I do not know what anything is for.
This lesson will help you stop classifying things as “good” or “bad”, “big” or “little”, “important” or “unimportant”.
Today, you are taking another step in recognizing that everything is meaningless and that you have given it the meaning that it has for you.
Period.
Everything you see is based on your own perception.
There is no good or bad. There is no right or wrong. There is no nice and evil.
There is only love.
The murderer is identical to the good Christian girl.
They are exactly the same.
Bodies are meaningless.
So whatever you see here in the world – it could be anything – a relationship, a cup, money, a job, a situation, a baby, a location, a town, a book, a monument, a marriage, a car, a street – it has no meaning, except the meaning you have given it.
As long as you look upon the form of anything, you are blind to the true meaning that lies beyond the appearance.
This is the reason for today’s lesson: I do not know what anything is for.
You see only form. You think you know what your body’s eyes show you – you believe you know what a pencil, a cup, a hand is for – but in fact, you’re not really seeing anything.
This is the reason for the early instruction in the workbook lessons to let go of all of your ideas about everything. Wipe the slate clean. Stop trying to understand.
“It is crucial to your learning to be willing to give up the goals you have established for everything. The recognition that they are meaningless, rather than “good” or “bad” is the only way to accomplish this. The idea for today is a step in this direction.”
You have to get above the level of understanding in order to see clearly. Einstein says “Problems cannot be solved at the same level of consciousness that created them.”
It makes perfect sense. You have to get above your problems. You have to get above your ideas of understanding. Since you are a mind (and not a body), this is a very simple thing to achieve. You just rise up “above the battleground” and get with God.
This is accomplished by clearing a space, standing still, doing nothing, following instructions, having willingness, and faith the size of a mustard seed.
Quite often when you travel along a “spiritual” path, there will be many “rules of behavior” and you have to be careful because those very rules designed to free you can further bound you in time and space. This is how religions are built, and you will notice – they keep the separation in place. The sinners vs. the righteous. The damned vs. the saved. All meaningless.
So be mindful to let all your ideas about everything go every single day because you are changing all the time. In Heaven there are no rules of conduct. There is no right or wrong. There is no good or bad. There are no levels, degrees or intervals. Everyone is equal. There is only love.
And yes, I have been known to instruct people based on instruction that has been given to me. Year ago I was asked to give up meat, cigarettes, alcohol and drugs and I followed instruction. It worked for me. I started to experience a new clarity of mind. I began to experience a new kind of joy. But people who eat meat or drink alcohol are neither good nor bad, and the only rule I am asked to follow is: DON’T JUDGE.
There is no good or bad.
There is only true or false.
This path is not about other people, so don’t worry about what they are doing.
This path is about you. Just look at yourself. As YOU change, THEY will change because “they” are an effect of the thoughts you think about yourself.
You help “other people” by helping yourself. This is the reason you don’t have to change anything outside yourself. Stop trying to change your husband, children, and friends. Let everyone be exactly as they are – recognize the perfection – and “they” will change as you change. It’s a miracle.
The value for me in giving up meat, cigarettes, and alcohol had nothing to do with the thing itself, but with the fact that I was demonstrating my ability to follow instructions.
I made a decision to stop harming myself and to let Jesus tell me what to do.
My whole life I’ve been running my own show. Doing what Lisa wants to do. The Queen gets what the Queen wants. If someone told me not to do something, I would do the very thing I was told not to do. I was constantly breaking rules, marching to my own drum, and basically doing whatever the hell I wanted with no regard to anyone but myself.
And along comes Jesus and says: Follow me.
Follow instructions, Listen to what I say, and Do it. For the Love of God and for the Love of all your brothers who are One with you.
So I am telling you this so you do not get trapped in rules of conduct you picked up along the way. You are asked to let go of all your ideas that came before you started this journey, and you are asked to let go of all of your ideas that you picked up in the last 25 days. Simply open your mind in every new moment.
Release every thought, habit, and routine that came before this instant, and just do the lesson.
Every day is a new beginning.
You are a mind. You are spirit. You are whole and perfect. Honor the spirit within – in yourself and others.
A Course in Miracles heals the separation. It will remove all your ideas of guilt from your mind. And sometimes we are so bound to things in time that for a moment it is good to give them up, not because of the “thing” itself is harmful but because your belief has you deeply grounded in guilt. As you let a thing go – harmful relationships, particular foods, addictions – the guilt is loosened. The fear rises to the surface, and then you can look at it and give it to the Holy Spirit … and it is removed forever.
All this path requires is that you be willing to actively participate in your own transformation. The fast track is to practice these lessons in your own daily life.
I can guarantee you will begin to witness miracles.
I do spend time reminding myself that things only have the meaning I give them. (Especially in my, ‘how can someone not value marriage??’ moments)
Here I go again….I love this, I do not know what anything is for!!! What a relief! I have spent my entire life trying to give it some meaning. And Giving me some meaning and how would a bunch of make – believe characters inside me know what meaning is??? To see it is bizarre. I have not only done this to myself I have done this to the world. What a funny thing, strange thing to do? And even stranger is to believe it?? Here I am at my grandson’s birthday.. and it sure seems cool to be 2. He has no idea what this is all about, I have the best teacher right here. It is just another moment for him, what is all the fuss? And watching his dad with him yesterday, bending down talking to him and helping him through a difficult situation helped me see that is what God is doing for me every moment!! And when things got too tiring and too difficult his father carried him. What a demonstration of pure Love. If in the times I cannot find my HIGHER POWER, all I have to do is think of that moment out for a walk and watching the diggers. wow. Thankyou son for teaching your mom.Thanks Lisa for giving me a whlole new beginning every day.. I love you Jayme