Appreciation Day

You can choose the world you live in.

Welcome to Daily Miracles, a running commentary on the 365 lessons of A Course in Miracles, an influential spiritual text from the 1970s. I am James Leroy Wilson and I invite you to join me as I go through this material for the first time.

First, thanks for your patience. Health issues took me off “Course,” which goes to show how difficult it is for many people to keep this up daily. Since January 21 (which was already a delayed start) I’ve taken one short break and two weeks-long breaks. In any case, we’ll be resuming where we left off a month ago.

LESSON 129

Beyond this world there is a world I want. (ACIM, W-129)

The work of 20th-Century mystic Neville Goddard is based on the idea that “Consciousness is the only reality.”

Specifically, my consciousness is the only reality to me, and your consciousness is your only reality. The world, then, is only what you are conscious of. It doesn’t determine your consciousness, your consciousness determines the world. That is, you can only change your world, what you think of as “the world,” by changing your consciousness.

The Course says, “The world you see is merciless indeed, unstable, cruel, unconcerned with you, quick to avenge and pitiless with hate.”…