A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 13

A Course in Miracles

Workbook Lesson 13

 

" A meaningless world engenders fear."

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Hey you guys, I was a little sore from the workout I got in yesterday's lesson, but I just need to get the kinks out and keep on a goin. I hope you all had a restful sleep and are ready for an emotional one today. I must say I love having you in my life, and though my teacher would probably spank me for saying this, I think you're all sooooo special (even Him). So, time to go for it, you are becoming old pros at this. Enjoy, race ya to the next resistance.

 

 

Prayer: Compassionate Christ, thank you for loving us and showing us a way home to you. The truth is we never left, but sometimes it's hard for us to see the truth when we are covered up with crud. Please help us to know our worth and own it. Please help us to release the grievances and resistances that stand in the way of our really loving you, and please through your blessed and Wholly Spirit help us to apply forgiveness to everything and see the world differently. Allways,

 

 

Workbook Lesson:" A meaningless world engenders fear." This lesson can thoroughly get your grundies in a bundle, fear of the unknown is a really scary place to be. My teacher says, "We don't know exactly which is the right direction to go, we don't know exactly what to let go of, and what's real and what's not." (Rev. Devan Jesse Byrne, ACIMi L13, int.) I really like this quote cause it so accurately shows what was going on in my head around this lesson. It is assuredly something that helps to keep us stuck, because the devil you know, is better than the one you don't. A lot of what I said yesterday applies to today also, because the lessons are so close. It has been said that we have such great fear because we feel we are in competition with God. I just know on so many levels I feel like I let Him down, so my motive has not been that I made a meaningless world because I think I am better, but because the guilt can be overwhelming sometimes, almost crippling.

 

For me these lessons are the toughies because I am already beating myself up extremely well, and then it becomes like throwing salt in an open wound. Ya know, when you sincerely want help, but ya don't want the pain that goes along with the really going there? As a kid I was taught right and wrong by being punished (usually spanked) when I did wrong. So, I learned when I do something I view as wrong, I spank myself because I feel I deserve it. The idea of seeing myself as innocent doesn't really cross my mind because I am too busy being motivated by guilt and shame. I am so grateful God measures me by a different yardstick.

 

 

 

Tips & Tricks: My point is to pppllllleeeaaaassseee be gentle with yourself, especially here. While the Course exposes us to the error of our thinking, it is only to make us aware enough to be open and ready to change it, not the gunpowder we can use to blow ourselves to hell (if there truly was such a place). My teacher, myself and many others have found benefits from doing the Course which are beyond our wildest dreams. I believe one of the most needed things here is the faith to hang in and wait for the ability to see the meaningful world. I just need to remember that when Christ seems far away, it's only because I am holding Him at a distance in my mind.

 

 

Upon Closing: Hey I got an idea, let's go skinny dipping in the creek over there, last one in's a rotten egg. I don't know about you, but I sure enjoy a good splash in the water, it calms my nerves, cools me off, and changes my perspective. Let it all hang out. You are totally among friends, others that are seeking the way home like you are, no judgment here. Get the rest, enjoy the ride, and above all know you are loved. Love & Light,  Riki 🌈