 May
2003
Ernest Holmes
God is Peace. This Peace which
God is belongs to man and is some part of his Spiritual Nature.
Whatever God is in the Universal, man is in the particular. The
nature of God is incarnated in every living soul.
The Peace that is within you
is not something separate from God. It is not something that bombards
you from without. This Peace is something that expands from within.
Always this Peace has been in you. Always this Peace has nestled
at the center of your being, ready to reveal Its Perfection and
Harmony.
Peace stands at the door of
your consciousness and awaits your acceptance of It. It does not
stand outside waiting for entrance; It stands inside waiting to
be expressed in everything you do. If the possibility of your
peace were dependent upon some external event, some outside circumstance,
some objective fact, then you would not have a Principle of Peace
within you. You would merely be hoping that one might either develop
or be imposed externally.
The Kingdom of Heaven is within
you. Within you is the Kingdom of God, and within the Kingdom
of God is Peace. A conscious knowledge of this Peace, coupled
with a definite use of the Law of Mind, gives to each the possibility
of freedom from the bondage of doubt, fear, and uncertainty.
Peace is within you now. The
Peace that passeth all human comprehension is there. The Peace
that is at the very heart of the Universe is there. The Peace
that said to the waves, “Be still!” is there. The
Peace that healed the lunatic of his obsessing thought is in you.
Peace is within you now—the Peace that stilled the tempest
and walked the turbulent waters of human discord.
Because God is Peace and because
God is in you, the Peace of God must also be in you. You should
no longer go in search of Peace, for this is confusion. Search
Him not out, but seek Him at the center. He has always been there.
The Spirit of Truth, speaking through the understanding of one
who realized the Divine Presence, said, Before Abraham was, I
am. And, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it
up.
Because Peace is within you,
It is available. If It were somewhere else you would never find
It. Act as though Peace already possessed your soul and It will
possess it. Act as though Peace already emanated from your spirit
and It will emanate from it.
Speak Peace into confusion,
and your peace will heal that confusion.
This Healing Power is to be
used and not merely believed in. There is a vast difference between
believing in this Principle and using It. To believe in and understand
this Principle is essential to the use of It.
Peace is at the center of
your own soul; It is the very Being of your being. This Peace
which is at the center of your being has never been disturbed.
It has never been afraid. It never desired to harm anyone; therefore
it has never been hurt. How, then, shall you use this great gift
which nestles at the very center of your being?
You are to use it consciously.
You are to speak the Word of Peace wherever discord appears. And
when you speak the Word of Peace let no doubt arise in your thought.
You must know that Peace stills the tempest. You must know that
your Peace has all Power because It is the Peace of God within
you.
The Peace which is at the
center of your being was not born from human struggle, evolution,
or accomplishment. It is something that always existed. It was
not given by the world. The world cannot take It away. It remains
Perfect, exactly what It always has been. It awaits your recognition
that you may enter into conscious partnership with It. And when
you have joined the forces of your intellect with Its infinite
calm your heart will no longer be disturbed, nor will it be afraid.
Above the wind and higher
than the whirlwind, enshrined in the Heart of God, there is a
Voice within you which says:
“Peace! Be not
afraid. It is I.” This is you. This you is God within you.
This God within you is Peace. •
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