 |
| "Colorado Sunset" photo by Aaron Springston |
A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson #12
“I am upset because I see a meaningless world.”
Have you ever felt that when you are upset you should avoid the situation which supposedly caused it? Maybe you feel you should find the cause of your upset and change it. Or perhaps we say we're upset because of someone's actions and blame them for our chagrin. So if we give no meaning to anything, if we see a meaningless world, and then become upset by this void, we may be tempted to try to figure out why this is happening. Today's lesson asks us to witness events without giving them any meaning, neither good nor bad, thereby leaving ourselves blank to see what Truth comes through in place of our personal feelings. If we find this upsetting, let's not act upon these feelings; instead, let's witness what happens without placing an interpretation on it. When we allow Sprit (God) to manifest through us -- which is our native state as a reflection, the image and likeness of God -- we open ourselves to the field of all possibilities. We can become a blank slate for Love to write on. Who's to know where this will lead us? To quote Rumi: "Out beyond ideas of rightdoing and wrongdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there".
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
"Nothing is real and eternal,--nothing is Spirit,--but God and His idea. Evil has no reality. It is neither person, place, nor thing, but is simply a belief, an illusion of material sense."
Science & Health Page 71:1-5
I was particularly "struck" by the contrast between the though in the lesson "... I see a meaningless world" and the emotion I experience when I view the beautiful Colorado sunset! I realize how easy it is for my ego to say: "How can such a beautiful scene be part of a meaningless world." Thank you for so vividly demonstrating the contrast.
ReplyDeleteRichard
And I thank you, dear Richard, for your inquiring mind and loving heart!
ReplyDelete