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Is it possible to attain peace in our world? Let's explore what Jesus has to say about it:

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"⁴This course will be believed entirely or not at all.⁵For it is wholly true or wholly false, and cannot be but partially believed.

⁶And you will either escape from misery entirely or not at all.

⁷Reason will tell you that there is no middle ground where you can pause uncertainly, waiting to choose between the joy of Heaven and the misery of hell.

⁸Until you choose Heaven, you are in hell and misery."
(T-22.II.7:4-8)

Jesus teaches us to escape from the world we perceive by letting go of attack thoughts. However, we may still secretly desire a world of separation. Our attachment to our specialness may be too strong to let go of. We may still crave violence, vengeance, and bloodshed because these are the fundamental ideas of the ego thought system that originate from attack.

This world, which was created through attack and then covered with guilt, is essentially an attack on God.

Our world is characterized by aggression, revenge, and animosity. It reflects our inner state. Even in the natural world, we see how animals prey on one another and how war has been a constant throughout human history. Violence, murder, and aggression are at the core of our existence. We must strive to relinquish our egoic hostile thoughts and embrace the Holy Spirit's Curriculum.

Anyone who sincerely desires God above all else will experience the full force of this revolt as they scrape the bottom of the sludge from the bedrock of the ego thought system. It is brutal.

We already know the ego is a vicious, murderous thought system; it is a death wish; once you get to the bottom of its foundation, you see there the desire to kill another and to kill yourself; when we get to this stage, we must hold on tight to Jesus' hand.

This is a big deal as at the core of Jesus' teachings, we must look not only at the murderous hate we feel within but also at the belief in death, allow and look at all darkness with the Holy Spirit until it dissipates.

If we believe this Course entirely and are sincere with Jesus, we will hang up our coats of the Mystic and join him in the great crusade to spirit our goal of salvation in a collaborative venture with our brothers in the name of Christ.

Step out of the darkness, Holy Sons of God, and look up and hear the sound of the trumpets overhead. The call to Awaken broadcasts through the Teachers of God, joining all minds and stirring the memory of God in all those who sleep.

Unite with your brothers in Christ in the extension of Light offer them the Miracle and it is yours.

Ah! Then is freedom from suffering possible?

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The following section, Beyond the Body from A Course in Miracles, contains the answer.

"There is no violence at all in this escape. ²The body is not attacked, but simply properly perceived.

³It does not limit you, merely because you would not have it so. ⁴You are not really “lifted out” of it; it cannot contain you.

⁵You go where you would be, gaining, not losing, a sense of Self.
⁶In these instants of release from physical restrictions, you experience much of what happens in the holy instant; the lifting of the barriers of time and space, the sudden experience of peace and joy, and, above all, the lack of awareness of the body, and of the questioning whether or not all this is possible.

It is possible because you want it.

²The sudden expansion of awareness that takes place with your desire for it is the irresistible appeal the holy instant holds.

³It calls to you to be yourself, within its safe embrace. ⁴There are the laws of limit lifted for you, to welcome you to openness of mind and freedom.
⁵Come to this place of refuge, where you can be yourself in peace.

⁶Not through destruction, not through a breaking out, but merely by a quiet melting in.

⁷For peace will join you there, simply because you have been willing to let go the limits you have placed upon love, and joined it where it is and where it led you, in answer to its gentle call to be at peace."
(T-18.VI.13:1-14:7)
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© 2024 Dakini Wild
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