Lesson 009: ”I see nothing as it is now.”
AI Reframe: My perception rarely reflects the present moment clearly.
Suggested Exercise: Three to four times today, for about a minute each, indiscriminately look around where you are and apply today’s idea to the things you notice near you and then work your way out. “I do not see this ____________ as it is now.”
I do not see this iPad as it is now.
I do not see this light as it is now.
I do not see that blanket as it is now.
My take on it: We continue to address the “I see only the past” idea with today’s lesson but from a different angle. We’re reminded to let go of thinking that we need to understand what we’re saying or that we need to figure out what it means—we just need to practice it. The Course states that if we already understood it, we wouldn’t need to practice it.
While simple to do, I do find myself wanting to ask “well then how do I see it ?” Intellectually, I get it: I see it as I remember it from the past. So looking at my iPad, I see it, I’ve seen it before, I know what it is, I know how to use it, I understand how it works, I use it for many tasks, it’s in a light purple case, right now I see the charging cord plugged into it, so it’s charging, and right now I’m using wordpress to write this post. I know all of this because of my past usage of it.
But to look at it as it is right now, it’s challenging to think of it in terms of “not seeing it as it is right now”…because I’m looking right at it…right now. And that’s ok, I don’t need to understand it right now.
Just for today, I only need to be willing to apply the idea that “I’m not seeing it as it is now” and that more will be revealed in later lessons.
“Lesson 9…doesn’t pressure me to believe I’m seeing the past, the false, the old familiar jukebox standards. It just asks for a teensy bit of willingness..”
— “The Course in Miracles Experiment” by Pam Grout
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Maureen,
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