A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 12

A Course in Miracles

Workbook Lesson 12

 

"I am upset because I see a meaningless world."

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Hi adventure lovers, I don't think I'd put my hiking boots away quite yet, today feels like another long one. I mean we get great millage on these lessons, but the altitude starts getting a little much. Let's take a little time out for a mini powwow. So how ya feelin? How's it goin? Are ya sleepin enough, eatin right? Self-care is so important anyway, but especially when you're getting your brain expanded. Are you all set to rock and roll? Let's go for it, my buds, we got this all day long.

 

 

Prayer: My glorious Father, I am so glad you are with us on our journey to you. Sometime the road gets rocky and long, and we get discouraged so it is wonderful to start getting that warm glow of love coming in. Please help us to know you, to feel you, and to help us release all these crazy thoughts we imagined, and this nutsy coocoo place we think we are in. Also please teach us to be compassionate along the way, to ourselves and to others. Please help us to remember a little kindness goes a long way. Please grant us knowledge of your Wholly will for us and the power to carry it out. Thank you for being here and guiding us, and for sending us your Wholly Spirit as a blessed light in the darkness.

 

 

 

Workbook Lesson: "I am upset because I see a meaningless world." Yes, righteously pissed off. God made me, God is with me always, and because He wants to experience, we end up on Fantasy Island, I mean you are God, God. Is that the best ya can do? But it's not that the world is really meaningless, I just see it that way. In the words of my teacher, "Once you start getting rid of your thoughts, the words of God, the thoughts of God are behind them." (Rev Devan Jesse Byrne, ACIMi L12, ex) That is so encouraging to me because I get so disheartened in the process, especially when I realize I did it to myself, I created this meaningless world that upsets me.  I start forgetting that there is a point to it. And this validates for me that there is a reason, to remove the clouds that are covering the son. That I will flourish, that I do matter, that God does love me, and just beyond the gibberish I defined, is the most blessed of rainbows and bluest of skies.

 

Have you ever tried to scare yourself? I mean as a little kid I'd start imagining a monster under the bed. You know the sneaky kind that waits until your asleep so he can pounce out and get you while you're sleeping. And the more I would think of all the horrible stuff it would surely do to me, the more outlandish it got. Until I had convinced myself that it was bigger than the house, it was definitely hiding under my bed, and it had glowing red eyes and huge spiked fangs, it was all black with purple stripes and worst of all it was invisible. At that point it would be safe to assume that a trip to Mom and Dad's bedroom with my blanket and pillow was clearly in my immediate future. That's how I see this lesson, as a self-induced hallucination that has me completely out of my mind, being concerned with things that are meaningless.

 

 

Tips & Tricks: What comes to my head is the acronym for fear. F- alse E- vidence A – ppearing  R- eal.

Which so effectively produces the Twilight Zone world I see. This is a wonderful time to whistle a happy tune and reach to the Wholly Spirit screaming "Please help me to see this differently".

 

 

Upon Closing: Whew, let's take a load off and give our illusion muscles a break and a gentle rub. We put so much work into the marching along this happy trail, that sometimes it is all about the company. Being with those that are trudging right along beside me and just being grateful for the love. Have a yummy day sweet buddy, I'll see ya for the next one tomorrow. Love & Light, Riki 🌈