Extending Miracles - ACIM's Workbook Lesson 32
Extending Miracles
Lesson 32: I have invented the world I see.
1. What does this lesson mean to me?
I am not the victim of the world I see because I have invented it. In this lesson it says that "You can give it up as easily as you made it up." Well it doesn't seem all that easy to give it up. I have so many attachments to "the things of this world" but they are complete illusions! In the course it also says, "When you want it you will see it; when you no longer want it, it will no longer be there for you." I know this is true because I have experienced moments where I decided that I no longer wanted a particular thing or type of situation in my life and it eventually goes away (as soon as I really let go of it). I no longer see or experience that type of thing. The opposite has also happened where I would say I wanted something to no longer be a part of my life yet subconsciously I still wanted it (such as drinking soda or when I used to smoke cigarrettes). And people sometimes reflect upon what they are grateful for in this life and thus they continue to have and experience more of those things. So it should be my goal to give up the illusions - to no longer want it. And then to desire only God - to make God my one and only goal. I am so grateful that in truth God is what I really want and that even if I sometimes think I want something else it is inevitable that I will attain Him! I will realize my True Self!
This reminds me also of addictions - whenever someone has an addiction to anything they are really craving Love. When a drug addict wants more drugs, what he is really craving is Love even though he or she is not aware of it. It's the same with addictions to alchohol, food, caffeine, sex, cigarrettes, etc. We all really want love and sometimes we get confused and think it's something else that we want - only to find that that thing we are craving isn't really what we are truly craving. I believe that the 12 Steps program works for most people who are commited to it because it helps them to also reconnect with their source. And God is the absolute source of all of what we want as well as what we actually are!
2. How can I apply this to my life?
Today I will to remember that I have invented the world I see (inner and outer). I will also ask Him to show me this world as He sees it and ask Him what He would have me do, where He would have me go and what He would have me say. I will to receive a miracle and to extend this miracle to all of my brothers.
Lesson 32: I have invented the world I see.
1. What does this lesson mean to me?
I am not the victim of the world I see because I have invented it. In this lesson it says that "You can give it up as easily as you made it up." Well it doesn't seem all that easy to give it up. I have so many attachments to "the things of this world" but they are complete illusions! In the course it also says, "When you want it you will see it; when you no longer want it, it will no longer be there for you." I know this is true because I have experienced moments where I decided that I no longer wanted a particular thing or type of situation in my life and it eventually goes away (as soon as I really let go of it). I no longer see or experience that type of thing. The opposite has also happened where I would say I wanted something to no longer be a part of my life yet subconsciously I still wanted it (such as drinking soda or when I used to smoke cigarrettes). And people sometimes reflect upon what they are grateful for in this life and thus they continue to have and experience more of those things. So it should be my goal to give up the illusions - to no longer want it. And then to desire only God - to make God my one and only goal. I am so grateful that in truth God is what I really want and that even if I sometimes think I want something else it is inevitable that I will attain Him! I will realize my True Self!
This reminds me also of addictions - whenever someone has an addiction to anything they are really craving Love. When a drug addict wants more drugs, what he is really craving is Love even though he or she is not aware of it. It's the same with addictions to alchohol, food, caffeine, sex, cigarrettes, etc. We all really want love and sometimes we get confused and think it's something else that we want - only to find that that thing we are craving isn't really what we are truly craving. I believe that the 12 Steps program works for most people who are commited to it because it helps them to also reconnect with their source. And God is the absolute source of all of what we want as well as what we actually are!
2. How can I apply this to my life?
Today I will to remember that I have invented the world I see (inner and outer). I will also ask Him to show me this world as He sees it and ask Him what He would have me do, where He would have me go and what He would have me say. I will to receive a miracle and to extend this miracle to all of my brothers.
posted by Adrienne Dumas @ 10:46 PM
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