A Course in Miracles Lesson #132
"I loose the world from all I thought it was."
[Marsha's thoughts]
People often ask me how I have time for these studies, telling me they are too busy for this. And I ask them how much time they spend each day in thinking meaningless thoughts, reviewing past conversations, fantasizing about the future in various ways, replaying events from their lives and giving them different outcomes, visualizing how things could have been different if only they had done something else. We've all been there. I have chosen (as can you!) to spend these times in pondering statements such as may be found in today's lessons, both A Course in Miracles and the Christian Science Bible Lesson. In the morning, I make time to read or listen to these spiritual writings and readings. When something jumps out at me, I make a note of it. On my walk to work, there is a good ten minutes or so to deeply ponder a thought, such as, what things can I loose from thought, allowing Truth to permeate it instead. Or perhaps I'll think, What is divine Mind? Hum -- Mind [as a synonym for God] is creator, is the only cause, is One. And as I allow myself to practice such thoughts, it becomes a part of my regular way of life. Instead of spending countless hours repeating what I don't want in my life, I hold thought to "the enduring, the good, and the true" (S&H Page 261:4) By living consistently in this way, turning away from material belief and looking toward spiritual truth, I am demonstrating today's workbook lesson: "I loose the world from all I thought it was." 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." And so we have all those quiet moments to reflect, while standing in line at the grocery store, or waiting at a traffic light: moments of inactivity in a too-busy world. Not only that, but we can put them into active practice in every moment of every day, loosing any thoughts other than those led by Love.
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
