It’s very important to remember: THERE IS NOTHING GOING ON HERE.
Whatever your body’s eyes show you is entirely false. Reality remains unaffected by every appearance. Do not be deceived, and do not think you are changing eternity (or anything in the world) by practicing these workbook lessons.
All that happens as you practice A Course in Miracles is that you become AWARE of your changeless eternal condition. That is all.
AWARENESS.
A miracle is a recognition. It is a “correction introduced into false thinking by me (Jesus). It acts as a catalyst, breaking up erroneous perception and reorganizing it properly.”
Before you were blind, and now you can see. That’s all.
That’s a miracle.
So, as the picture (the form) starts to change … do not be fooled in thinking there is anything happening. Nothing is happening. People appear to die … but death is impossible. No one goes anywhere. The form changes and that’s all.
But we have been taught, here in the world, to respond to appearances. That’s all we do all day long. We let the body’s eyes guide us and then we respond as if the appearance is real … and that’s where you will get trapped.
So be vigilant to not use the body’s eyes.
Remember: Nothing dies. Nothing gets sick. The body is nothing. You are whole and perfect as you were created by God. Spirit never changes. It never goes anywhere.
Think about it. Jesus appeared to die in crucifixion, but he lives! He didn’t go anywhere. In fact, in his “death”, he became more available to everyone. He was no longer limited to the body. He was free at last.
So, just keep that in mind as you practice these lessons. You are not changing the world so that the form pleases you more. You are practicing to come into increased awareness of your eternal state which remains untouched by guilt, sin and mistakes.
You are as you were in the beginning – before time began – and will remain as God created you … always.
Nothing changes, except your awareness of your perfection.
Which means everything you are searching for is HERE TODAY.
There is no process. There is no journey. It is accomplished.
Here are today’s review lessons:
11. My meaningless thoughts are showing me a meaningless world.
12. I am upset because I see a meaningless world.
13. A meaningless world engenders fear.
14. God did not create a meaningless world.
15. My thoughts are images that I have made.
There is nothing going on here. Nothing you do affects reality at all. Nothing that happens changes your eternal state. Do not lose sight of this FACT. Do not use the body’s eyes today. Let yourself see with Christ vision.
God did not create a meaningless world.
“Why should I continue to suffer from the effects of my own insane thoughts, when the perfection of creation is my home? Let me remember the power of my decision, and recognize where I really abide.”
and this is a beauty:
“Since the thoughts of which I am aware do not mean anything, the world that pictures them can have no meaning.”
Ha.
I am over here laughing.
There is only love.
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Thank you Lisa.
This is so cool. I am almost done with D.U. Taking one chapter a night —OK— a little more than that for the last few days. A few days ago, I realized “I forgive my Dad for all of the things that he never did do wrong.” That is awesome. Really awesome. Then for the last three days I have been at work, and looking at each individual, and saying the same thing. But I am saying it spontaneously.
Also about three months ago, I kind of forgot about trying to eat right (something I obsessed about for years). I kept thinking before “how come I keep eating the right things, exercising, doing all this stuff and still feel like crap.” It is the condition of my mind “Cause”, not effect. I started allowing myself to go out to eat lunch with my customers more, enjoy the food etc. The food was not my problem, it was my “thoughts” about it. I hardly ever think of depriving myself anymore in that way. How awesome. I started thinking about my 11 yr old daughter, and how she eats all kinds of stuff, Hot cheetos, Spaghettios, that kind of thing. She never thinks about it, I have been very careful to never mention what foods to eat, or anything like that to her. She is perfect weight, tall, slender, and very very good at dance, and P.E. 80 pushups yesterday. Go figure. It is the mind. the mind. Then tonight, I read the part about Gary’s face breaking out everytime he had candybars at the movies. Arten went on to say “just stop feeling guilty about eating them and your face won’t break out.” I was kind of ready for the old “just don’t eat them” kind of thinking. I tell you guys, my whole family is healing from my dedication to these lessons and this course.
Wonderful post!
Hi Lisa,
I became aware of impatience today and that the root of it is fear. Always thinking… when is this going to end, how much longer is this going to take, this is taking forever, oh it is too far, oh it is too much work..I get to look at that as a constant state of judgment.And this could be anything. I have never seen this before… not like this. I am in a state of complete confusion… everything is on ‘hold’is what it feels like. I spend all day doing, doing doing and there is nothing done at the end of the day… if it manages to get done, it doesn’t last…wow