Your peace is with me Father, I am safe.
9-2-2026
I feel you with me.
“I give Your peace to those who suffer pain or grieve for loss or think they are bereft of hope and happiness.” [CE W-245.1:5]
We had a conversation in study group about the natural disaster in Nepal. Sadhguru cried during a press conference as he gave information about a team of 80 people from his organization who were lost in the flood. He is someone that I admire as living in this world from a higher level of consciousness. He showed his sadness.
I had an ‘a-ha!’ from the conversation as I saw in Sadhguru, a mystic, that was connected to events of this world and was feeling the emotions the event brought. My study group friend pointed out that this was compassion. She pointed out that when spiritual people just speak of everything being well at a higher level that this is spiritual bypassing.
What I saw in this conversation was that compassion is being in service of others by accepting the emotions that are flowing in the moment. They do not need to be held onto but are true to the people who have the experience.
As a spiritual person, I feel that peace would still be underlying any emotions that I would share with others. The line that comes to mind is ‘this too shall pass’. A mystic knows that there are things greater than the experience being felt, and that it is OK to feel the feelings present. I can feel with the other person who is hurting while holding the peace of God within for both of us.
9-2-2024
“Your peace surrounds me.”
Although this lesson seems to focus on God’s peace, my mind is still on safety from yesterday’s lesson.
When I went for my walk yesterday, I found a podcast from ‘Circle of Atonement’ discussing what ACIM has to say about safety. What I gleaned from this podcast was first, that we live in a world that promotes strength and defenses to feel safe. Next, Robert Perry described how ACIM explains why we feel unsafe:
- We react in an unloving way,
- We feel guilty (subconsciously),
- We expect punishment in the form of attack (the underlying fear of being unsafe).
He sold me on this theory by describing my own thoughts after an interaction, that of reviewing my words and finding fault. This shows guilt. The podcast offered the mindfulness practice of kindness, to consciously practice kind responses to others. So, not a quick fix, but a practice that I am willing to undertake.
I found in today’s lesson a boost to my motivation. That is that I will be surrounded by God’s peace. My brain has already begun thinking of relationships, their interactions, and how I should change my reactions. I don’t require problem solving. It will be from choosing peace and speaking from my heart that will change my defensiveness.
“Your peace is within me, [my Father-Mother-God]. I am safe.”
This is as I am Love, light, and peace as Your holy Child.
9-2-2023
I am safe!
On my first read of the lesson, I felt resistance to the request, ‘send them to me’. I don’t know what to do with all the people who are hurting.
As I prepare to start seminary this month, the self-assessment I’ve been working on came to mind. I’m going back to school to learn to serve. So, just like my seminary self-assessment, this lesson is showing me that I don’t need to know anything to serve.
“Your peace surrounds, Father. Where I go, Your peace goes there with me.”
I just need to be as I was created. I can choose to let go control and return to the Presence of Love that I am – where Love’s peace abides.
<3 I am love. I am light. I am peace.
9-2-2022
“Send them to me, my Father. Let me bring your peace with me.“
When reading this line, I said, “wait a minute. Send them to whom?”
I’m not ready. I see this relates to my lesson on trusting God and asking for help, to surrender to God’s way.
I don’t know how to bring peace to others. This has got to be God’s way. My brothers are so troubled. This is an enormous problem that I can’t solve. This requires God’s way.
Tricia, is this enough to get you to release control?