ACIM Lesson #1
“Nothing I see in this room [on this street,
from this window, in this place] means anything.”
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Photo by Aaron Springston |
[Marsha's thoughts]
Everything is important; nothing is important. The much-repeated Buddhist axiom is the first thing which comes to mind when reading today's lesson. We tend to place meaning and importance on everything around us, in varying degrees of intensity, with good and bad connotations. We set up a dualistic situation with absolutely everything, and then we tell ourselves that it's necessary. People often say that if we didn't have bad, we wouldn't know and appreciate good. How would we know what light was if we didn't have dark as a contrast? I think it's worth giving it a try, don't you? Let's allow it to just Be and see if we don't appreciate how wonderfully perfect it all Is! Let's not worry when things are harmonious, wondering how long it can last. But rather, let's accept what's happening around us without placing a meaning on it. The freedom gained from this abandonment of preconceived notions is our heritage.
Let's not be shy about claiming it!
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
"The enslavement of man is not legitimate. It will cease when man enters into his heritage of freedom, his God-given dominion over the material senses."
Science & Health Page 228:11-13
