Peace lies deep within each and every one of us; no exceptions. It is there, even if we don’t recognize that it is there. Peace dwells there within us waiting for us to allow the obstacles we have placed between our separated self and our real Self to be gently removed and fade away into nothing. The obstacles to peace within us may seem to come from many places outside us, but they are really obstacles we have placed between our mind and the awareness of peace within us. Here’s what the Course tells us about this:
As peace extends from deep inside yourself to embrace all the One Childship and give it rest, it will encounter many obstacles. Some of them you will try to impose. Others will seem to arise from elsewhere; from others, and from various aspects of the world outside. Yet peace will gently cover them, extending past completely unencumbered. The extension of the Holy Spirit’s purpose from your relationship to others, to bring them gently in, is the way in which Spirit will bring means and goal in line. The peace Spirit lay, deep within you and others, will quietly extend to every aspect of your life, surrounding you and others with glowing happiness and the calm awareness of complete protection. And you will carry its message of love and safety and freedom to everyone who draws nigh unto your temple, where healing waits for them. You will not wait to give them this, for you will call to them and they will answer you, recognizing in your call the Call for God. And you will draw them in and give them rest, as it was given you. T-19.IV.1:1-9
All this healing peace and love is there within all of us and all we need do is allow it to extend from us to others. Is it really this simple? Yes, it is! But we have placed obstacles to it in our minds. And we can just as easily allow those obstacles to be gone. Let the peace within you expand and flow across these obstacles we placed before it. We can and will do this, for nothing we undertake with Spirit can be unfulfilled. There is nothing outside us we can be sure of or rely on but the resting place within us we offer Spirit where we, then, can rest in Spirit. There we find peace and the holy blessing with which Spirit fills every relationship.
The gratitude you owe to Spirit, Spirit asks but that you receive for Spirit. And when you look with gentle graciousness upon others, you are beholding Spirit. For you are looking where Spirit is, and not apart from Spirit. You cannot see the Holy Spirit, but you can see others truly. And the light in them will show you all that you need to see. When the peace in you has been extended to encompass everyone, the Holy Spirit’s function here will be accomplished. What need is there for seeing, then? When the One has taken the last step, the Holy Spirit will gather all the thanks and gratitude that you have offered and lay them gently before the Creator in the Name of the most holy Child. And the Creator will accept them in Their Name. What need is there of seeing, in the presence of Their gratitude? T-19.IV.3:1-10
Open your eyes. Open your Spirit eyes and see what is really in others. Recognize Spirit within each and every one of them. Perhaps some of them do not seem to be exhibiting Spirit as you gaze on them in this world. Take a moment and gaze again beyond the appearance of things in the holy instant and see them in the eternal now. You will see the miracle of healing in them as you see them as they really are – the One Holy Child of Oneness. Let us begin to see with Spirit Vision and begin to remove the obstacles to Peace.
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