Lesson 130: ”It is impossible to see two worlds.”

AI Reframe: Sincere willingness always leads to clarity.

Suggested Practice:
From the lesson:

”Six times today, in thanks and gratitude, we gladly give five minutes to the thought that ends all compromise and doubt, and go beyond them all as one. ²We will not make a thousand meaningless distinctions, nor attempt to bring with us a little part of unreality, as we devote our minds to finding only what is real.”

“Begin your searching for the other world by asking for a strength beyond your own, and recognizing what it is you seek. ²You do not want illusions. ³And you come to these five minutes emptying your hands of all the petty treasures of this world. ⁴You wait for God to help you, as you say:”

⁵It is impossible to see two worlds.* ⁶Let me accept the strength God offers me and see no value in this world, that I may find my freedom and deliverance. (ACIM, W-130.7:1–8:6)

*The two worlds the Course refers have to do with our mindset. Are we seeing with the mindset of fear or of love?

Message

From the lesson:

”Perception is consistent. ²What you see reflects your thinking. ³And your thinking but reflects your choice of what you want to see. ⁴Your values are determiners of this, for what you value you must want to see, believing what you see is really there. ⁵No one can see a world his mind has not accorded value. ⁶And no one can fail to look upon what he believes he wants.

“Yet who can really hate and love at once?” (ACIM, W-130.1:1–2:1)

Essentially, this lesson trains us to notice from which mindset we’re viewing the world: illusion or truth. And more importantly, it’s an either/or situation. One or the other.

Continuing my now three-day saga of trying to get into the Hilma af Klint exhibit, I headed over this afternoon with some trepidation. Then I reminded myself of today’s lesson and said aloud as I approached the building: I’m okay if they let me in. I’m okay if they don’t. Either way, I’m at peace. That calmed me down. It also made me realize that if they didn’t let me in, from that place of peace, a solution would make itself known.

They let me in.

Then a funny thing happened inside the exhibit. I found myself annoyed with everyone around me. They blocked my view. Moved too slow. Parents let their kids disturb the peace of the room.

It dawned on me: Oh no. This is what it looks and feels like to view the world from the ego mind. To use Pam Grout’s words: I was having dismal thoughts and meaningless laments.

It also dawned on me that from this dismal place, it was impossible to see the exhibit—or anything—from a place of love unless I consciously changed my mind.

Repeatedly throughout the day, I reminded myself to change my world for the better. When I did, I saw the people around me in a different, calmer light. I also noticed that when I did, it was impossible to see from fear’s world.

Now as I write this, I realize that over the last few days—being surrounded by crowds of tourists—most of the time I was on autopilot with my ego mind at the helm. And because of that, I was mostly stressed, nowhere near the world of love and peace.

I now have a sense that this whole trip—four more days to go—feels like an AP class on noticing and consciously choosing again and again until, over time, it becomes more natural to see and experience everything with a Divine mind.

BTW…the security guard I struggled to forgive yesterday? I saw him again today. The resentment was gone. We acknowledged each other with smiles. This feels so much better than what I felt yesterday.

To use a mantra from Alcoholics Anonymous: It works if you work it.

“I release all dismal thoughts and meaningless laments and slip effortlessly into the light, the love, the truth.”
— “The Course in Miracles Experiment” by Pam Grout

Blessings & Peace,

Maureen,
The Mandala Lady

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