Why are you hiding behind grievances?

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Subject: Why are you hiding behind grievances? | Earl Purdy

April 4, 2026

Hello Mighty Companion,

This week, we started a journey with you through Lesson 69, focusing on paragraphs 1–4, where we are told that our grievances hide the light of the world in us and keep us from recognizing the love, peace, and truth that are already there. A grievance is not just you being upset. It is a way of seeing that says something outside of you has to change before you can be happy. And the lesson begins to undo that whole way of thinking by showing you that what is blocking your peace is not the world, but the grievance you are holding.

As you let that sink in, I want to take you a little deeper. If grievances hide the light, then they also hide your awareness of what is true about you. They keep you identified with hurt, blame, and separation instead of helping you remember your real nature. So the list below is here to support you in that remembrance. I want it to remind you of what grievances can make you forget and what the light reveals when you are willing to let those grievances go.

Holding grievances blinds you to the Truth that you are:

Perfect, whole, and complete
Fully sustained by the Love of God
Still as God created you
Holy, whole, innocent, and untouched in truth
Blessed and worthy of love
Guiltless and free of the past
Free, not bound by fear or limitation
The light of the world
One with your brothers and sisters, never truly separate
Entitled to peace, joy, and fulfillment
Not a victim of the world you see

This community is built on a shared willingness to stop pretending there is any payoff in holding onto grievances, even while the world continues to reflect fear, conflict, and separation. Together, we are practicing a different choice and learning to build something real in the midst of it, supporting each other in recognizing what we’re still holding onto and choosing again. If you’re not yet a member, consider joining us—your annual membership includes these live gatherings along with weekly Study Guide Journals, unlisted ACIM playlists, the Language of Love Glossary, and exclusive workshops, all designed to support you in consistently applying the Course and building a different experience now.

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How to find Inner Peace: Stop Letting Grievances Block Your Life | ACIM Lesson 69 | Earl Purdy

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On the LIGHT side

When something in your life feels stuck, your first impulse may be to push harder, fix it, or figure out how to force a change. But the real shift does not come from strain. It begins when you start to discover the light of who you are. As that light comes into your awareness, you begin to see differently, respond differently, and open to possibilities that were hidden when you were looking through fear, confusion, or self-doubt.

A Clarity Session is a focused conversation where we gently look together at what feels heavy, unclear, or blocked, so you can begin to uncover the light that is already present in you. As your perception shifts, even a little, you may find that what seemed impossible starts to soften. What changes first is not always the situation. What changes first is your awareness, and that change in awareness begins to illuminate a new way forward.

For those of you who want to go deeper, coaching and mentoring offer ongoing support in living from that light more consistently through the teachings of A Course in Miracles. This is where insight becomes practice and where remembering the truth about yourself begins to shape your daily experience. With more than 50 years of studying and living these teachings, I bring that experience into each conversation. If you feel ready for support, whether through a single clarity session or a longer journey of coaching and mentoring, I would be honored to walk with you as you uncover more of the light of who you are.

Here are ways we can keep growing together:

Thank you for walking this journey with me.

Why Grievances Are Blocking Your Peace (And What to Do About It)
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f you’ve been trying to find inner peace but notice that it disappears the moment something or someone upsets you, then it’s worth taking a closer look at what’s actually happening in your mind in that moment.

Most people assume it’s the situation or the other person that took their peace away. That’s the way it feels. But that’s not what is really going on.

What’s really happening is much more subtle and much more empowering once you see it clearly.

In Lesson 69 of A Course in Miracles, we’re told that grievances hide the light of the world in us. That means the peace, love, and clarity you’re looking for aren’t missing. They’re still there. But something is blocking your awareness of them, and that something is the grievance you’re holding in the moment you feel disturbed.

A Grievance Is Not What You Think

Most people think a grievance is just being upset about something. Somebody said something, did something, or didn’t do something, and now you feel irritated, hurt, or frustrated. That’s what we usually call a grievance.

But a grievance is much more than an emotional reaction. It’s a decision about how you’re choosing to see.

It’s the thought that says your peace depends on something outside of you changing. It can sound reasonable, even justified, but it always carries the same message underneath it: I can’t feel the way I want to feel until this is different.

✨ Astrological Insights Point to a Building Season

The astrology from March 28 through April 4 marks a turning point where earlier insight begins to take form. The defining influence is the Saturn–Pluto sextile on March 28, a slower-moving aspect that supports real structural change. This is about building something that lasts, not just reacting to what’s happening in the moment.

At the same time, Mercury is still moving through its post-retrograde shadow after going direct on March 20. That makes this a period of integration as much as action. What came up during the retrograde, especially emotionally or intuitively, is now asking to be applied with more clarity. There may be a push to move forward, but the strength this week comes from acting on what you’ve already seen rather than rushing ahead or falling back into familiar patterns.

Aries season adds momentum and a desire to initiate, but that energy is being shaped by a deeper question: what are you actually ready to commit to building? As Venus moves into Taurus on March 30, the focus shifts toward stability, values, and what feels sustainable over time, especially in relationships and finances. This brings attention to what you truly value, not just what you’re used to holding onto.

This comes into sharper focus with the Full Moon in Libra on April 1, which highlights balance, reciprocity, and the dynamics within your relationships. It can bring clarity around where something is out of alignment, especially where you may be holding onto patterns that no longer serve you but still feel familiar.

Overall, this is not just a week of movement, but of decision. You are being asked to recognize what you’ve been carrying, what it’s been giving you, and whether it’s something you want to keep building your life around. The emphasis now is on choosing more consciously and beginning to build from that choice in a way that is steady, honest, and meant to last.

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