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ACIM Workbook Lesson #8
“My mind is preoccupied with past thoughts.”
It's really quite amazing how many thoughts can run through my mind in a minute or so! Our exercise today asks us to simply sit quietly, with eyes closed, and acknowledge the thoughts that come to us. We are asked to say to ourselves, "I seem to be thinking about (fill in the blank)", and to continue doing that for a bit, then conclude with, "But my mind is preoccupied with past thoughts." What? I thought I was thinking them right now! And that is the purpose of this exercise: to realize that the things going through our mind are not real ideas, but thoughtless ideas. As long as we believe what we're thinking is important, we are blocking any progress in allowing truth to enter. And about the time you acknowledge this, your ego-mortal-mind will jump up and tell you that's ridiculous. Hence, the necessity for exercising our spiritual muscles! Hope you're having as much fun with this as I am!
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
"Our false views of matter perish as we grasp the facts of Spirit. The old belief must be cast out or the new idea will be spilled, and the inspiration, which is to change our standpoint, will be lost." Science & Health Page 281:28-1
