Come into My Presence, and forfeit all strain you have subjected yourself to. You have put burdens upon yourself, and now you will forswear them. Hand them to Me. One by one, give Me all strain, stretch, and swallow in your throat. Give to Me what clamps you, what freezes you, what torments you. Give Me your ideas of inadequacy. How can you be inadequate to be you?

I have told you who you are. You are adequately you. You are excellently you. You have made enough demands of yourself that you do not have to fulfill. Who told you that you had to stretch to breaking point? Who told you that you had to stretch at all?

What happened to At Ease? Even in the military, ease is allowed. Even in the military, it is not all marching and “Hut.” Even in the military, there can be peace.

Now is time for you to allow yourself some peace. A lot of peace. Take away unnecessary strain from your life. Tension is not meant to be a way of life for you. Whatever gave you the idea that tension was something you needed to keep and wear yourself out with?

From now on, tension is of the past. Tension was never needed, only now it is more than ever not needed. Tension twists your nerves. Quiet peace will settle your nerves, and they will become lovely and calm.

It is very likely that you have been pushing yourself too much. It is very likely that you have been running a race that never was started. You may have been the greyhound chasing an illusion of a rabbit. Where have you been running to? Why have you tensed your life?

Untense your life now. Let the pace of life be more like a stroll. Practice for when you are at My side in Heaven or anywhere. There is no hurry. There is no need for strain. There is no need for knocking yourself out with all you have to do.

What you really have to do is to be at peace. Warm your environs with peace. Let peace be your prime motivator. Let peace reign on Earth. Give the world peace. Show it how to make peace.

First, make peace with yourself. Give yourself a break. Allow yourself to sit with your feet up and just watch the world go by. There is nothing you have to accomplish except to take your time and ride up front with peace. Hang out with peace rather than high rollers.

Let peace be in your heart. Let peace be in your veins. Let peace be in your eyes. Let peace be in your mind. What else do you have to have but peace? Where does intensity get you except more intensity? What is your rush for intensity? Recline. Flop on the couch.

Today you are learning peace. Begin with untensing your forehead. Let the milk of peace stream down your shoulders. Feel that tension leaving. It was never yours anyway. Tension was a hang-over, left over from the days when ignorance was believed in.

And now your back is loose. Now all your muscles untense. And now you breathe, and now your blood circulates.

You are learning how to receive peace and how to give it without effort. Effort is old-fashioned. Now all you need is intention. And, then, get up and attend to what is waiting for you. Intend, attend and no tenseness. No more tenseness. Tenseness has lost its role in life. Peace begins.