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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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Lesson 30 2026

God is in everything I see because God is in my mind.
1. The idea for today is the springboard for vision. ²From this idea will the world open up before you, and you will look upon it and see in it what you have never seen before. ³Nor will what you saw before be even faintly visible to you.
2. Today we are trying to use a new kind of “projection.” ²We are not attempting to get rid of what we do not like by seeing it outside. ³Instead, we are trying to see in the world what is in our minds, and what we want to recognize is there. ⁴Thus, we are trying to join with what we see, rather than keeping it apart from us. ⁵That is the fundamental difference between vision and the way you see.
3. Today’s idea should be applied as often as possible throughout the day. ²Whenever you have a moment or so, repeat it to yourself slowly, looking about you, and trying to realize that the idea applies to everything you do see now, or could see now if it were within the range of your sight.
4. Real vision is not limited to concepts such as “near” and “far.” ²To help you begin to get used to this idea, try to think of things beyond your present range as well as those you can actually see, as you apply today’s idea.
5. Real vision is not only unlimited by space and distance, but it does not depend on the body’s eyes at all. ²The mind is its only source. ³To aid in helping you to become more accustomed to this idea as well, devote several practice periods to applying today’s idea with your eyes closed, using whatever subjects come to mind, and looking within rather than without. ⁴Today’s idea applies equally to both. (ACIM, W-30)

2025
Since we began the lessons, we have been learning that what we see with our eyes is not reality. Rather, it is what we want to see. It is a projection of our thoughts. Thus, the solution to a painful situation is to change the mind we are using to see it. If we are suffering from what we see, which many of us are, we must be seeing with our ego mind. As we come to accept that God is in our mind, we can choose to view the world from the perspective of our holy mind. Can you imagine how different your world will seem when you perceive everything from the perspective of God?
Jesus says: ²From this idea will the world open up before you, and you will look upon it and see in it what you have never seen before. ³Nor will what you saw before be even faintly visible to you. This is what happens as we awaken from our dream. I read in Angelo DeLulla’s book, Awake, that this is what happened to him. He also said that with awakening, there is an end to all suffering in this lifetime. I find that idea motivating, to say the least.
Most of us are projecting from our ego mind what we don’t want in an effort to be rid of it. What we are being introduced to in this lesson is the alternative. Instead of projecting to be rid of, we can project what we love. We are trying to join with what we see rather than keeping it away from us.
I know this works because I do it. The problem is that I don’t project to join all the time. There are times when I project to separate, and this is what I want to correct. I am enthused about practicing this lesson. The progress I have achieved thus far was accomplished as a result of recognizing my ego projections and forgiving them. I am thrilled to practice recognizing God in my mind and projecting from that perspective. When I get even a glimpse of my reality, it brings me to tears.
Here I am, Lord. Direct my practice today. I put myself in Your Hands.

2026
It always makes me smile to see how my lesson for the day is being set up for me before I even read it. This happened again this morning. I was checking my email and messenger while I got that first jolt of caffeine, and someone had sent me a YouTube video that looked interesting. It was suggesting a practice that is basically the same thing this lesson is teaching, just in different words. I had practiced it for a few minutes before I went to today’s lesson. So, yes, I had to smile.
After reading the lesson, I read what I had from last year, and I realized that I had gotten off to a good start but that I had not persisted. I let that practice fall away. It became something I did intermittently rather than consistently. So now I have another chance to start anew, and perhaps I am ready now to continue the practice until it becomes my direct experience.
So here is what I did. I closed my eyes, put my hand on my heart, and slowed my breathing, allowing my body to become calm. I let my attention go to the mind, not to find thoughts as I sometimes do, but to become aware of what was there beyond the thoughts. God is in my mind and wants me to find this. I paid attention to what came into my awareness. At first, there were thoughts, of course. The ego mind likes to narrate my experiences. But I just let them be, as I realize that if I am aware of these thoughts, they cannot be me, so I don’t need to do anything about them. What happened next was a deep peace unlike anything I had ever felt before. —not dramatic, just unmistakable. I stayed with that for a while.
I am willing to use this practice again and intend to continue to explore without trying to direct it, though the ego would like to do that. It wants to lead me to a specific outcome, but it doesn’t know what that is. That’s a good thing. I know how to notice the ego in my mind; now I am willing to notice what else has always been there. Deep peace is a good start. It lingers still.
In considering the experience, I think the peace was the relief of being free from thinking about the thoughts. I didn’t realize how annoying that is until I stopped doing it for a few minutes. And I see that this inner peace is projected into my outer life as I write this, and I am enjoying it. I had not realized until now how chaotic my mind has been even in these early morning hours, which are, relatively, peaceful. But not compared to this deeper peace. I also see how much I had unintentionally been fighting for peace, which is pretty ridiculous. But these realizations are all helpful, and I look forward to again practicing going within to find God. Right now, I am going to stop thinking about it because that seems to pull me out of it.
Perhaps vision begins simply by letting the mind rest where God already is.

