This blog title, “Lights to Heaven,” shows the power in illuminating the way to remembering who we are, and witnesses to my belief in and devotion to "A Course in Miracles", and my dedication to teaching it and commitment to following it. The essays I am guided to share are unscripted, and my interpretation of the workbook lessons of ACIM are part of my curriculum in becoming a Certified Teacher of Teachers of ACIM. Please share, love, and enjoy the miracle.

Monday, January 3, 2022

A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 3

A Course in Miracles

Workbook Lesson 3

 

"I do not understand anything I see."

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Hi again, I hope you had a good sleep, but if you didn't it's ok too. because I have noticed that as I do the lessons a lot of my patterns can feel off, including my rest and even my eating, but as I continue doing the lessons I pretty much get into a rhythm, and I do even out. The mind is a very powerful device, and I find that when I start working on healing it, things can often get confused and a tiny bit jumbled. I hope you have been enjoying my company on the path as we proceed to work on lesson 3 today, I know I am enjoying yours. Please remember this isn't meant to be work, just a fun and enlightening journey to new discoveries and insights.

 

Prayer: Patient Christ, please guide us this day to understand what you would have us learn, in the way you would most have us learn it. Please help our minds to respond to these lessons in the way that is most beneficial to us and the world. Please expand us that we may know the truth. Thank You Allways, Amen.

 

 

Workbook Lesson:  This 3rd lesson, "I do not understand anything I see" really started my brain to whirring. If I have no comprehension of anything I see, if I have given everything, all the meaning it has for me and I don't understand any of it, then I must have some real issues, I mean great, huge, scary ones. Then my ego reminded me that if I have got along just fine so far, then I really don't need this course in miracles anyway. So, let's go binge watch a good long series instead, one with a lot of seasons. The ego is no innocent bystander here by any means, it has helped to keep us trapped and ignorant already and it knows just which buttons to push to keep us comatose and in the dream.

 

Since in my head, my life pretty much consists of judging you and condemning me, after I took a few deep breaths, called on the Wholly Spirit, and slowed down a tad, I realized it is highly probable that I do misinterpret everything I see. And one of the biggest reasons is, (spoiler alert) there is nothing I see that is real, it is all illusions that I made myself. My teacher, Rev. Devan Jesse Byrne, makes an excellent point when He says" But we want to start to question our minds, that we don't know, what we don't know. We don't understand what we don't understand, and you can't actually be in the understanding of something that you don't understand." (ACIMi, L3, exercises)

 

 

Tips & Tricks: The wise and compassionate words of my teacher echo in my head and remind me to be gentle with myself. Learning how to be loving and accepting with ourselves, instead of constantly belittling and berating ourselves will go a long way in helping us to what many times feels like learning to speak a new language. It's quite simple, when I just start from the premise that I don't know anything, but I am open to learn everything, stuff can flow nicely.  Also expectations can be real setups, so if I come from the place that I am just here, just doin, just hangin, and how it turns out is up to God. I am truly just in the efforts department, and God is in the results department. Sometimes I do feel like I'm walking backwards on the path a little bit, but it always turns out for the best in the end. There are also review lessons along the way that I found very helpful in putting things in perspective.

 

Upon Closing: Well, look at us, just chatting along, stopping to smell the roses every once and a while, and we are finishing up lesson 3, quicker than you can say Jack Robinson. I do value having your company along the way, and also your willingness to see what all this is about. Please remember to do your lessons as suggested and know I am always here for you.  Enjoy, love & light. Riki 🌈

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