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Lesson 35 2026

My mind is part of God’s. I am very holy.
1. Today’s idea does not describe the way you see yourself now. ²It does, however, describe what vision will show you. ³It is difficult for anyone who thinks he is in this world to believe this of himself. ⁴Yet the reason he thinks he is in this world is because he does not believe it.
2. You will believe that you are part of where you think you are. ²That is because you surround yourself with the environment you want. ³And you want it to protect the image of yourself that you have made. ⁴The image is part of this environment. ⁵What you see while you believe you are in it is seen through the eyes of the image. ⁶This is not vision. ⁷Images cannot see.
3. The idea for today presents a very different view of yourself. ²By establishing your Source it establishes your Identity, and it describes you as you must really be in truth.  (ACIM, W-35)
2025
This lesson no longer makes me uneasy, but at first, it did. There was nothing in me that felt holy, much less very holy. I could not imagine my mind was part of God’s. But I did the lesson anyway. I did it for several years. I did it anyway because that was the instructions in the introduction.
9. Remember only this; you need not believe the ideas, you need not accept them, and you need not even welcome them. ²Some of them you may actively resist. ³None of this will matter, or decrease their efficacy. ⁴But do not allow yourself to make exceptions in applying the ideas the workbook contains, and whatever your reactions to the ideas may be, use them. ⁵Nothing more than that is required. (ACIM, W-in.9:1-5)
So, I did them, and now I am comfortable with this lesson. I accept that my mind is part of God’s just as I accepted Lesson 30 when it told me that God is in my mind. And so now I will practice this lesson today as I am told to do.
I am afraid of failure. But my mind is part of God’s. I am very holy.
Jesus is very specific in the instructions for this lesson, and I am following them. But this belief is the one I want to share with you. I am a teacher of God, and I do my best to be a good teacher of God and follow His lead at all times. I do that, mostly, but sometimes I say the wrong thing. And instead of just forgiving it and moving on or making amends if that is called for, I fret over it. I worry about it and wonder if I should even be attempting this.
On a good day, I see that this is not helpful, and I ask the Holy Spirit to correct the belief that caused this. I ask Him to undo the consequences of my error. Then I go back to my purpose. But I want to be free of the fear of failure. There are other ways I let that fear get in the way.
For instance, I have an easel in one of my rooms. There are all the art supplies needed for me to paint a picture. But I don’t think I have the talent for this, and I am afraid I will fail. It has all been there for several years now, waiting for me to stop making excuses and enjoy the effort.
None of this sounds like I believe that my mind is part of God’s and that I am very holy. Thus, the need for practice. And so today, I will practice joyfully knowing that my mind is being healed of its mistaken beliefs as I do so. This whole practice is quite miraculous!
2026
This morning I began my day as has become my habit. I lay in bed for a while with hand on heart, asking who it was that needed my love prayer this morning. I think it was my son who has the flu and maybe pneumonia. I fell back to sleep, and dreams were happening, but my hand stayed on my heart, and I continued to feel the love. I still do. And so when I read the lesson with the list of examples, I couldn’t relate to any of them. When I read last year’s journal, I realized how much my mind has healed in that year.
Probably all those examples from the lesson occur in my mind but I don’t believe them and so they don’t affect me. I wait for Spirit to show me what I need to see, and it was the belief in being endangered. It doesn’t scare me as much as it used to and isn’t my constant companion as it used to be, but it is still there. I see what is happening in the world, and I don’t feel safe. Right now, I feel fine, but I know that the feeling of being endangered still arises from time to time. When it does, I ask the Holy Spirit to decide for God for me.
My mind is part of God’s. I am very holy. I am a little amazed to discover that I believe this. I feel it. I also feel like a body, especially when it is in pain or seems to be imposing some limit on me. I am aware of the personality of Myron, and sometimes this amuses me, and other times I feel limited by that as well. For instance, my friend has been sick, and I think of her and pray for her. I check in with her to see how she’s doing.
In the meantime, other friends are visiting, sitting with her when needed, bringing meals so she doesn’t have to cook. When I discovered this, I realized it never occurred to me to do any of these things, and I’m, once again in my life, confronted with this lack in myself, of some basic instinct that others seem to have. That kind of thing used to embarrass me and confound me so that I felt bad about myself. Now, I see it as some quirk in this personality, and I try to do better, but it is not me. My mind is part of God. I am very holy.
I still feel the constrictions of time and worry about unfinished projects, but my mind is part of God’s, and I am very holy. I am tempted to guilt when I waste time I could be using more profitably. But my mind is part of God’s, and I am very holy.
Well, Jesus, I feel too full of love and happiness this morning to find any more beliefs, but as the day goes on, perhaps I will. If there is anything I need to be aware of, please let me know. I want to hold only those beliefs that are true, so I want to acknowledge and forgive those that are not true.
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Lesson 34 2026

