I want to talk about acceptance and about peace this month. I think this idea touches something quite deep in us. What would happen if we were more accepting of each other? Are we happy being at odds with what is? Are we being doormats if we accept what the government is handing us, or are we finding peace wherever we can? We are free to make choices about our own peace. Who else could?

Christmas is the season of peace. Maybe we forgot. Or perhaps we really don’t have a sense of what peace is, or what it feels like. Jesus is the one we remember at this time of year as we celebrate his birth. It is not as important to remember Jesus the person as it is to remember his teachings. While many world religions do not revere Jesus, they all teach peace in their own way.

To become aware of peace, one must be present in one’s awareness. Peace will never be in the past or in the future. It can only be now. Peace is completely an inside job. We can experience peace in our” worldly” lives, but it is not the peace of God or our Divine Self. It is the peace of ourselves in the world and seems to be a reflection of our acceptance of the world just as it is. It is also just one aspect of peace, but an important one. In A Course in Miracles, Lesson 267: “My heart is beating in the peace of God.” And Lesson 268: “In Love was I created, and in Love will I remain forever. What can frighten me, when I let all things be exactly as they are?”

We do not seek peace; we become peace. Any time, any place, we can be peace. Peace is not of the mind, but of the heart. Nonetheless, our mind will carry it through our divine being into our world.

May we all know and feel peace in new ways during this Season of Love and Peace.

Blessings,

Annie