Volume One
Chapter Eight — The Gift of Wisdom
May: Serenity
1. Wisdom is a package deal, as the soul takes reign of the body. It has twelve different elements, and serenity is the one featured for May's exercises. The inner peace that was referred to in the original A Course in Miracles will now be known as serenity. Serenity is only one of the twelve strands of wisdom. It isn't something to achieve as a goal. It is a gift in and of itself and is a part of a much larger gift. What is serenity? It is the calm in the storm. It is the quietness inside a rainy afternoon. It is knowing that, despite appearances, all is well. All is as it must be.
2. Guidelines:
Readers should delve directly into the "Gift of Wisdom" after completing all of the "Steps to Authenticity." Simply find the appropriate starting date on the calendar and begin there. Each month of affirmations centers around the theme and each theme is an aspect of wisdom. At the conclusion of this second year, the gift of wisdom will be yours. These exercises will facilitate soul growth by quieting the mind and retraining it to be in service to the soul and not strictly to the ego. Godspeed to all those who tread these waters to refine their authentic selves into shimmering gems.
3. May 1
Peace is always an option.
4. May 2
Serenity is sometimes a leap of faith.
5. May 3
Peace does not come from denying that something is real. It comes from knowing that more of God will grow from the combustion.
6. May 4
I will guide you on what to say or do.
7. May 5
Find your place of serenity and listen to me.
8. May 6
I live inside a serene state of mind, not one caught up emotionally over appearances.
9. May 7
Return to an especially tumultuous period in your most recent lifetime. Were you able to find me in stillness?
10. May 8
If another tumultuous period were to revisit you, would you be able to find me?
11. May 9
I Am here at all times, in all places.
12. May 10
I Am beneath thought.
13. May 11
Thought has the temporary ability to block my power.
14. May 12
Thought has the temporary ability to block the power of God.
15. May 13
Serenity helps you process the hard aspects of life.
16. May 14
Serenity isn't a goal; it is a tool.
17. May 15
The power of the soul can't be accessed without serenity.
18. May 16
A chaotic mind cannot access the soul.
19. May 17
A chaotic mind cannot access God.
20. May 18
Praying to God produces mixed results because the mind is not clear.
21. May 19
A mind that is not clear cannot know itself.
22. May 20
The mind is designed to be utilized in service to the soul.
23. May 21
The soul cannot tell the mind what to say or do if chaos reigns.
24. May 22
If the mind thinks it is separate from the soul, it will take time to heal this fundamental misunderstanding.
25. May 23
All healing comes from switching your identity from ego to soul.
26. May 24
The process of merging your identity with your soul is commonly known as awakening.
27. May 25
Can you see the importance of serenity?
28. May 26
Serenity is a quiet mind.
29. May 27
God can talk to a quiet mind.
30. May 28
A loud mind cannot hear its own soul.
31. May 29
Your soul is always trying to talk to you. I will never stop trying.
32. May 30
There is nothing you could ever do or say to keep me from you because I Am you.
33. May 31
Serenity is a pathway to God.
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