⁴Every thought you have makes up some segment of the world you see. ⁵It is with your thoughts, then, that we must work, if your perception of the world is to be changed.
If the cause of the world you see is attack thoughts, you must learn that it is these thoughts which you do not want. ²There is no point in lamenting the world. ³There is no point in trying to change the world. ⁴It is incapable of change because it is merely an effect. ⁵But there is indeed a point in changing your thoughts about the world. ⁶Here you are changing the cause. ⁷The effect will change automatically.
The world you see is a vengeful world, and everything in it is a symbol of vengeance. ²Each of your perceptions of “external reality” is a pictorial representation of your own attack thoughts.
…you are not trapped in the world you see, because its cause can be changed. ²This change requires, first, that the cause be identified and then let go, so that it can be replaced. (A Course in Miracles, W-23.1:4–3:2;5:1-2. See also ACIM Lesson 23 Insights.)
All of God’s creation is His extension of His Love. His extensions remain one with their Source. The wish for specialness is an attack on the unity of His love. There can be no differences in What remains eternally one. This is why the ego thought system of separation is an attack on the oneness of God’s Love.
When we identify with the ego, our thoughts of individuality are attack thoughts. These thoughts are the cause of the world we perceive. As we practice taking all our perceptions to the Holy Spirit, we are learning to replace our misperceptions with the true perception of our oneness, given us by the Holy Spirit. This practice is how we change our mind about the world. It leads us to see a forgiven world where Love is accepted as our true Reality.
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