September 29, 2020
Lesson 274 –
Today belongs to love. Let me not fear.
I would venture to say that we all want our day to be filled with love and peace, the kind of love and peace that allows us to rest and just be. There is nothing needy or cloying or demanding about this attitude. It allows our mind to be still. It recognizes that we are whole and complete. It holds precious the knowledge that we have all we need within us. Isn’t this what we really seek? We keep looking outwardly to the world for this guidance, but it can only be found within us, holy and forever present. This lesson offers us this simple instruction:
A special blessing comes to us today, from the One Who is our Source. Give this day to Oneness, and there will be no fear today, because the day is given unto love. W-pII.274.2:1-2
This special blessing is ours for eternity, in any situation and wherever we are. The world around us may seem to be in chaos and we may feel buffeted by its chaos. But, we can make another choice even when it seems there is no other. We must be willing, just a little, for this blessing of love and peace is oh so powerful. It raises our mind above the battleground of thoughts disconnected from Love and Oneness to the transcending level of love and peace of mind. We will still be in the midst of the chaotic world, but we will perceive it differently. We will understand that the chaos of the world does not disturb our peace of mind. Only our attachment to the world and separation blocks our own awareness of the peace and love within us. We may choose at any moment we so desire to change our mind and align with the blessing of infinite love and peace Oneness offers us always. When we decide to allow a different perspective to come to our mind, this prayer is offered by this lesson:
Source [Creator], today I would let all things be as You created them, and give Your Holy Child [Me] the honor due their sinlessness; the love of one to another and their Friend. Through this I am redeemed. Through this as well the truth will enter where illusions were, light will replace all darkness, and Your One Holy Child will know they are as You created them. W-pII.274.1:1-3
As the light of understanding quells all darkness, so does love cast out all fear. Fear cannot exist in the presence of love just as darkness cannot exist in the light. We are beings of light and love. Peace is our natural state of mind. The Course teaches that we are the light of the world. The light of love and peace shine from our being. We simply need to recognize this infinite and divine light. Pure love and peace radiate from that light within us in an infinite supply. This is who we really are, and this is our true home. Receive this blessing of love and peace, for it is already ours.
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