A Course in Miracles
Workbook Lesson 7
"I see only the past"
Interpreted by Roberta Gallop
Daily Welcome: Hi fellow buddies, YAY, let's do the wiggle, wiggle, one week dance as we merrily saunter down the road. We got this all day long. Yes, our minds may feel the buzzin like we have exchanged a cracked oatmeal bowl for an overflowing beehive in there, but God's got it, and we have each other too. A day or 2 in the workbook could just be considered a fluke or a blip on the radar. But a complete frickin week, that's a whole different ballgame. "It is all very clear, you were meant to be here, from the beginning." (ELP,1972) And please remember "By design", doesn't necessarily mean Armani. So, lets get down to it, this lesson promises to be a real page turner, and again thanks for the company.
Prayer: Dear God, I know you are love, and that you are in everything. Please help us to feel our true nature through you. Please guide us to be open to the lessons however they come to us. Please grant us compassion for ourselves and others as we proceed forward and please send your Wholly Spirit, so we won't feel alone. Thank you for being here and for being so loving and patient with us. Sorta, like we are your kid or something.
Workbook Lesson: "I see only the past", what a statement. Here over the past week, we have been fiddlin around with these lessons that seem to be hinting and pointing at something, but still kinda beating around the bush. So, finally they got off the pot and told it to us in plain english. We see only how we perceive things were, not how they truly are. As my teacher Rev Devan Jesse Byrne states," You can take it a little deeper, a little farther by doing it with eyes closed, and thinking of the things you see in your mind. Thinking of your family, thinking of your friends, thinking of places you've been, sweet foods you love, and so on. How can you see these thoughts with your eyes closed if you're seeing anything but the past? (ACIMi L7, Perceptions) I chose to share this with you because when I heard it the first time, it resonated through my whole body and helped me to understand the concept almost instantly.
Isn't it a wonderful discovery to find out we are not nuts, just looking in the wrong direction? Like whew, there is a reason nothing I see means anything. Why I have giving everything all the meaning, it is why I don't understand. Why my thoughts don't mean anything, and why I am getting upset for different reasons, and even why I am seeing something that's not there. I love how the Course ties it all together and doesn't leave us hanging and brings in the whole concept of time. For me this is where I could feel my thinking turn around and leaving me more open to even think, including about releasing the past and forgiving it. A task I am still very involved in daily, hourly, minutely.
Tips & Tricks: Here is a hint for ya, if you wanna transcend the world, you gotta forgive it completely. If you don't believe me, check out my teacher, who has transcended the world. ( http://revdev.openandclear.us/ )
Usually, the best ideas are the simplest. If we have imagined everything we see, then we need to erase it. How do we erase it? We forgive it right into nonexistence, then what remains must be the truth. So, we keep doing the Course workbook lessons one by one, not focusing on anything except this lesson, this concept, this day. Honestly, I have no idea how close I am to releasing this bodysuit and forgiving my way right out of existence, but I sure am a heck of a lot closer to it then I was when I started.
Upon Closing: Hey you guys, I told ya this lesson was a page turner. It was kinda like just flowing down the river in a rubber raft, and then right out of nowhere hitting the rapids and holding on for your dear perceived life. Remembering the ego is right there in the back seat whispering directions in our ear. Making the suggestion of getting out of the river now, because it is so dangerous, and we will definitely drown. Sound familiar? Keep on, keepin on, have an exciting day, remembering the Wholly Spirit and we will meet up again tomorrow. Thank you for hangin in there with me.
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