I could see peace instead of this.
1. The idea for today begins to describe the conditions that prevail in the other way of seeing. ²Peace of mind is clearly an internal matter. ³It must begin with your own thoughts, and then extend outward. ⁴It is from your peace of mind that a peaceful perception of the world arises.
⁴I can replace my feelings of depression, anxiety or worry [or my thoughts about this situation, personality or event] with peace. (ACIM, W-34)
2025
Here is what I wrote last year.
This lesson came along at the perfect time! I woke up feeling strangely anxious and didn’t know why at first. Then I remembered. So here is what happened. Yesterday, while shopping for groceries, I picked up some cookies for my son. I noticed some sugar-free cookies, and since I don’t eat sugar, I thought about buying some for myself.
I looked them over carefully. They were sweetened artificially, and I am careful to keep the amount of those sweeteners to a minimum. I decided that I would get a package of them and eat two of them a day when I wanted something sweet. Then, on my way home, I ate half the package of cookies. Well, so much for that plan.
The problem was not that I bought cookies or that I didn’t stop with two. The problem was that I felt guilty. I felt afraid of my own out-of-control behavior. But I decided that this was just the kind of thing to use yesterday’s lesson with. So, I reminded myself that there was another way of looking at this and went on to bed, thinking I was done with the problem.
This morning, I discovered I was not done with it. When I looked at the lesson for the day, I felt immediate relief. Oh yeah, I could have peace instead of this. Just reminding myself of that truth was enough to lift the dark cloud of guilt from my mind. I chose to buy cookies and to eat them. I chose to feel guilty about that. Now, I will make a better choice, a choice for peace.
The cookie drama (or comedy) is just another episode of “The Life of Myron” and is not important in itself. But the choice to be anxious or at peace is important. Each time I make that choice, I move toward God or toward ego. That is why it is important. And each time I decide for God, I am teaching myself that peace is what I want. Having done this for a long time now, I generally find it easy to choose peace. Making the choice for peace repeatedly is why it is easy for me now.
2026
I have found more significant issues to disturb my peace this year than eating too many cookies. But is that really true? I think not. If my peace is disturbed then it is disturbed. One cannot be in a little peace or a lot of peace. If an issue feels more significant that another it is because I told myself a story that made it seem that way. Jesus has told us that there is no hierarchy in illusions. One is not bigger or worse or better than another. It is truth or it is an illusion. If it is an illusion, it is not reality, and I can choose peace instead.
It is that simple even if we make it feel hard by desiring the illusion to remain in place. Sometimes, it is enough to remind myself that I am deliberately choosing to give up my peace over something that is unreal. That fact may snap me out of my delusion. Sometimes, I get caught in the story for a time and listen to the ego enumerate the reasons this is an exception and point out the ‘obvious’ reasons I need to keep being upset. But these days, I don’t value the drama like I used to. Nor do I see the point in worrying or being angry. My moods don’t create change in what is happening. They just cause me distress and keep me feeling separate.
Here is something Jesus tells us in the section of the Course called The Circle of Atonement.
⁵Your only calling here is to devote yourself, with active willingness, to the denial of guilt in all its forms.  T-14.V. 3
This is all I am asked to do – deny guilt in all its forms, and judgment is one of its forms. If I judge people or situations as not preferred, I believe that something is guilty of robbing me of my peace. Maybe I also think I am guilty of thinking I could be a victim. If I think someone is hurting themselves with their behavior and I wish they would stop, I think they are guilty.
These guilt thoughts can be subtle and masked as love or caring. But my only calling here is to devote myself with ACTIVE willingness to the denial of guilt in all its forms. And when I actively choose not to fall for the ego subterfuge, to choose peace in all situations, I am devoting myself to my calling. Just making that decision for the day brings me to peace and remembering throughout the day keeps me in peace.
The bottom line for me is that peace doesn’t just happen, nor do I just somehow lose it. Peace is a choice. It is a decision I make. Today, I remind myself that peace is always available, because it was never taken from me—only postponed by my own decision.
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Lesson 33 2026

