A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 4

A Course in Miracles

Workbook Lesson 4

 

"These thoughts do not mean anything."

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Hi Fellow Students, yay, this is an exciting time to be over half a week into studying the lessons of A Course in Miracles. I have always enjoyed the workbook lessons, but never more than I have with having you to hang out with and share my insights with. Oh, ya, I wanted to make it a point to explain that I am not the Grand Poobah of ACIM, I am just Riki, someone who has been down this path a few times, and has the desire for your company along the way. So, at any point if you see me in need of a new hat size, please feel free to remind me that these lessons are for us all, and that I might benefit from a little extra prayers and meditation.

 

Prayer: Blessed Christ, please help us to remember our reason for doing the Course, the fire that is slowly filling us with the desire to learn more about ACIM, and to realize that the Wholly Spirit is guiding us every step of the way. Please help us to stay honest, open minded, and willing, to feel our worth, and to allow the process of spiritual enlightenment to happen within our minds. Thank you for guiding us Allways, and reminding us we are never alone on our journey for you live within our mind and experience every minute too.

 

 

Workbook Lesson: "These thoughts do not mean anything", is considered a significant lesson by the Course. "It is a first attempt in the long-range purpose of learning to see the meaningless as outside you, and the meaningful within. It is also the beginning of training your mind to recognize what is the same and what is different." (A Course in Miracles - Workbook Lesson 4) I have found this lesson to shake me up a bit, because I started to feel like I was being invaded. It wasn't extreme panic or anything, just an unsettling feeling in my mind, and a nagging question, of if there is no meaning to these thoughts then what is there meaning too, if there is meaning to anything? It was usually around times like this I would get the sense that the lessons were pointless, but I would just reach to the Wholly Spirit and ask for the courage to keep going and to be guided to see things differently. Also, in recognizing that when I am open to see what I think is meaningless, it makes room for the meaningful.

 

 

 

Tips & Tricks: Remembering my commitment that I made to myself and God to do the Course no matter what can go a long way to helping me focus on my priorities. I suppose that's how it is with anything. How bad do you want it and how far are you willing to go to get it? My desire to finally be authentic, put myself first, practice self-love, and self-care was a long time in comin, but when I did reach that point of saying my time, my turn, it made all the difference. There is nothing like doing something for the right reasons. That is one of my favorite things about the Course is the clarity of mind it brings. I know during these early lessons the last thing my mind feels is clear, it more resembles a merry-go-round.

 But as stillness and peace start becoming more than brief visitors, in many ways it is like meeting my self for the first time. It is still mind boggling to me to be where I am now. The biggest change is, I am seldom afraid, oh I get nervous from time to time, but that deep gripping deer in the headlights fear, has for the most part moved on. And it was all because the truth I have learned through the Course about who I am and why I am here, has produced miracles beyond belief. I have come to believe that a miracle often times is a change in beliefs.

 

Upon Closing: It is so much fun, quite a blast. When it was proposed to me that this would be the next phase of my teaching journey, I must say there was a concern about my teachers over confidence in me, but as I continue to put me on a plate, day in and day out, I am truly seeing that my teacher was once again right. Please, let's do this again tomorrow, and remember the routine. Connect to Wholly Spirit Always and do the lessons as directed as much as possible. Take care along the way to Self. Love & Light, Riki 🌈