Lesson 026: ”My attack thoughts are attacking my invulnerability.”
AI Reframe: Negative or aggressive thinking undermines my natural inner stability.
Suggested Exercise:
Six times today, for up to 2 minutes, start with the idea:
My attack thoughts are attacking my invulnerability.
Then with eyes closed, bring to mind an unresolved situation, name it, and then state as many fear-based outcomes as you can, while also acknowledging that it is an attach against you.
”I am concerned about _____________”
Then for each outcome…
”I am afraid (worried, annoyed, depressed, etc) this _________________ will happen.”
“That thought is an attack upon myself.”
Conclude the practice session with today’s idea:
My attack thoughts are attacking my invulnerability.
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Message
The lesson begins with:
“It is surely obvious that if you can be attacked you are not invulnerable. ²You see attack as a real threat. ³That is because you believe that you can really attack. ⁴And what would have effects through you must also have effects on you.” (ACIM, W-26.1:1-4)…
And here is a major revelation:
”²Nothing except your thoughts can attack you. ³Nothing except your thoughts can make you think you are vulnerable.⁴And nothing except your thoughts can prove to you this is not so.” (ACIM, W-26.4:2-4)
Let me share a simplified, personal example:
I’m driving on a busy highway. I’m keeping a safe distance away from the car in front of me. Then suddenly, a car changes lanes into that space, creating an unsafe situation. I immediately become angry with that driver, projecting a litany of swear words at them. My peace is most definitely blown. But here’s the thing…that driver has know idea of my anger, they can’t see or hear me.
So who’s the one suffering here ? And how has my reaction helped in any way ? If anything, I could have made it more unsafe.
And this is where the idea of invulnerability comes into play. My true Self—the part of me the Course is pointing to—was never actually harmed by the lane change. My body may have been startled. My ego may have taken offense. But my invulnerability was never in question… until I questioned it. The moment I decided I had been attacked, I experienced myself as vulnerable. Not because I was—but because I believed I was.
So how did my ego-mind react to that lane change situation and me trying to regain my peace: “Yes, but…what they did was unsafe, it could have caused an accident…and how rude of them to just cut you off like that…and how dare they disrespect me that way…so what ? I’m suppose to just let them get away with it ? … why do I have to be the gracious one here ? … and so on.”
While I’m listening to my ego-mind go off on this tangent, I can feel my peace slipping away at an accelerated rate. Even as I write this, I can feel my peace dissipating. Doing this practice today helps remind me that I’m the one who is attacking me. If I truly want to remain in a peaceful state (regardless of what’s going on around me), then it has to begin from the inside out.
As has been the case with the previous lessons, this is another practice of noticing and being open to the idea that there could be (and is) another way to perceive the goings-on in our lives—one that remembers our peace was never actually up for grabs.
“I’m asked to stop for two minutes, six different times today, and recognize that any thought of worry, anger, depression, or foreboding is an actual knife I thrust into my psyche.”
— “The Course in Miracles Experiment” by Pam Grout
Blessings & Peace,
Maureen,
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