A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 9

A Course in Miracles

Workbook Lesson 9

 

"I see nothing as it is now."

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Hi everyone, I'm feeling really good today. I love the Course and it feels wonderful to be back in the saddle again, and it feels especially yummy to have company along the way. As part of my Teacher of Teachers certification I get to write an essay on each workbook lesson, I just didn't realize that I would be expanding and growing so much myself through doing them. I truly hope you are enjoying the process with me, and realize we are one together united in Spirit as we hold hands and move forward. Please remember if you miss a lesson here and there it's ok, don't beat yourself up, just pick up where you left off, and it always helps to ask the Wholly Spirit to help ease the resistances.

 

 

Prayer: Blessed loving and caring Christ, please help us to remember where we truly are, and to see the opportunity that ACIM gives us to go on an adventure of such magnitude as the perfect gift it is. Please help us to know our worth and uncovering the lies that stand in the way of our Ascension. Most of all please grant me the compassion to be kind and feel the beauty and tender gentleness of your love. Please grant us your strength that we may persevere and not allow the ego to deter us any longer. Thank you for listening, thank you for guiding us, and thank you for making us who we are. Allways.

 

 

Workbook Lesson: Many of the lessons tend to be confusing to me and this one, "I see nothing as it is now" is no exception. This little booger is the one that really started me freaking hard core. Yes, this maybe a scary one, but remember we are all holding hands, you are among likeminded friends, and you are not alone by any means. Where you've been doesn't exist, and you have no idea where you are, it sure sounds like the definition of screwed to me.  If you think about it, in a way this is really great news, because there is nowhere to go but up. That said, resistance really can be a sneaky one, maybe you just feel too tired, maybe you are getting a little too busy, or just need a vacation from everything. The answer is still to call in the Wholly Spirit, and one of my favorite sayings "easy does it, but do it", comes to mind. Just do the best you can and the deeper you get into the Course, the better you will do. Sometimes when I am getting resistant, I will do my later lesson for the day a little earlier, so I don't accidently (on purpose) fall asleep on myself.

 

 

 

Tips & Tricks: Do you know what an overlay is? When I was a little girl I used to love to play with paper dolls, there would be the basic part which was usually a paper cutout of a person with their face legs arms and so on, and then you would have all these different outfits you could put on the basic doll, hence the word overlay. I kinda feel like that when it comes to being on earth and a human self, I come up with all these stories of who I am and how I am, just adding on the costumes over and over again without taking any off. And after about 3,000 layers of definitions and perceptions of who I am, I am left clueless and deeply confused. The Course for me helps to loosen the layers so they can be removed through surrender and forgiveness.  

 

 

Upon Closing: Another corker today, but we are all sticking together, and we can handle it, no weenies in this bunch. Sometimes when it is the most stressful I will play a game with myself. Since I don't know what to think anyway, maybe I will find out I am an artichoke, maybe I am a candle on a cake, maybe I am Hello Kitty. It seems like the dumber and more playful I make my what ifs, the easier I can laugh, let go, trust God and know all is well. Have a blessed night my loves and remember, "it is always darkest before the dawn".

Love & Light, Riki 🌈