Do you not think the world needs peace as much as you do? Do you not want to give it to the world as much as you want to receive it? For unless you do, you will not receive it. If you want to have it of me, you must give it. Healing does not come from anyone else. You must accept guidance from within. The guidance must be what you want, or it will be meaningless to you. That is why healing is a collaborative venture. I can tell you what to do, but you must collaborate by believing that I know what you should do. Only then will your mind choose to follow me. Without this choice you could not be healed because you would have decided against healing, and this rejection of my decision for you makes healing impossible. T-8.IV.4:1-11
A Course in Miracles (p. 288). Foundation for Inner Peace. Kindle Edition.
Jesus is reported to have said according to Matthew 7:21: “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.” Jesus teaches in this passage of A Course In Miracles that if a person wants peace they must give peace. To give peace we can join with Jesus and choose to follow his example.
In Unitarian Universalism some of us covenant together to affirm and promote justice, equity, and compassion in human relations. With these three things peace arises.
Today it is suggested that we experience the peace within and then share it with the people we come into contact with today.
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