LESSON 21 I Am Determined To See Things Differently. The idea for today is obviously a continuation and extension of the preceding one. This time, however, specific mind searching periods are necessary, in addition to applying the idea to particular situations as they may arise. Five practice periods are urged, allowing a full minute for each. In the practice periods, begin by repeating the idea to yourself. Then close your eyes and search your mind carefully for situations past, present or anti...
Jan 21, 2024•53 min
In this episode we are continuing to look at the teaching of Christ-Jesus and His Course in Miracles in regard to the idea of you as the Child of God in communication with the Holy Spirit, being literally in this sense fixated to God. We learn that the mind must be free of fear and include oneself in It in order to not lose the understanding and misinterpret the Holy Spirit or refuse this "fixation" on God that indeedd cannot be surmounted. ◊ We are sharing A Course in Miracles as given in in th...
Jan 20, 2024•1 hr 2 min
LESSON 20 I Am Determined To See. We have been quite casual about our practice periods thus far. There has been virtually no attempt to direct the time for undertaking them, minimal effort has been required, and not even active cooperation and interest have been asked. This approach has been intentional, and very carefully planned. We have not lost sight of the crucial importance of the reversal of your thinking. The salvation of the world depends on it. Yet you will not see if you regard yourse...
Jan 20, 2024•56 min
LESSON 19 I Am Not Alone In Experiencing The Effects Of My Thoughts. The idea for today is obviously the reason why your seeing does not affect you alone. You will notice that at times the ideas related to thinking precede those related to perceiving, while at other times the order is reversed. The reason is that the order does not matter. Thinking and its results are really simultaneous, for cause and effect are never separate. Today we are again emphasizing the fact that minds are joined. This...
Jan 19, 2024•56 min
LESSON 18 I Am Not Alone In Experiencing The Effects Of My Seeing. The idea for today is another step in learning that the thoughts which give rise to what you see are never neutral or unimportant. It also emphasizes the idea that minds are joined, which will be given increasing stress later on. Today’s idea does not refer to what you see as much as to how you see it. Therefore, the exercises for today emphasize this aspect of your perception. The three or four practice periods which are recomme...
Jan 18, 2024•52 min
LESSON 17 I See No Neutral Things. This idea is another step in the direction of identifying cause and effect as it really operates in the world. You see no neutral things because you have no neutral thoughts. It is always the thought that comes first, despite the temptation to believe that it is the other way around. This is not the way the world thinks, but you must learn that it is the way you think. If it were not so, perception would have no cause, and would itself be the cause of reality. ...
Jan 17, 2024•48 min
LESSON 16 I Have No Neutral Thoughts. The idea for today is a beginning step in dispelling the belief that your thoughts have no effect. Everything you see is the result of your thoughts. There is no exception to this fact. Thoughts are not big or little; powerful or weak. They are merely true or false. Those that are true create their own likeness. Those that are false make theirs. There is no more self-contradictory concept than that of “idle thoughts.” What gives rise to the perception of a w...
Jan 16, 2024•55 min
LESSON 15 My Thoughts Are Images That I Have Made. It is because the thoughts you think you think appear as images that you do not recognize them as nothing. You think you think them, and so you think you see them. This is how your “seeing” was made. This is the function you have given your body’s eyes. It is not seeing. It is image making. It takes the place of seeing, replacing vision with illusions. This introductory idea to the process of image making that you call seeing will not have much ...
Jan 15, 2024•55 min
LESSON 14 God Did Not Create A Meaningless World. The idea for today is, of course, the reason why a meaningless world is impossible. What God did not create does not exist. And everything that does exist exists as He created it. The world you see has nothing to do with reality. It is of your own making, and it does not exist. The exercises for today are to be practiced with eyes closed throughout. The mind-searching period should be short, a minute at most. Do not have more than three practice ...
Jan 14, 2024•47 min
In this episode we are continuing to look at the teaching of Christ-Jesus and His Course in Miracles in regard to the idea of how to experience the release of guilt and come to the understanding what is really going on, that God's own "Higher Court" has dismissed the case against you and that Its verdict is " Thine is the Kingdom!" We are just reminded of Who we Are once we choose to think with the Holy Spirit. ◊ We are sharing A Course in Miracles as given in in the Notes correlating with — cha...
