Day 132: I loose the world from all I thought it was.

In preparation for today's meditation, A Course in Miracles tells us:

The world is nothing in itself.  Your mind must give it meaning.  And what you behold upon it are your wishes, acted out so you can look on them and think them real.  Perhaps you think you did not make the world, but came unwillingly to what was made already, hardly waiting for your thoughts to give it meaning.  Yet in truth you found exactly what you looked for when you came.

There is no world apart from what you wish, and herein lies your ultimate release.  Change but your mind on what you want to see, and all the world must change accordingly.  Ideas leave not their source.  This central theme is often stated in the text, and must be borne in mind if you would understand the lesson for today.  It is not pride which tells you that you made the world you see, and that it changes as you change your mind.

The Course also reminds us today of a lesson already repeated in the workbook: I am as God created me.  This is in direct alignment with the statement "Ideas leave not their source."  You and I and every living creature in the world are all ideas in the Mind of God.  Therefore, we have not left Him, our Creator, Who is our Source.  As we have not left God (nor could we ever), our Holiness is unchanged, and we forever remain as God created us.  With that in mind, here is the full meditation we are asked to practice for fifteen minutes twice today:

I who remain as God created me would loose the world from all I thought it was.  For I am real because the world is not, and I would know my own reality.

In Day 129 I mentioned that the foundation of this world has become quite shaky for me, which perfectly suits today's lesson of "loosening" the world from all we thought it was.  Indeed, once we begin to think differently, our world will start to transform.  What we see is a reflection of the thoughts we think.  We all know that this is true.  Someone had to think about inventing a computer before you could read the words written on your screen right now.  Someone had to think about inventing a bed before you could lie down and sleep upon your mattress every night.  Even the mountains and the rivers and the very planet we live upon was thought up, whether by God Himself or another of His Creations greater than ourselves alone.  Ultimately, because we are All One, we all share in the responsibility for the manifestations of our world.  Changing what we see begins with changing the way we think.  Don't wait for someone else to do it, for we're all in this together.  Change your own thought about the world, today, and watch as True Beauty breaks through the ugly cracks to reveal a world unlike any we've ever known.

So let's shake things up a bit, shall we?

Until tomorrow,
Journeyman