A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson #322
“I can give up but what was never real.”
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| "Geneva's Dinner" photo by Marsha Havens |
So often we don't realize we're holding on to illusions. We seem afraid that letting go of long-held beliefs will diminish us. Today's lesson explains how we cannot give up anything real, so there is nothing to fear. As I look at this world, many metaphors for this holding-on-letting-go action come to thought. The proliferation of storage sheds illustrates how we've fallen into the belief that we need more of everything. Most people I know are yearning for a more simple existence, in which needs are met in nurturing ways. We want real food, grown by people we know, with Love. We don't want knick-knacks to fill our shelves, but instead find meaningful objects which bring grace and beauty to our lives. These changes in material trappings exemplify the changes in our thought, whereby we strive to release illusive beliefs in exchange for the new/old ideas of Soul. Today I will recognize the difference in the unnecessary illusions which only serve to dull my sense, and the palpably glowing Ideas which nourish me.
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
“Man is the idea of Spirit; he reflects the beatific presence, illuming the universe with light.”
Science and Health Page 266:27–29
