Lesson 030: ”God is in everything I see because God is in my mind.”
AI Reframe: The quality of unity I perceive comes from the awareness within me.
Suggested Practice:
Throughout the day, apply today’s idea as often as possible.
God is in everything I see because God is in my mind.
Whenever you have a moment or so, repeat it to yourself slowly, looking about you, and trying to realize that the idea applies to everything you do see now, or could see now if it were within the range of your sight.
If you prefer different verbiage, you can use the “AI Reframe” version or something like:
Love is in everything I see because Love is in my mind.
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Message
Today’s idea may feel like a stretch—maybe even a head-scratcher.
God is in everything I see because God is in my mind.
What’s God doing in my mind?
I don’t know about you, but I was raised to believe God was an old, bearded guy living somewhere up in the clouds, ruling over everything from afar. Over time, that image has softened and shifted. My understanding now is that we are all of and one with God—of the Light, the Source itself.
That said, I’ll be honest: for me, today’s idea became much easier to embrace when I translated it into language that lands more gently in my system:
Love is in everything I see because Love is in my mind.
Same lesson. Same meaning. Different doorway.
Up until now, the Course has been helping us identify what we want to undo—the habits of perception, the thought patterns, the inner lenses that keep us seeing through fear instead of truth. Today, there’s a subtle shift. We’re no longer focusing on what we don’t want to see, but on what we do want to recognize and extend.
As the lesson puts it:
“Today we are trying to use a new kind of ‘projection.’ We are not attempting to get rid of what we do not like by seeing it outside. Instead, we are trying to see in the world what is in our minds, and what we want to recognize is there. Thus, we are trying to join with what we see, rather than keeping it apart from us. That is the fundamental difference between vision and the way you see.”
(ACIM, W-30.2:1–5)
I think of this lesson as a reminder that you can’t give what you don’t have. If my mind is steeped in irritation and frustration, that’s how I’m going to experience my day. Quite simply: change the inside, and the outside follows. If I want to experience love or peace, they have to be present in my mind first.
And here’s a small spoiler alert for what’s coming next in the Course:
ACIM isn’t about finding love or achieving peace—because we already are those things. The work is about removing, releasing, and gently loosening our grip on everything that distracts us from who we truly are.
Which brings me to today’s real-life practice session.
Every Friday, a small group of us gathers in our downtown park for a silent vigil for unity and peace. About thirty minutes into today’s vigil, a young man across the street fired up a gas-powered leaf blower and proceeded to “waah—waah—waah” every… single… leaf… in existence for the next twenty-five minutes.
My immediate response? Annoyance. Judgment.
How rude! Can’t he see we’re doing a silent vigil over here???
And then—right on cue—the Course tapped me on the shoulder. One of its core ideas floated into my awareness: Everything is for our best interest.
Excuse me?
How could this possibly be for my best interest?
As the leaf blower droned on, I watched my thoughts and noticed something important:
That guy is not messing with my peace.
My reaction to that guy is messing with my peace.
The leaf blower isn’t disturbing my peace.
My thoughts about the leaf blower (and its inventor) are disturbing my peace.
Then came the real stretch—applying today’s idea:
God is in the guy with the leaf blower because God is in my mind.
Or, in my translated version:
Love is in the guy—and yes, even the leaf blower—because Love is in my mind.
Did I float off into instant serenity? No.
But I did soften. I became calmer. Less tight. Less hooked.
And that felt like a win—because this work has never been about perfection. It’s about progress. Incremental, human, sometimes noisy progress.
At one point, I even chuckled to myself as the “waah—waah—waah” continued on.
Well, I thought, this will make for interesting fodder for today’s post.
Sometimes what’s for our best interest isn’t obvious right away.
Sometimes it shows up holding a leaf blower.
“The only requirement for a perfect day is having a happy mind.”
— “The Course in Miracles Experiment” by Pam Grout
Blessings & Peace,
Maureen,
The Mandala Lady
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