Having a busy mind, I had always had difficulty meditating, but since diving deep into the lessons and regularly sitting in contemplation, my capacity to still my mind has grown exponentially. The guidance and inspiration I receive while meditating or sitting in stillness only confirms and consolidates the faith I have in ACIM, God, the Holy Spirit and the Love that exists between everyone and everything.

One recent guided meditation, I quieted my mind and this time, I was to connect with my breathing and when feeling peaceful I was to imagine myself in the mountains of Tibet. Where the air was clear and crisp, where I could see for miles across mountain tops. This powerful image immediately opened me to this sense of majesty, serenity and peace. While looking inward, I felt a heart opening, a lightness, a joy. As I write this now, whilst not in meditation, the same feelings are surging up from within my being, the same peace, the same feeling of being connected into something more magnificent than can be imagined.

The joy at the rapture of “being in the Tibetan mountaintops” also alerted me to the supreme beauty of life. It reminds me that, yes, we are on a quest back “home” but that God has provided such splendour for us while we are here. There’s a deep sense of appreciation and Love for our Creator present. There is a deep sense of peace recognising just how much we are all beloved and cherished by way of the beauty that surrounds us when we are willing to look up. I don’t have to hold onto yesterday, nor hold onto any possible ‘errors’ or grievances. Today is a fresh new moment, where my fresh new thoughts can be reflected anew. This meditation was a mind training, of sorts, where I am harnessing the power of focus; focusing on trusting, focusing on truth, and filling myself up to the brim with the Love and Peace that was there all along.