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Lesson 53 of A Course in Miracles
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.
Today we’re reviewing:
(11) My meaningless thoughts are showing me a meaningless world. (ACIM, W-53.1:1)
(12) I am upset because I see a meaningless world. (ACIM, W-53.2:1)
(13) A meaningless world engenders fear. (ACIM, W-53.3:1)
(14) God did not create a meaningless world. (ACIM, W-53.4:1)
(15) My thoughts are images that I have made. (ACIM, W-53.5:1)
I think the key word is from 15: “image.”
Imagination is the making of images, or thoughts.
If I see a world of fear and lack, it’s because I imagined it. Then we take measures to destroy whatever it is we fear, and whomever we blame for our sense of lack. These thoughts are self-negating, bringing us to nothingness.
And nothingness is meaningless. It doesn’t exist. It isn’t real.
But if I see a world of love and abundance, then we see what is real. Love grows and expands, it doesn’t destroy.
So we don’t have to imagine a “better” world. We can imagine, and then see, love and abundance in our present world.
James Leroy Wilson writes Daily Miracles, The Daily Bible Chapter, JL Cells, and The MVP Chase. Thanks for your subscriptions and support!
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