A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 11

A Course in Miracles

Workbook Lesson 11

 

"My meaningless thoughts are showing me a meaningless world."

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Hi everyone, big smiles and happy hugs, I hope you've got your hiking shoes on, cause I get the feeling with this lesson we will go quite the distance. I so appreciate you for hanging in there with me, I am feeling better today and ready for the next right thing. Which happens to be hangin out with my buds and enjoying the scenery, as we tackle Lesson 11 at the top of our lungs. (Sounds kind of fun actually.) I wish our walking on this path counted for pedometer steps cause we have definitely racked up a lot of those puppies already. The cool thing about the Course is the more you do it, the more you do it. It just kinda grows on ya. So, let's get our meaningless backpacks filled with our meaningless stuff onto our meaningless backs, and once again ease on down the road. Thanks again for being here, you're awesome company, I wouldn't have it any other way.

 

Prayer: Blessed All That Is, sometimes our way gets confusing especially when we are learning about how we can't trust our thinking. Please grant us clarity, courage, and the perseverance to just hang in there no matter what. Please guide us as we come to know you through the Course, by releasing everything that stands in the way. Thank you for loving us, thank you for being with us allways, and thank you for this grand adventure.

 

 

Workbook Lesson: "My meaningless thoughts are showing me a meaningless world." You're gonna get a bogo on quotes from my teacher today, sometimes I find his discussions so jam packed and powerful I can't eat just one. Garbage in, garbage out comes to mind when I think of this lesson, or to quote my teacher, "The reason you feel lost and confused, is because you've been choosing meaninglessness, as opposed to meaningfulness." (Rev. Devan Jesse Byrne, ACIMi L11, per) Well if that don't just pop your bubble. To me it is one of those brilliant truths that are so profound ya gotta sit, take a rest, and absorb it for a minute, just to let it sink in. I have done that many times, complain about how meaningless my life is and that was as far as I got, probably because I am still trying to figure out what meaningfulness is.

 

Now this next quote by my teacher has a little bit of sting to it, but as usual He was right on, in a Devan sorta way, which is why he is my teacher. "These lessons? Just scraping the surface, you get as much out of it as you put into it." (Rev. Devan Jesse Byrne, ACIMi L11, ex) This for me was a huge reminder, that I gotta want it, and I gotta want it bad. It doesn't mean running helter skelter everywhere in a franctic heat, trying to shove it in there as fast as possible, regardless of the consequences, nor going so slowly and carefully that we get so bogged down we can't see straight. It's actually a lot simpler than that, it's about just doing the lessons as honestly as we can, praying and staying open along the way, having the faith that God will guide us to where we most need to go.

 

 

Tips & Tricks: Expectations are complete setups, I probably have said it before, but it bears repeating over and over again. We have a tendency to write the script, not just for ourselves, but for everybody and then expect them to follow it. That can cause a massive headache especially when you are taking a course that discourages defining things. When I recognize I have done it again I usually stop drop and roll. I ask the Wholly Spirit to help me see things differently, and then take a breath and go on to the next right thing God would have me do.

 

 

Upon Closing: Told ya to have your hiking shoes on, let's have a cool drink and make cloud pictures. I see a giraffe with 3 tails, and another one that looks like the Mona Lisa with a Star Wars helmet on, and over in the corner I see Puff the magic dragon sticking his tongue out at me. What do you see in the clouds? Please make sure to slow down and breathe deep, we have worked hard today, the ragtag bunch we are, but we sure got heart and soul for days. I love you guys, rest well, I'll see ya tomorrow. Love & Light, Riki 🌈