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ACIM Lesson 6 2025

I am upset because I see something that is not there.

I had a moment of panic when I started my washing machine, and it didn’t seem like water was flowing. I turned it off quickly in case my pipes froze last night. After the house warmed up sufficiently, I cautiously tried again, and the water flowed freely. I seemed to have panicked because maybe a line had burst. But I panicked because I saw something that was not there.

I was feeling regret that I may have said something that hurt a friend’s feelings. But I was regretful because I saw something that was not there.
If I gave up the tendency to panic or feel regret at the thought of everything but these, I would still not be free. To be free of illusions so that we can know Reality, we must let go of them all. Otherwise, we are still lost in our imagination.

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ACIM Lesson 5 2025

I am not upset for the reason I think.

This lesson is one that has been essential to my practice. Besides coming to realize that I am never upset for the reason I think and thus always looking deeper, there are two other ideas that would guide me. There are no small upsets. I didn’t know that, but once I thought about it, I realized how true it is. I am either upset or I am at peace. I cannot be upset in any way and still be at peace. What a revelation that was! And this one: I cannot keep this form of upset and let the others go. Of course, now that I consider this, it is obvious for the above reason. I can let go of a thousand upsets, and if there is one more, I will still not be at peace.

This morning’s thoughts
I am anxious that I have spent too much money.
I am anxious that I am not going to be happy with my purchase.
I am worried about my son, who is depressed.

I am not upset about these issues for the reason I think.
I am willing to forgive them and let them go, recognizing they may seem different in form, but in content, they are all the same. These days, I value my peace above all other things.

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ACIM Lesson 4 2025

These thoughts do not mean anything.

“I love this first cup of coffee. I wish I had gotten up earlier. I hope I have time to do my Text work today. I feel anxious when I get behind.” These thoughts do not mean anything. They are like the things I see in this room.

I could have gone all day without these thoughts… literally. I’ve probably had the same thoughts, and many like them, thousands of times. Even more. All they do is hide my real thoughts from my awareness. I think of thoughts as the veil that hides reality, the veil I am learning to lift and will soon recognize as nothing. Just illusion. When that happens, it will disappear completely, and I will see the real world.

So, I continue this lovely practice of lessons and whatever else the Holy Spirit guides me to do. I will continue to watch the veil thin, and the Love that is the stuff of reality is exposed more and more. Even now, I feel such joy and peace, and I feel it for no reason that I can discern. It must be that joy and peace are simply natural when we turn from the illusion and toward God.

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ACIM Lesson 3 2025

I do not understand anything I see.

The point of the exercises is to help you clear your mind of all past associations, to see things exactly as they appear to you now, and to realize how little you really understand about them.

I do not understand this cup of coffee. I find it remarkably difficult to suspend my judgment and to do this simple exercise without thinking about what I understand about the objects around me. The mind really wants to argue the point. And, of course, that is the point. How can I discover the truth when I think I already know it? Dear God, I pray for the humility of an open mind.

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ACIM Lesson 2 2025

I have given everything I see all the meaning it has for me.

Oh, yes! I see this is true over and over again. Now, I never doubt it. If I am upset or judging in any way, I recognize that I give all things the only meaning they have for me. My car needs some bodywork on a side panel. At first, it was driving me crazy not getting it done. Every time I saw it, I cringed. But it will be a costly job, and so I have put it off. Remembering that I give this situation all the meaning it has for me, and therefore, I am depriving myself of happiness and peace of mind, not because the panel is damaged, but because I have decided this means I should be upset about it. So, since I am not as insane as I used to be, I changed my mind about this. I decided that it was ok that there was damage and that maybe one day I would have it fixed. And maybe not. Now, I am happy either way.

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ACIM Lesson 1 2025

As I did this morning’s lesson, I noticed at first that “nothing I saw in this room meant anything” didn’t mean much to me. Then, I applied it to a computer camera, and I had the thought that it meant I would make better videos. Oh, yeah, now I get it. I think I know what it means according to the function and importance I gave it. But I am willing to let that go and accept, instead, that it means nothing. I don’t have to understand these lessons. I only need to do them. I trust my Brother Jesus. So I am willing.

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