Lesson 032: ”I have invented the world I see.”
AI Reframe: My interpretations shape the world I believe I’m seeing.
Suggested Practice:
Two longer sessions, three-five minutes each, where you observe both your inner and outer worlds. Start with the outer world by slowly looking around you while repeatedly stating today’s idea:
I have invented the world I see.
Then close your eyes and while observing the thoughts that come and go, without judging or analyzing, again repeatedly state today’s idea.
Along with these two sessions, it’s also recommended that you repeat the idea all throughout the day, especially if you’re triggered to any degree (minor or major) by any situations that may arise.
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Message
From the Lesson:
“Today we are continuing to develop the theme of cause and effect.
You are not the victim of the world you see because you invented it.
You can give it up as easily as you made it up.
You will see it or not see it, as you wish.
While you want it you will see it; when you no longer want it, it will not be there for you to see.”
(ACIM, W-32.1:1–5)
Upon reading that paragraph this morning, the first thing that came to mind was the morning I woke up, three months into my marriage, looked at my then-husband’s face, and thought with horror: Oh crap… what have I done?
Meaning: why did I marry this guy?
It was as if a filter I’d been seeing my world through suddenly dropped away, and for the first time I was seeing him—and my situation—clearly.
For the next six years, though, I unconsciously created a different filter. One that said I had to stay married because good Catholic girls don’t get divorced, and leaving would upset my parents and the Church. So I “put up with” this new version of the world I had invented.
Around year four of our marriage—at my husband’s urging—I started therapy. After all, something must be wrong with me. I wasn’t the same “girl” he married a few years earlier.
That part was true. I had changed filters.
Instead of seeing myself as the loving, doting wife, I now saw a frightened, disappointed, resentful one. Therapy helped me remove that filter, allowing my true self to breathe more freely—maybe for the first time ever.
Over the next few decades, I uncovered and processed through several more filters.
These days, I’m aware there are still a couple lingering deep within my psyche—though I suspect they enjoy playing hide-and-seek with me. Which is one of the reasons I’ve chosen to focus so intentionally on A Course in Miracles this year: to continue removing the veils that obstruct access to my whole Self.
“The quantum field is an infinite mashup of possibilities. It contains countless waves, dancing around in countless states, countless positions, countless possibilities. Each has its own energy and frequency.”
— “The Course in Miracles Experiment” by Pam Grout
Blessings & Peace,
Maureen,
The Mandala Lady
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