I have invented the world I see.
(From now on, I am not going to write the whole lesson, just the part I am emphasizing. The lesson itself is readily available elsewhere.)
1. Today we are continuing to develop the theme of cause and effect. ²You are not the victim of the world you see because you invented it. ³You can give it up as easily as you made it up. ⁴You will see it or not see it, as you wish. ⁵While you want it you will see it; when you no longer want it, it will not be there for you to see.
2. The idea for today, like the preceding ones, applies to your inner and outer worlds, which are actually the same. ²However, since you see them as different, the practice periods for today will again include two phases, one involving the world you see outside you, and the other the world you see in your mind. ³In today’s exercises, try to introduce the thought that both are in your own imagination.
2025
I had to laugh this morning as I began the lesson. I was sitting in my office at my computer, and so I looked around at my surroundings. As I did so, I felt compelled to straighten things up as I looked at them. Not the intention of the lesson. LOL.
My world is one of contrasts, from the desire for order to the equal desire to create chaos. It happens in my mind, and so it happens in my world. And yet, as I look around at my world and in my mind for the interpretation of my world, I am aware of two things. I have little control over the outer and complete control of the inner world. I feel very grateful for that insight.
The larger outer world is going through some changes right now. No one in charge has asked for my opinion or my consent. But, how I see this is entirely up to me. I can watch it all from the ego mind if I want to. However, that will be inventing a world of separation and thus suffering. Or I can look at it from my holy mind, in which case I will see the purpose and the solution. This makes it no different than any other situation I find myself in. It is just another opportunity to forgive, heal, love, and awaken.
I have decisions to make about the world we have made. There is nothing new about this. I always have decisions to make about the world. How will I choose to see it? How will I choose to use it? Will I use it to extend love and support to my fellow man as we all try to navigate it? Or will I use it to go deeper into the dream and bring more darkness into our shared mind?
If I judge the situation as more important, more awful, more wonderful, more or less anything, it is because I have blinded myself to the truth. There is no hierarchy in illusions. Nothing is good or bad, only truth or illusion. I choose to look at each occurrence and each thought with the Holy Spirit. He will lighten away the darkness. And if I forget that commitment, I will simply choose again. The world is a classroom, and I am here to learn. If I choose to feel guilty as I learn, I will change my mind. I will remind myself, “Myron, be a happy learner.
2026
Right from the beginning, A Course in Miracles explains the problem and the solution. We have invented a world, and it is not reality. This world is in our minds and nowhere else. We did this in that tiny tick of time, and we keep the world alive in memory …not because we are sinful, but because we still believe it has something to offer us. The Course is intended to help us to finally let it go. It does this slowly and gently, but that doesn’t mean it is of little importance. This lesson is powerful, and yet it can be approached without fear because it asks so little of us. Jesus is an amazing teacher.
There is an emphasis on realizing that the inner and outer worlds are actually the same. What I think appears as the world I see. Such a simple idea, and yet completely transformative in its impact if we accept it and act on it. Here is a simple example. I read about Willie Nelson quietly providing for those in the winter storm. The article said he and other country singers joined in.
More than 30 tons of food, heaters, blankets, generators, and survival supplies were being packed and dispatched into the heart of the 2026 winter superstorm.
No press conference.
No celebrity spotlight.
No dramatic rallying cry.
Just quiet, coordinated action.

I was deeply touched by this because I want to be of service, too. I care about others, and I always want to help where I can. I am drawn to these kinds of stories because they make me happy. Not everyone feels the same way. Some people are caught in their fear, and instead of feeling the urge to help, they might see it as an attack, a pull on them to give what they are afraid of losing. There are other ways of seeing it as well.

Same situation, two completely different views. Sometimes the views of people are so different that it is as if they live on different planets. One cannot understand the view of the other, and separation becomes so implanted in the minds that they cannot see the only thing that is true; that they are united as one and cannot be otherwise. Actually, when it gets that bad, they are really more alike than different. Both are coming from fear, and both sincerely believe the other is a threat that must be overcome.

When I start to think that way, I ask the Holy Spirit to decide for me how to see others, how to communicate with those who disagree with me, and when to choose silence when that is better. I ask for help because I know that if I choose confrontation instead of joining, I will see danger everywhere I look. I will experience attack if in my mind I am defending myself. This is how I make the world I see. It is with my thoughts and beliefs. I realize now how much I was hurting myself when I thought I was protecting myself.

I still feel compassion for those who suffer at the hands of another, but I also feel compassion for the one causing the suffering. This was a change that occurred a little at a time over the last few years from the practice of the Course. I had to remind myself of the truth many times, and I had to learn to turn away from the ego voice that insisted this didn’t make sense. And to be honest, it was a little scary for a while. Now it just feels like the only thing that makes any sense.

