter. Let the war with yourself be over and be the peace of God in this world.
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