Right At the Beginning

Right at the beginning: 

right to the beginning, that's where I find myself after another year devoted to the workbook lessons of a Course in miracles. I have gone through these lessons several times in my long practice of the Course, and this time has been, perhaps, the most fruitful. And yet, as is often the case, I'm drawn back to those magical words of the introduction that have captivated me since first glance -

Nothing real can be threatened.

Nothing unreal exists.

Therein lies the peace of God. 

this secret is given away right at the beginning, and if truly understood can then become the basis for the entire life that follows. I smile at all the times I've forgotten this, even now and I'm in my third decade of practice. Truly, truly, truly, nothing real can be threatened, but I often overlook the real for favor of the temporary, still seeming to prefer the illusion of peace that an outer world offers rather than the internal presences of God's love that is always available should I deem to notice. Right now my own problems have become very real to me, issues of the world pressing down on me. 

and yet,

Nothing real can be threatened.

and those words are still magical to me, they're my return to reality, my promise of peace in this very troubled moment. I found myself smiling this morning, unexpectedly, at ease as everything unreal is now forgiven and seen only as my interpretation of events. 

I'm smiling because nothing unreal exists...

and herein lies the peace of God.

right here all along.

~

I love you, Eric 

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