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ACIM Lesson 29 2025

God is in everything I see.

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.

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ACIM Lesson 28 2025

Above all else I want to see things differently.

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.

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ACIM Lesson 27 2025

Above all else I want to see.

I recall feeling disingenuous when I said those words. I didn’t really feel it. Above all else? I knew I should mean it, but if I didn’t and I said I did, was that lying to God? However, as always, Jesus knew we would have qualms and addressed them. Saying it frequently today will bring the day of certainty closer.

When we mean it, we will have saved ourselves many years of effort.
And don’t judge yourself and feel guilty if you don’t adhere to the schedule very well. Even though it is simple to do so, it is unlikely you will remember so often. I have done a couple of things to help me remember. I wrote it in bigger-than-usual letters on my calendar. Since I see my calendar all day long, that should help.

I am also writing it in the palm of my hand and on a sticky note I will attach to my refrigerator. There, that should do it! We shall see. I remember Ken Wapnick saying more important than remembering was seeing how much we didn’t want to remember. I don’t think that is true about me anymore, but I am interested in seeing if it is.

Above all else, I want to see. Oh, my dear God, I really do. Holy Spirit, please tap me on the shoulder and remind me if I get distracted by the day. I do sincerely want your help because I do sincerely want to see the truth.

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ACIM Lesson 26 2025

My attack thoughts are attacking my invulnerability.

Maybe, like me, you saw this coming. I have seen that all I see and how I see it are the effects of my thoughts. Lesson 23 told us that my escape from the world is to give up my attack thoughts. This lesson is very specific as to why this is the case. If I perceive attack anywhere, I will believe in attack and will believe it can be directed at me.

That I can be attacked must mean that I am vulnerable. A Son of God cannot be vulnerable, and if I perceive myself as vulnerable, I cannot be God’s Son. Attacking anyone for anything costs me my awareness of what I am. It keeps me returning to the illusion repeatedly. This is not what I want, so I watch my mind carefully for attack thoughts.

I discover them in the careless chatter of the mind. I will suddenly pull myself back from the chatter and realize I have been attacking someone. I was having this angry conversation with someone who was not there. What did I think I was accomplishing? I don’t know, but what I do know is that the only thing I accomplished was to further convince myself that I needed to be defended because I am vulnerable. Good grief.

It’s OK, though. I was hurting myself and denying the Oneness of the Sonship, but it was a mistake, not a sin. Practicing this lesson will keep me aware of these kinds of mistakes, and I will become more adept at catching them and forgiving them. Also, I was reminded that there is nowhere in the Course that says judge not, except when it comes to politicians. Okay, I get it.  Those thoughts are hurting me, too.

We are just learning. Learning is why we are here. If we were already good at this stuff, we wouldn’t be here. And yet, I have noticed a tendency to feel guilty when I perceive myself as not doing a lesson well. That is why I love the following passage and read it nearly every day.

1. The happy learner cannot feel guilty about learning. ²This is so essential to learning that it should never be forgotten. ³The guiltless learner learns easily because his thoughts are free. ⁴Yet this entails the recognition that guilt is interference, not salvation, and serves no useful function at all. (ACIM, T-14.III.1:1-4)

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ACIM Lesson 25 2025

I do not know what anything is for.

At first glance, this seems not to be true. As I look around the room, applying today’s lessons to various things, it certainly seems like it is obvious what these things are for. But when I take into consideration the fact that I identify with the ego, I see that I judge their purpose according to how it affects the personal self. Since the personal self is an illusion and I am not, I see this is why I do not know what anything is for.

I had a perfect example of this as soon as I got out of bed. I went into my bathroom and turned on the light and the heater. I dislike the abrupt temperature change from the warm bed to the cold bathroom, so I appreciate this heater very much. This morning, it made an awful noise before the fan got going. I expressed my dismay forcefully. Let’s just say that I said “darn it!” Or something stronger. LOL.

I certainly felt like I knew what that heater was for. But who is it that thinks she needs a heater? It is the ego, the separate self, that is represented by a body. It is the ego, the separate self that has opinions and preferences that may be different than other body-selves.

As long as I continue to reference everything back to a separate self, I will continue to be lost in the world of thought projected outward. I don’t want that. I want to awaken from the imagined world, not reinforce it. So, I am ready for today’s simple lesson. I might have been lukewarm about doing it, but now I am actually excited about it. This lesson, practiced until it is fully accepted, is essential to awakening. That is what it is for.

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