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Hello
Brother, I am searching for Peace everywhere but still, I
never get it. How can I and how will I receive it?
Thank
you for your note to Truthbook.com.
You
are not
alone in your search for peace. Just look around you - read the news,
watch the TV, look into the eyes of your fellow men. All of us long for
peace in this world filled with unrest.
Peace in the
outer world will come only after
the need for war is ended. World peace will only come when mankind
stops
fighting for power and supremacy over his fellow men. The Urantia Book
offers a unique perspective on peace. I invite you to have a look at
our topical study on Peace HERE.
But I
sense that you are looking for a different kind of peace - inner peace
- peace of mind...
Again, The Urantia Book, and most
especially the teachings
of Jesus, the Prince of Peace, offers any
individual the means by which they can secure this kind of peace for
themselves. The Urantia Book offers us the assurance of cosmic
citizenship in the family of God, and the knowledge that we have a
high and noble purpose for living. The religion of Jesus offers inner
peace of
the highest order.
(194:3.3)
To Jesus, mortal life
had dealt its hardest, cruelest, and bitterest blows; and this man met
these ministrations of despair with faith, courage, and the unswerving
determination to do his Father's will. Jesus met life in all its
terrible reality and mastered it—even in death. He did not
use religion as a release from life. The religion of Jesus does not
seek to escape this life in order to enjoy the waiting bliss of another
existence. The religion of Jesus provides the joy and peace of another
and spiritual existence to enhance and ennoble the life which men now
live in the flesh.
When we search for this kind of
peace, we have to go no
further than our own inner lives.
Here are some
practical suggestions for finding inner peace from The
Urantia Book:
(111:5.4)
Peace in this life, survival in death, perfection in the next life,
service in eternity—all these are achieved (in spirit) now
when the creature personality consents—chooses—to
subject the creature will to the Father's will.
(100:4.3)
Spiritual
growth yields lasting joy, peace which passes all understanding.
(100:6.6)
One
of the most amazing earmarks of religious living is that dynamic and
sublime peace, that peace which passes all human understanding, that
cosmic poise which betokens the absence of all doubt and turmoil. Such
levels of spiritual stability are immune to disappointment. Such
religionists are like the Apostle Paul, who said: "I am persuaded that
neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers,
nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor
anything else shall be able to separate us from the love of God."
(101:8.4)
Faith
vitalizes religion and constrains the religionist heroically to live
the golden rule. The zeal of faith is according to knowledge, and its
strivings are the preludes to sublime peace.
(160:5.10)
...But are we willing
to pay the price of this entrance into the kingdom of heaven? Are we
willing to be born again? to be remade? Are we willing to be subject to
this terrible and testing process of self-destruction and soul
reconstruction? Has not the Master said: "Whoso would save his life
must lose it. Think not that I have come to bring peace but rather a
soul struggle"? True, after we pay the price of dedication to the
Father's will, we do experience great peace provided we continue to
walk in these spiritual paths of consecrated living.
You
can see that dedicated religious living is the only sure way to secure
inner peace; and it is not always easy to find. But the search is well
worth the effort. Jesus said:
(157:2.2)
"It is not
the purpose of true religion merely to bring peace but rather to insure
progress. And there can be no peace in the heart or progress in the
mind unless you fall wholeheartedly in love with truth, the ideals of
eternal realities. The issues of life and death are being set before
you—the sinful pleasures of time against the righteous
realities of eternity. Even now you should begin to find deliverance
from the bondage of fear and doubt as you enter upon the living of the
new life of faith and hope. And when the feelings of service for your
fellow men arise within your soul, do not stifle them; when the
emotions of love for your neighbor well up within your heart, give
expression to such urges of affection in intelligent ministry to the
real needs of your fellows."
The above quotes are
but a tiny part of the revelation that is contained in The Urantia
Book. Please click on any of the links to expand the quote and read
more. I recommend that you visit our site often, and get to know The
Urantia Book. One good way to start is to subscribe to our free service
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inspirational quote. In addition, there are many features on our site
that will offer you great hope and encouragement to live your best
spiritual life. And it is only that inner spiritual life that can ever
deliver true and lasting peace. If more of us concentrated our efforts
towards this kind of inner peace, outer peace would soon follow.
Finally,
HERE
is a selection of some of the best practical advice on living in
the words of Jesus. Following this advice will contribute mightily to
your success in finding the peace you seek.
Thanks
again for writing, and best wishes...
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