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Lesson 29 2026

God is in everything I see.
1. The idea for today explains why you can see all purpose in everything. ²It explains why nothing is separate, by itself or in itself. ³And it explains why nothing you see means anything. ⁴In fact, it explains every idea we have used thus far, and all subsequent ones as well. ⁵Today’s idea is the whole basis for vision.
2. You will probably find this idea very difficult to grasp at this point. ²You may find it silly, irreverent, senseless, funny and even objectionable. ³Certainly God is not in a table, for example, as you see it. ⁴Yet we emphasized yesterday that a table shares the purpose of the universe. ⁵And what shares the purpose of the universe shares the purpose of its Creator.
3. Try then, today, to begin to learn how to look on all things with love, appreciation and open-mindedness. ²You do not see them now. ³Would you know what is in them? ⁴Nothing is as it appears to you. ⁵Its holy purpose stands beyond your little range. ⁶When vision has shown you the holiness that lights up the world, you will understand today’s idea perfectly. ⁷And you will not understand how you could ever have found it difficult.
4. Our six two-minute practice periods for today should follow a now familiar pattern: Begin with repeating the idea to yourself, and then apply it to randomly chosen subjects about you, naming each one specifically. ²Try to avoid the tendency toward self-directed selection, which may be particularly tempting in connection with today’s idea because of its wholly alien nature. ³Remember that any order you impose is equally alien to reality.
5. Your list of subjects should therefore be as free of self-selection as possible. ²For example, a suitable list might include:
³God is in this coat hanger.
⁴God is in this magazine.
⁵God is in this finger.
⁶God is in this lamp.
⁷God is in that body.
⁸God is in that door.
⁹God is in that waste basket.
¹⁰In addition to the assigned practice periods, repeat the idea for today at least once an hour, looking slowly about you as you say the words unhurriedly to yourself. ¹¹At least once or twice, you should experience a sense of restfulness as you do this.
(ACIM, W-29)

2025
I don’t know what to say about this lesson. It is simple to understand and simple to practice. And yet, it is profound and extraordinary. If I were suddenly told that I don’t actually live on a planet, but rather it is a spaceship. Or the life I thought I was living was actually a TV reality show. I wouldn’t be any more stunned than I am now looking at my computer and realizing that God is in it, just as much as He is in my fingers, playing over the keypad. No, this is not the first time I read this lesson or even the 10th time. I don’t know why I am so affected this time. Maybe my heart has opened to a more profound experience of it.
But I also feel frustrated. I recognize that this is the ego part of the mind that wants to understand everything. It wants to know why, and how, and what is next. It feels lost and a little afraid of not knowing. Most of all, it feels inadequate. OK, and maybe more afraid than I first realized. What if these questions are never answered, and I am left stranded in this bizarre place, forever separated from my God?
I’m glad I am not my ego. It is always filled with guilt and fear and knows little else. But now that I have shown the Holy Spirit the ego’s dark perception of this lesson, I feel relieved of the darkness. Actually, I am smiling and feel joyful. It was a nearly instant transformation. I still don’t understand, but am content to rest in the mystery. And wait patiently for the next revelation. Today, I will be happy to practice knowing that God is in everything I see.

2026
Before I began the lesson, I did as I have before and sent Love prayers to those who came to mind. I thought of the linemen again, working in dangerous and difficult conditions day after day, trying to restore power to the 69,000 customers here in Louisiana who are still without power. God bless you men. And sending Love prayers to the Monks still walking for peace in the snow and ice. I think of the people in the medical field who work diligently to keep these frail bodies healthy and repaired when they fail. And the precious men and women who work with me and follow my work sincerely, doing the best they can every day to live A Course in Miracles. It fills me with gratitude every morning now to send out the love and gratitude I feel.
Then, as I read today’s lesson, I am filled with a profound sense of awe and gratitude at the mystery of it. God is in everything I see because God is in my mind. “Holy Spirit, decide for me what to think about this, how to use this lesson, and what to say about it.” When I use the ego mind, which is concrete, to understand the abstract, nothing makes sense, and I used to think that was all I had to work with. Now, though, I know I can call on the Holy Spirit, who is in my mind and speaks for God.
I look at my computer and the words appearing as I type, and I consider that God is in this computer, in the typed words, in the mind receiving them. Then I think of it this way: God is in my mind, and as I look with God, I see God, just as I look at the world with the ego belief in guilt, I see a guilty world. God is not in the computer as an object, but in the Mind through which it is seen—and therefore God is what I recognize everywhere. I feel like this is something I can understand even with my ego mind. It is at least a way I can use this lesson. “Thank you, Holy Spirit.” So this morning, when I began my day by asking the Holy Spirit to decide for me all things, I was asking to see God in everything.
There is a song I love by Peter Mayer called “Everything is Holy Now.” He sings about going to Church or reading the Bible to feel that holiness, but now he sees everything as holy. That’s how I feel right now as I contemplate this lesson. I pray to keep this sense of reverence as I look on the world through God, which is in my mind. I will do my part to ensure this vision by letting go of any beliefs that threaten to dim it.
I do not have to make the world holy; I only have to stop defending the belief that it isn’t.
Everything Is Holy Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiypaURysz4&list=PLwJ8VKxRJtYPiLEo-Q-h0x4Li_mBsLISO&index=19
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Lesson 28 2026

