Lesson 128: ”The world I see holds nothing that I want.”

AI Reframe: What I seek cannot be found in appearances.

Suggested Practice:
“Today we practice letting go all thought of values we have given to the world. ²We leave it free of purposes we gave its aspects and its phases and its dreams. ³We hold it purposeless within our minds, and loosen it from all we wish it were.⁴Thus do we lift the chains that bar the door to freedom from the world, and go beyond all little values and diminished goals.”

“Pause and be still a little while, and see how far you rise above the world, when you release your mind from chains and let it seek the level where it finds itself at home. ²It will be grateful to be free a while. ³It knows where it belongs. ⁴But free its wings, and it will fly in sureness and in joy to join its holy purpose. ⁵Let it rest in its Creator, there to be restored to sanity, to freedom and to love.”

“Give it ten minutes rest three times today. ²And when your eyes are opened afterwards, you will not value anything you see as much as when you looked at it before. ³Your whole perspective on the world will shift by just a little, every time you let your mind escape its chains. ⁴The world is not where it belongs. ⁵And you belong where it would be, and where it goes to rest when you release it from the world. ⁶Your Guide is sure. ⁷Open your mind to Him. ⁸Be still and rest.” (ACIM, W-128.5:1–7:8)

Throughout the day remind yourself of the following:

This will not tempt me to delay myself.
The world I see holds nothing that I want.

Message

From today’s lesson:

“The world you see holds nothing that you need to offer you; nothing that you can use in any way, nor anything at all that serves to give you joy. Believe this thought, and you are saved from years of misery, from countless disappointments, and from hopes that turn to bitter ashes of despair. No one but must accept this thought as true, if he would leave the world behind and soar beyond its petty scope and little ways.”(ACIM, W-128.1:1-3)

But what if you’re in Paris? And you spent beaucoup bucks to see Hilma af Klint’s spiritual art at the Grand Palais? Which was closed this morning due to a WWII memorial parade—even though I had a ticket for first thing.

They said it would reopen at 1pm and we could still use our tickets. But what was I going to do for the next three hours?

Those were the thoughts as I sat in a lovely park with a lovely view of the Palais across the Seine.

The Voice said to read and do today’s lesson. I open my phone, go to ACIM.org,and read the title: The world I see holds nothing that I want. Seriously?

Once I got over the initial but…but…it’s Paris, the Grand Palais, Hilma’s spiritual art—I settled down and let the idea sink in.

It’s easy to apply this idea to awful situations. Beautiful, positive situations are harder. Granted, the exhibit being closed bothered me. In the past, I would have been majorly triggered. So I’ve made progress.

As I sat there doing the first of three lesson practices, I saw how much value I’d put on this exhibit. It was the only reason I came to Paris. A big chunk of money. And now I don’t get to see it when I wanted.

But I’m beginning to understand: when I go tomorrow morning, I’ll see it with a different perspective. I’ll allow myself to enjoy it. I may even be inspired. But from a more neutral, go-with-the-flow POV, not fan obsession. Which means I might get more out of it than I would have today. We’ll see. Either way, it doesn’t matter—because the world I see holds nothing that I want.

Like the lesson says, even a glimmer of this idea puts us miles ahead of where we were. We only have to open to the possibility that it’s true.

“What I see is just my version of a bunch of random molecules.”
— “The Course in Miracles Experiment” by Pam Grout

Blessings & Peace,

Maureen,
The Mandala Lady

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