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. …³We have made this distinction before, and will do so again. ⁴You have no basis for comparison as yet. ⁵When you do, you will have no doubt that what you once believed were your thoughts did not mean anything.
⁴The emphasis is now on the lack of reality of what you think you think.
This aspect of the correction process began with the idea that the thoughts of which you are aware are meaningless, outside rather than within; and then stressed their past rather than their present status. ²Now we are emphasizing that the presence of these “thoughts” means that you are not thinking. ³This is merely another way of repeating our earlier statement that your mind is really a blank. ⁴To recognize this is to recognize nothingness when you think you see it. ⁵As such, it is the prerequisite for vision.
³This idea will help to release me from all that I now believe.
Today’s thought can obviously serve for any thought that distresses you at any time. (A Course in Miracles, W-10.1:1,3-5;2:4-3:5;4:3;5:1. See also ACIM Lesson 10 Insights.)
This lesson is helping us undo our insistence on believing the dream we experience is real. Learning this is essential to the mind healing that is the goal of the Course. Until we let go of our belief in separation — time, distance, places, bodies and personalities — our minds are closed to the experience of Love’s oneness.
There is great resistance to this thought because it means what we have identified with and think is real is really nothing. The ego interprets this as death, for this recognition would mean the end of it and the return of Love.
We must be willing to pause and step back when we become aware of any form of stress, to ask, “Holy Spirit, help me see this with your vision.” This willingness to accept a different way of seeing opens our mind to remember the Love we share with God.
The Holy Spirit will help us see that the importance we have given to the meaning we have assigned to a situation is unfounded. His vision shows us the only true foundation of God’s universe is Love and nothing else. This is where we find peace. Today’s reminder accelerates our journey of return to Love.
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