Category Archives: acim lessons

It is because the thoughts you think you think appear as images that you do not recognize them as nothing. You think you think them, and so you think you see them. This is how your “seeing” was made. This … Continue reading →

The world you see has nothing to do with reality.  It is of your own making and it does not exist. On the one hand, this makes total sense to me.  What we see/experience is based on sensory experience and … Continue reading →

Engender – to bring into existence A meaningless world brings fear into existence.  A meaningless world brings fear into existence.  A meaningless world brings fear into existence. Sorry.  Just have to wrap my brain around that.  A meaningless world brings … Continue reading →

What is meaningless is neither good nor bad. Why, then, should a meaningless world upset you? If you could accept the world as meaningless and let the truth be written upon it for you, it would make you indescribably happy. … Continue reading →

This is the first idea we have had that is related to a major phase of the correction process; the reversal of the thinking of the world. It seems as if the world determines what you perceive. Today’s idea introduces … Continue reading →

The difference between this exercise and the past exercise is that the lesson begins with the more specific “my thoughts” rather than the more generalized, “these thoughts”.  According to ACIM, “The emphasis is now on the lack of reality of … Continue reading →

This idea obviously follows from the two preceding ones. But while you may be able to accept it intellectually, it is unlikely that it will mean anything to you as yet. However, understanding is not necessary at this point. In … Continue reading →

This idea is, of course, the reason why you see only the past. No one really sees anything. He sees only his thoughts projected outward. The mind’s preoccupation with the past is the cause of the misconception about time from … Continue reading →

When I first encountered this lesson, it created a HUGE shift in my understanding.  When it said, “look at a cup”, I picked up my coffee cup and literally looked at it. Do you see a cup, or are you … Continue reading →

The exercises with this idea are very similar to the preceding ones. Again, it is necessary to name both the form of upset (anger, fear, worry, depression and so on) and the perceived source very specifically for any application of … Continue reading →