posted October 22, 2006 12:48 AM              

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I don't know if you all are familiar with Marianne Williamson but she is a spiritual writer and lecturist who wrote, "A Course in Miracles and " The Return to Love." Awesomely inspiring books.

An E-mail from Marianne Williamson
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>PRAYING FOR PEACE by Marianne Williamson Like many people, I'm both glued
>to the news and horrified by it. My thoughts and feelings have been thrown
>out of order, into some kind of disarray that at times surprises me. We're
>all being challenged by world events to see just how deeply our convictions
>lie, and how and where we're ready to apply them to the realities of the
>world.
> For myself, if I'm sure of anything I am sure of this: the mortal mind,
>as it is currently and commonly configured within human consciousness, is
>inadequate to the demands of the times in which we live. As Gandhi said,
>"The problem with humanity is that it's not in its right mind." We are
>being asked by history, by evolution, by God, to evolve beyond all thoughts
>of separation to see the unity of all children of God. Ultimately we will
>leave behind as quaint such notions as "national sovereignty." We will
>realize that all of us are one. Or else... No one has a monopoly on human
>suffering, and no child is more precious to God than any other. Only when
>we have learned to love as God loves will the world be uplifted to where it
>naturally belongs. It's one thing to say that, or to even believe it. But
>how do we apply it to such a moment of world crisis as confronts us now?
> A Course in Miracles says that God does not give us victory in battle;
>rather, He lifts us above the battlefield. Our greatest spiritual
>contribution to this moment is to remember, in the words of the Course,
>that "beyond this world is a world I want." Beyond this three dimensional
>reality where the horrors of war are raging, there is another field of
>possibility alive in the Mind of God. Our work as individuals is to claim
>that world beyond this one, with passion and conviction; it is a world in
>which Jews and Arabs and Christians -- and everyone else as well -- are
>united not through the body but through the spirit. Close your eyes and see
>with your Inner Eye what the newspapers cannot show you. See the light
>withinn every Israeli, the light within every Palestinian and Lebanese, the
>light within every human heart, emerge from the center of their souls and
>then merge into One. See this, hold onto the vision, pray that it become a
>reality on the face of the earth, and
> then surrender it into the hands of God.
> What the world needs now is a miracle, and it is miracles to which we
>are all entitled. For miracles occur naturally as expressions of love; they
>are in fact the natural order of the world when the mind is in its natural
>state. Our task, quite simply, is to love in a way that we have never loved
>before. Let us love even those with whom we do not agree, perhaps even
>those whom we might think we hate. Let us love them not personally, of
>course, but impersonally. Let us reach for the Love of God within us, that
>we might reach the Love of God within them. Let us all awaken to a higher
>truth, that we might be subconscious awakeners.
> Neither Israel nor Lebanon need any of us to fall into this nightmare
>with them. What they need is for us to remain spiritually awake -- to the
>truth of their Oneness in the Mind of God. Because all minds are joined,
>our being awake will help them all to awaken. Their souls are making an
>ultimate sacrifice for each of us, showing what lies ahead for the world
>should we not remember who we truly are.
> God bless Lebanon. God bless Israel. God bless every child of God. And
>God, please help us to live in peace. We need a miracle. And we need it
>now.
> Amen.
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