Jan 13, 2024•55 min
LESSON 13 A Meaningless World Engenders Fear. Today’s idea is really another form of the preceding one, except that it is more specific as to the emotion aroused. Actually, a meaningless world is impossible. Nothing without meaning exists. However, it does not follow that you will not think you perceive something that has no meaning. On the contrary, you will be particularly likely to think you do perceive it. Recognition of meaninglessness arouses intense anxiety in all the separated ones. It r...
Jan 13, 2024•55 min
LESSON 12 I Am Upset Because I See A Meaningless World. The importance of this idea lies in the fact that it contains a correction for a major perceptual distortion. You think that what upsets you is a frightening world, or a sad world, or a violent world, or an insane world. All these attributes are given it by you. The world is meaningless in itself. These exercises are done with eyes open. Look around you, this time quite slowly. Try to pace yourself so that the slow shifting of your glance f...
Jan 12, 2024•1 hr
LESSON 11 My Meaningless Thoughts Are Showing Me A Meaningless World. This is the first idea we have had that is related to a major phase of the correction process; the reversal of the thinking of the world. It seems as if the world determines what you perceive. Today’s idea introduces the concept that your thoughts determine the world you see. Be glad indeed to practice the idea in its initial form, for in this idea is your release made sure. The key to forgiveness lies in it. The practice peri...
Jan 11, 2024•51 min
LESSON 10 My Thoughts Do Not Mean Anything. This idea applies to all the thoughts of which you are aware, or become aware in the practice periods. The reason the idea is applicable to all of them is that they are not your real thoughts. We have made this distinction before, and will do so again. You have no basis for comparison as yet. When you do, you will have no doubt that what you once believed were your thoughts did not mean anything.This is the second time we have used this kind of idea. T...
Jan 10, 2024•49 min
We are sharing in this episode in a direct meeting with Master Teacher the second part of the video presentation "The Greatest Story Ever Told Series, -- All Good Ever Came Out Of Nazareth -- 'A Great Story Is Finished'," of Episode XII, in which he offers us the recognition of not being a body and what ultimately the resurrection is. We are coming to an Experience which releases the time concept, which brings the time association into the present moment in which all is realized in seeing it all...
Jan 09, 2024•55 min
LESSON 9 I See Nothing As It Is Now. This idea obviously follows from the two preceding ones. But while you may be able to accept it intellectually, it is unlikely that it will mean anything to you as yet. However, understanding is not necessary at this point. In fact, the recognition that you do not understand is a prerequisite for undoing your false ideas. These exercises are concerned with practice, not with understanding. You do not need to practice what you already understand. It would inde...
Jan 09, 2024•29 min
LESSON 8 My Mind Is Preoccupied With Past Thoughts. This idea is, of course, the reason why you see only the past. No one really sees anything. He sees only his thoughts projected outward. The mind’s preoccupation with the past is the cause of the misconception about time from which your seeing suffers. Your mind cannot grasp the present, which is the only time there is. It therefore cannot understand time, and cannot, in fact, understand anything. The one wholly true thought one can hold about ...
Jan 08, 2024•58 min
LESSON 7 I See Only The Past. This idea is particularly difficult to believe at first. Yet it is the rationale for all of the preceding ones.•It is the reason why nothing that you see means anything.•It is the reason why you have given everything you see all the meaning that it has for you.•It is the reason why you do not understand anything you see.•It is the reason why your thoughts do not mean anything, and why they are like the things you see.•It is the reason why you are never upset for the...
Jan 07, 2024•51 min
In this episode we are continuing to look at the teaching of Christ-Jesus and His Course in Miracles in regard to the idea of how to come to an experience of guiltlessness. The human conceptual ego mind will offer the continuation of guilt feelings by holding up disordered thoughts. It is the acceptance of the Atonement and application of a thinking with HIM which the mind training of A Course in Miracles facilitates that brings about this freeing up the mind from guilt. ◊ We are sharing A Cours...
Jan 06, 2024•45 min
LESSON 6 I Am Upset Because I See Something That Is Not There. The exercises with this idea are very similar to the preceding ones. Again, it is necessary to name both the form of upset (anger, fear, worry, depression and so on) and the perceived source very specifically for any application of the idea.For example: I am angry at because I see something that is not there. I am worried about because I see something that is not there. Today’s idea is useful for application to anything that seems to...