Above all else I want to see things differently.
1. Today we are really giving specific application to the idea for yesterday. ²In these practice periods, you will be making a series of definite commitments. ³The question of whether you will keep them in the future is not our concern here. ⁴If you are willing at least to make them now, you have started on the way to keeping them. ⁵And we are still at the beginning.
2. You may wonder why it is important to say, for example, “Above all else I want to see this table differently.” ²In itself it is not important at all. ³Yet what is by itself? ⁴And what does “in itself” mean? ⁵You see a lot of separate things about you, which really means you are not seeing at all. ⁶You either see or not. ⁷When you have seen one thing differently, you will see all things differently. ⁸The light you will see in any one of them is the same light you will see in them all.
3. When you say, “Above all else I want to see this table differently,” you are making a commitment to withdraw your preconceived ideas about the table, and open your mind to what it is, and what it is for. ²You are not defining it in past terms. ³You are asking what it is, rather than telling it what it is. ⁴You are not binding its meaning to your tiny experience of tables, nor are you limiting its purpose to your little personal thoughts.
4. You will not question what you have already defined. ²And the purpose of these exercises is to ask questions and receive the answers. ³In saying, “Above all else I want to see this table differently,” you are committing yourself to seeing. ⁴It is not an exclusive commitment. ⁵It is a commitment that applies to the table just as much as to anything else, neither more nor less.
5. You could, in fact, gain vision from just that table, if you would withdraw all your own ideas from it, and look upon it with a completely open mind. ²It has something to show you; something beautiful and clean and of infinite value, full of happiness and hope. ³Hidden under all your ideas about it is its real purpose, the purpose it shares with all the universe.
6. In using the table as a subject for applying the idea for today, you are therefore really asking to see the purpose of the universe. ²You will be making this same request of each subject that you use in the practice periods. ³And you are making a commitment to each of them to let its purpose be revealed to you, instead of placing your own judgment upon it.
7. We will have six two-minute practice periods today, in which the idea for the day is stated first, and then applied to whatever you see about you. ²Not only should the subjects be chosen randomly, but each one should be accorded equal sincerity as today’s idea is applied to it, in an attempt to acknowledge the equal value of them all in their contribution to your seeing.
8. As usual, the applications should include the name of the subject your eyes happen to light on, and you should rest your eyes on it while saying:
²Above all else I want to see this _________ differently.
³Each application should be made quite slowly, and as thoughtfully as possible. ⁴There is no hurry.
(ACIM, W-28.1:1–8:4)

2025
The first thing my eyes alighted on was my calendar. I packed a lot of meaning into this book, so I thought it might be a hard one to start with, but I used it anyway. I am not the kind of person who has a lot of mystical experiences, and this ‘fact’ influences lessons like this. So, I wondered if anything would happen. As it turns out, it wasn’t the resistance I expected. It showed up as my mind wandering to other thoughts. It was only for two minutes, and it seemed like I could stay on task for that long. Evidently not. My ego really, really, does not want to do this, but I do.
I am looking forward to trying again later this morning. I am intrigued by the possibilities offered in this lesson. The idea that I could gain vision through this one exercise is exciting. I love this passage: ²It has something to show you; something beautiful and clean and of infinite value, full of happiness and hope. ³Hidden under all your ideas about it is its real purpose, the purpose it shares with all the universe. Surely, I can keep my focus and open my mind long enough to achieve such a lofty goal. Well, we shall see. And as Jesus tells us, this is just the beginning. I will relax into this lesson and let go of my expectations of a specific outcome.
2026
What I noticed about last year’s contemplation is that I was trying to see it differently. I am directed to ask to see it differently, not to think of other ways to see it. That may seem like a subtle difference, but actually, it is at the crux of the lesson. We made separation by naming and defining. In so doing, we made it impossible to see what is actually here. I would like to let go of the definition I have given everything. I would like to allow the desk I am working at to show me something “beautiful and clean and of infinite value, full of happiness and hope.”
This willingness to better understand the lesson has opened a door in my mind just a crack. I can walk through it, and to tell the truth, that scares me. Actually, it is the ego that is scared. It is standing guard at that door, warning me not to come any closer. It insists that if I go through the door, everything will be undone. But isn’t that what I want?
I remind myself that the ego is just a thought system put into place by me so that I could have this experience. If it is warning me not to approach these doors, it is doing so at my original command. But I also put the doors there so that I could walk away from the illusion when I was ready. Holy Spirit, decide for me what I am to do with this lesson, how I am to think about it, and use it.
Above all else I want to see differently.
Video: https://youtu.be/ceI0kCuSUSo

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