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My mind is preoccupied with past thoughts. Lesson 7  is an invitation to consider the way in which we perceive the objects that comprise our physical world is conditioned by the past. We are not really looking at a pencil or a cup – we are looking at our idea of a pencil or aContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 8”

I see only the past. Lesson Seven is a wonderful example of both the specificity of the ACIM workbook and its usefulness in helping unravel the abstraction and metaphysics of the Text. It is tempting to get hung up on the word “past.” We might assume that it means the object we observe is literallyContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 7”

I am upset because I see something that is not there. Lesson Six is an extension of the basic exercise in Lesson Five. In the fifth lesson we name specific upsets and then state that the cause of that upset was unknown to us. We are never upset for the reason we think. In theContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 6”

I am never upset for the reason I think. The fifth lesson of A Course in Miracles introduces two concepts that will remain paramount for the remainder of our course study. First, question everything, especially your role as your own teacher. Second, give attention to form and content, especially the possibility that you are confusingContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 5”

These thoughts do not mean anything. They are like the things I see in this room [on this street, from this window, in this place]. One can understand Lesson Four of A Course in Miracles as an introductory step to several sustained practices that will – in addition to being the subject of future dailyContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 4”