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Lesson 312 ”I see all things as I would have them be.”
Reframe: I choose perception aligned with peace rather than judgment.
Suggested Practice:
From now on:
Once in the morning and once in the evening for however many minutes feels sufficient. Then every hour remember/recite the idea for the day.
Prayer For today:
(feel free to swap out the wording to whatever resonates with you best)
“I have no purpose for today except to look upon a liberated world, set free from all the judgments I have made. ²Father, this is Your Will for me today, and therefore it must be my goal as well.” (ACIM, W-312.2:1-2)
OR… “I see all things from a higher perspective.”
For Lessons 311-320: What is the Last Judgment? is the theme for the next 10 days. Read the whole article here.
”Christ’s Second Coming gives the Son of God this gift: to hear the Voice for God proclaim that what is false is false, and what is true has never changed. ²And this the judgment is in which perception ends. ³At first you see a world that has accepted this as true, projected from a now corrected mind. ⁴And with this holy sight, perception gives a silent blessing and then disappears, its goal accomplished and its mission done.” (ACIM, W-pII.10.1:1-4) … “The final judgment on the world contains no condemnation. ²For it sees the world as totally forgiven, without sin and wholly purposeless.” (ACIM, W-pII.10.2:1-2)
OR put another way…
”It’s when we accept the truth of who we truly are: sinless, holy, whole and complete, just as Love created us.”
From the PART II Introduction: Read the whole introduction here.
“Words will mean little now. ²We use them but as guides on which we do not now depend. ³For now we seek direct experience of truth alone. ⁴The lessons that remain are merely introductions to the times in which we leave the world of pain, and go to enter peace. ⁵Now we begin to reach the goal this course has set, and find the end toward which our practicing was always geared.” (ACIM, W-pII.in.1:1-5)
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Message
From the beginning of the Lesson:
“Perception follows judgment. ²Having judged, we therefore see what we would look upon. ³For sight can merely serve to offer us what we would have. ⁴It is impossible to overlook what we would see, and fail to see what we have chosen to behold.” (ACIM, W-312.1:1-4)
I believe this Lesson can be summed up with this statement: As I judge, therefore I see. Technically, Divine Mind does not judge—only the ego mind does. So if I catch myself judging, I know my sight is skewed by ego mind thoughts. This brought to mind a memory.
In my 20s, I looked younger than my years. No matter where I worked, I felt I was never taken seriously or seen as intelligent. I had the thought that if I wore glasses, I would be seen as smart. I got that idea from how female characters with glasses in movies and TV were often portrayed as smart. So I went to an eye doctor who said I had a slight astigmatism in one eye. It didn’t really warrant a prescription, but if I wanted them, he would get them for me. They were uncomfortable and made my eyes strain a bit. But I wore them proudly and confidently because in my mind I knew I looked smarter and would therefore be treated accordingly. It didn’t make much of a difference except that the glasses became a topic of conversation.
Looking back, I see all kinds of judgment happening. I judged my co-workers for how they treated me. I judged myself for thinking I wasn’t good enough. I judged myself for thinking glasses would make a difference in how others judged me. All it did was cause more frustration. Had I known about ACIM back then, things might have been different.
That was then. Now I do know about the Course, and with today’s Lesson, I attended a card game with a group of people I had found overstimulating in the past. I admit, before looking at this Lesson, some judgments came to mind—about them, my reaction to them, and playing with them again. When I read those first two sentences from the Lesson, it was an aha moment. When I’m judging others, I’m changing my perception of them. When I change my judgment, the perception changes. This goes for judging myself as well.
With that in mind, I attended the card game and had a delightful time. Writing about it now, I don’t recall any judgments toward the people, the game, or myself. If I had any, they were fleeting—a judgment thought may have come in, but I automatically released it. How about that. Looks like I’m making progress.
“Lesson 312 says: I have no purpose today except to look upon a liberated world, set free from all judgments I have made.” — “The Course in Miracles Experiment” by Pam Grout
Blessings & Peace,
Maureen,
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