Jan 06, 2024•52 min
LESSON 5 I Am Never Upset For The Reason I Think. This idea, like the preceding one, can be used with any person, situation or event you think is causing you pain. Apply it specifically to whatever you believe is the cause of your upset, using the description of the feeling in whatever term seems accurate to you. The upset may seem to be fear, worry, depression, anxiety, anger, hatred, jealousy or any number of forms, all of which will be perceived as different. This is not true. However, until ...
Jan 05, 2024•57 min
LESSON 4 These Thoughts Do Not Mean Anything. Unlike the preceding ones, these exercises do not begin with the idea for the day. In these practice periods, begin with noting the thoughts that are crossing your mind for about a minute. Then apply the idea to them. If you are already aware of unhappy thoughts, use them as subjects for the idea. Do not, however, select only the thoughts you think are “bad.” You will find, if you train yourself to look at your thoughts, that they represent such a mi...
Jan 04, 2024•50 min
LESSON 3 I Do Not Understand Anything I See. Apply this idea in the same way as the previous ones, without making distinctions of any kind. Whatever you see becomes a proper subject for applying the idea.Be sure that you do not question the suitability of anything for application of the idea. These are not exercises in judgment. Anything is suitable if you see it. Some of the things you see may have emotionally-charged meaning for you. Try to lay such feelings aside, and merely use these things ...
Jan 03, 2024•54 min
We are sharing in this episode in a direct meeting with Master Teacher the first part of the video presentation "The Greatest Story Ever Told Series, -- What Good Ever Came Out Of Nazareth? - 'A Great Story Begins'", of Episode XI, in which he offers us the recognition of what it means to be the Savior of the World. He starts in directing the mind to prophesy and the dilemma of seeing it not fulfilled - as Jesus was seemingly not recognized as the Savior in his hometown Nazareth. This can only b...
Jan 02, 2024•57 min
I Have Given Everything I See All The Meaning That It Has For Me. The exercises with this idea are the same as those for the first one. Begin with the things that are near you, and apply the idea to whatever your glance rests on. Then increase the range outward. Turn your head so that you include whatever is on either side. If possible, turn around and apply the idea to what was behind you. Remain as indiscriminate as possible in selecting subjects for its application, do not concentrate on anyt...
Jan 02, 2024•43 min
WORKBOOK PART I INTRODUCTION A theoretical foundation such as the text provides is necessary as a framework to make the exercises in this workbook meaningful. Yet it is doing the exercises that will make the goal of the course possible. An untrained mind can accomplish nothing. It is the purpose of this workbook to train your mind to think along the lines the text sets forth. The exercises are very simple. They do not require a great deal of time, and it does not matter where you do them. They n...
Jan 01, 2024•47 min
EPILOGUE This course is a beginning, not an end. Your Friend goes with you. You are not alone. No one who calls on Him can call in vain. Whatever troubles you, be certain that He has the answer, and will gladly give it to you, if you simply turn to Him and ask it of Him. He will not withhold all answers that you need for anything that seems to trouble you. He knows the way to solve all problems, and resolve all doubts. His certainty is yours. You need but ask it of Him, and it will be given you....
Dec 31, 2023•57 min
This holy instant would I give to You. Be You in charge. For I would follow You, Certain that Your direction gives me peace. And if I need a word to help me, He will give it to me. If I need a thought, that will He also give. And if I need but stillness and a tranquil, open mind, these are the gifts I will receive of Him. He is in charge by my request. And He will hear and answer me, because He speaks for God my Father and His holy Son. - Jesus Christ in A Course in Miracles, Lesson 365...
Dec 31, 2023•1 hr 3 min
This holy instant would I give to You. Be You in charge. For I would follow You, Certain that Your direction gives me Peace. And if I need a word to help me, He will give it to me. If I need a thought, that will He also give. And if I need but stillness and a tranquil, open mind, these are the gifts I will receive of Him. He is in charge by my request. And He will hear and answer me, because He speaks for God my Father and His holy Son. - Jesus Christ in A Course in Miracles, Lesson 365...
Dec 31, 2023•43 min
In this episode we are continuing to look at the teaching of Christ-Jesus and His Course in Miracles in regard to the idea of trusting and following Him. The mind has this power of decision to make part of the ego its reality or align its thinking with the Holy Spirit, but in learning to think with God there will be no fear nor guilt nor any sense of separation in you. Our Friend goes with us, we walk with Him. To this we say "Amen". ◊ We are sharing A Course in Miracles as given in in the Notes...
Dec 30, 2023•55 min