What I have gained from this decision for God, for Love, is peace of mind. I seldom feel attacked, even when someone is trying to attack me. And if I do feel the sting of attack, I turn to the Holy Spirit for help, and I receive a different way to see it. I remember when I used to act from my fear and attack others, and compassion takes over in the place of fear. My world now feels less threatening than it used to, and when I give way to fear, I know what to do about it, and I recover peace more quickly.

It’s okay for others to disagree with me and even to see things radically different from how I do. We are all going Home and this worldly experience doesn’t change that. It can help us get there faster, or it can show us what is not working. It’s all good. I said at the beginning of this contemplation that I always feel a pull to help, that I cared about others. This was not always true.

I used to be heavily defended, too. It was a miserable life as my defensiveness drew attacks and more defenses in an endless cycle. Until A Course in Miracles showed me my error. The world was not attacking me. I was doing that to myself with my thoughts and beliefs. My mind is happier and more peaceful now that this cycle has been broken. My world reflects my mind. And yes—seen this way—it really is all good. I notice now that whenever peace fades, it is simply an invitation to choose again.
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Lesson 33 2026

There is another way of looking at the world.
1. Today’s idea is an attempt to recognize that you can shift your perception of the world in both its outer and inner aspects. (ACIM, W-33)
Lesson 33 follows the previous lessons that teach us the world we see is a projection of our thoughts. What appears outside reflects what is held within, and so perception does not change until the mind does. This lesson gently carries that understanding forward by reminding us that we are never limited to one interpretation of what we see. When we ask for another way of looking, we are not trying to fix the world or improve our thoughts, but inviting the Holy Spirit to reinterpret what we perceive. As beliefs are undone, fear gives way to peace, and Love naturally fills the space where judgment once stood. The only requirement is willingness.
This is a very simple lesson and a simple exercise. It is to be done as often as possible. That it is simple does not mean it is unimportant. Each of these lessons builds on the other and literally changes the way we think. And what changes the way we think changes everything. It is what we came to learn. It will wake us up.
Today, I will remind myself that there is another way of looking at the world. As I look around myself at my outer environment and as I look within at my inner environment, I notice how the inner is reflected in the outer. I perceive in the outer what I believe to be true. What I perceive to be true about the world will not change until my beliefs change. This is why I want another way of looking at the world.
Like many people, I have been alarmed at what appears to be a strong movement away from oneness and toward separation, away from love and toward fear. I see this on both sides of the divide. But I have discovered there is another way to see this as I remember that before change can occur, I must look at the problem with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will then shine the darkness away. We must, as one, look at the problem, and we are doing that now, even if we don’t understand this is what is happening.
As I ask for another way to see, I am moved toward Love. Always and in every circumstance, I am moved toward Love. I am stunned at the simplicity of the answer. Love does all things, heals all things, makes all things right. If my mind wanders to fear, guilt, or judgment, I ask for another way to see, and Love is there, peace is there.
Now it is not that I ask for another way to see and decide that love must be the answer. I ask for another way to see, and Love fills my heart and mind. Love is not an answer; Love is the Answer. I don’t choose love from among other answers. I allow Love to overcome all things. Dear God, I am so very grateful for your Answer. And all it took was my willingness to let go of my preconceived solutions so that the Answer could be given to me. Today, I gladly remind myself to ask for another way to look at the world, both the outer world and my inner world. I ask often and with anticipation of the Answer that will be received by my open mind.
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Lesson 31 2026

