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ACIM Workbook Lesson #132
"I loose the world from all I thought it was."
Often we feel there isn't enough time to study the spiritual Principle we long to embrace. We tell ourselves that we must live in the "real world" and that leaves little time for esoteric quests. With a slight shift in thought, it becomes apparent that reality isn't what we've always believed it to be. When this happens, we don't need to set aside specific time in order to practice a spiritual discipline. Without the downer of constantly repeating what we don't want in our lives, by refusing to dwell in fear and dread, we have a lot more time to hold thought to "the enduring, the good, and the true" (S&H Page 261:4) By allowing this "new world" of thought to become a present reality, I am coming a step closer to knowing where Mrs. Eddy was standing when she said, "The divine understanding reigns, is all, and there is no other consciousness." Every glimpse I have of this divine reality is a moment of loosing the world from the bondage of my thought. What a gift!
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
"In the Apocalypse it is written: 'And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.' In St. John's vision, heaven and earth stand for spiritual ideas, and the sea, as a symbol of tempest-tossed human concepts advancing and receding, is represented as having passed away. The divine understanding reigns, is all, and there is no other consciousness."
Science & Health Page 536:1-9