I am not the victim of the world I see.
1. Today’s idea is the introduction to your declaration of release. ²Again, the idea should be applied to both the world you see without and the world you see within. ³In applying the idea, we will use a form of practice which will be used more and more, with changes as indicated. ⁴Generally speaking, the form includes two aspects, one in which you apply the idea on a more sustained basis, and the other consisting of frequent applications of the idea throughout the day.
2. Two longer periods of practice with the idea for today are needed, one in the morning and one at night. ²Three to five minutes for each of these are recommended. ³During that time, look about you slowly while repeating the idea two or three times. ⁴Then close your eyes, and apply the same idea to your inner world. ⁵You will escape from both together, for the inner is the cause of the outer.
3. As you survey your inner world, merely let whatever thoughts cross your mind come into your awareness, each to be considered for a moment, and then replaced by the next. ²Try not to establish any kind of hierarchy among them. ³Watch them come and go as dispassionately as possible. ⁴Do not dwell on any one in particular, but try to let the stream move on evenly and calmly, without any special investment on your part. ⁵As you sit and quietly watch your thoughts, repeat today’s idea to yourself as often as you care to, but with no sense of hurry.
4. In addition, repeat the idea for today as often as possible during the day. ²Remind yourself that you are making a declaration of independence in the name of your own freedom. ³And in your freedom lies the freedom of the world.
5. The idea for today is also a particularly useful one to use as a response to any form of temptation that may arise. ²It is a declaration that you will not yield to it, and put yourself in bondage. (ACIM, W-31)
2025
I think that we each come here with specific tasks - beliefs that we want to forgive for all of the Sonship. I was drawn to this lesson from the beginning, and I am sure that was because this was a belief I chose to undo. I always felt like a victim, and though I believe everything Jesus tells us in the Course, I struggled with this one.
It so often seemed obvious I was a victim in certain circumstances. But I kept working with it, and kept forgiving the idea of victimhood. This became a belief I completely forgave. I do not now believe I could ever be a victim. This doesn’t mean that the ego mind stopped reaching for that belief. But it does mean that I never accept it as true.
For instance, I was abused by a neighbor when I was a child. The ego argued that a child does not choose this, and I couldn’t do anything about it. In this situation, I was definitely a victim. But this can’t be true since this is my story. And the story was not chosen as a child. Now I see how this situation and others were necessary to the story. After all, if I was to forgive the belief in victimhood, I had to know what it was to feel like a victim.
Even now, the ego dangles the victimhood belief before me to see if I’m going to bite. After the last damaging hurricane in my area, I, like many people here, had some unfortunate experiences with contractors while trying to get repairs done on my house. The ego mind argued for victimhood in this case. It was useless because I just could not and can not now sustain any feeling of victimhood. Give it up, ego. It is never going to work. ~smile~
My success with this lesson is a perfect example of how wonderfully the Course works if we let it. I didn’t change my mind about victimhood the first time I read the lesson. I had to practice forgiveness with situations in my life repeatedly before the idea that I could never be a victim of the world I see became the truth for me. I am so very grateful to Brother for his Course. And I am grateful to myself for my persistence.
2026
As often happens, something occurs before I read the lesson that helps me understand it better or see how to use it. In the past, it has been a video someone sent me or a post I read on Facebook, something like that. This morning, it was a vivid dream I woke up to. I was dreaming that I was actively trying to hurt my body, as if I were my own abuser. It wasn’t a nightmare type thing, just me chasing pain without any emotional reaction to the dream. So, I knew right away that it was an instructional dream. Then I read today’s lesson, and I see what it was trying to say to me.
In my dream, I was not a victim of anything outside of me. I was choosing pain, actually chasing it. In the lesson, Jesus says the idea should be applied to both the world you see without and the world you see within. In the dream, I am choosing to hurt myself, and thus I become my own victim. In the outer world, when I think I am hurt or upset by someone else or some situation, I am using it to make myself a victim. What the two situations have in common, of course, is that I am doing it to myself.
The solution in both cases is to stop. I cannot be the victim of the world I see because the world I see is my own projection. It begins in my mind and is then projected outward because I want it –it is my unconscious desire to keep a self-concept. I can then see how that works, how it feels, and determine if I find it valuable and still want to keep it. If I do, then I will resist any efforts made to help me escape it. This will become my life as I experience it.
On the other hand, if I fail to see any value in holding onto the victim story of my choice, I can forgive it and let it go. The story may persist for a while, but it will not be the upsetting situation it was, and eventually, it will likely stop showing up. In Lesson 132, we will get another way of seeing this that further emphasizes that we are never a victim of the world we see.
There is no world apart from what you wish, and herein lies your ultimate release. ²Change but your mind on what you want to see, and all the world must change accordingly. (ACIM, W-132.5:1-2)
One other valuable insight occurs to me this morning. I have been thinking that ever since 2016, the world has been in turmoil. This may be accurate, but it takes on victimhood if I think that it is a reason for distress of any kind: frustration, fear, anger, anxiety, or hatred. Those reactions happen when I begin to think that I am a victim of the world I see. And I realized this morning that at times I have been attracted to that form of victimhood without allowing myself to be consciously aware of what I was doing. I was chasing pain, pain I was inflicting on myself. Maybe the dream was inviting me to bring this up into my awareness so I could let that go. I believe it was, and I know I will because it is not possible that I am a victim of the world I see, and I know that now. I can watch gently for the ways I may still be doing this to myself—and stop.
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