My thoughts* on A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 44, God is the Light in Which I See.
God is the light in which I see.
* It is by knowing GOD IS and listening to His Counsel through SPIRIT that I am able to exist here.
1. Today we are continuing the idea for yesterday, adding another dimension to it.
²You cannot see in darkness, and you cannot make light.
* We AS MORTALS believe that we do something, anything, and we just cannot. It is GOD through us.
³You can make darkness and then think you see in it, but light reflects life, and is therefore an aspect of creation.
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⁴Creation and darkness cannot coexist, but light and life must go together, being but different aspects of creation.
* Light and life. Some claim that light is knowledge. It would still apply.
2. In order to see, you must recognize that light is within, not without.
* This might be thought of as spiritual eyes that call on God to see.
²You do not see outside yourself, nor is the equipment for seeing outside you.
³An essential part of this equipment is the light that makes seeing possible.
⁴It is with you always, making vision possible in every circumstance.
* In this sentence, vision could also be seen as understanding.
* Understand that you will have the understanding according to what Father Knows that you stand in need of, nothing more and nothing less. Though you will have the witness inside that all is well and cared for and that Father is in Charge giving you the peace that passes all understanding.
3. Today we are going to attempt to reach that light.
²For this purpose, we will use a form of exercise which has been suggested before, and which we will utilize increasingly.
³It is a particularly difficult form for the undisciplined mind, and represents a major goal of mind training.
⁴It requires precisely what the untrained mind lacks.
⁵Yet this training must be accomplished if you are to see.
4. Have at least three practice periods today, each lasting three to five minutes.
²A longer time is highly recommended, but only if you find the time slipping by with little or no sense of strain.
³The form of practice we will use today is the most natural and easy one in the world for the trained mind, just as it seems to be the
most unnatural and difficult for the untrained mind.
5. Your mind is no longer wholly untrained.
²You are quite ready to learn the form of exercise we will use today, but you may find that you will encounter strong resistance.
³The reason is very simple.
⁴While you practice in this way, you leave behind everything that you now believe, and all the thoughts that you have made up.
⁵Properly speaking, this is the release from hell.
* It is basically giving up your control or belief that you have or are able to get the information you need from outside yourself.
⁶Yet perceived through the ego’s eyes, it is loss of identity and a descent into hell.
6. If you can stand aside from the ego by ever so little, you will have no difficulty in recognizing that its opposition and its fears are meaningless.
²You might find it helpful to remind yourself, from time to time, that to reach light is to escape from darkness, whatever you may believe to the contrary.
³God is the light in which you see.
⁴You are attempting to reach Him.
* And you will because He has always been with you. This is not Christ but Father.
7. Begin the practice period by repeating today’s idea with your eyes open, and close them slowly, repeating the idea several times more.
²Then try to sink into your mind, letting go every kind of interference and intrusion by quietly sinking past them.
³Your mind cannot be stopped in this unless you choose to stop it.
⁴It is merely taking its natural course.
⁵Try to observe your passing thoughts without involvement, and slip quietly by them.
* I call this being the observer. This was how I connected with that part of the brain that can make decisions about which thoughts to hold on to.
8. While no particular approach is advocated for this form of exercise, what is needful is a sense of the importance of what you are doing; its inestimable value to you, and an awareness that you are attempting something very holy.
* IE. Something very important. Something of God.
²Salvation is your happiest accomplishment.
³It is also the only one that has any meaning, because it is the only one that has any real use to you at all.
9. If resistance rises in any form, pause long enough to repeat today’s idea, keeping your eyes closed unless you are aware of fear.
²In that case, you will probably find it more reassuring to open your eyes briefly.
³Try, however, to return to the exercises with eyes closed as soon as possible.
10. If you are doing the exercises correctly, you should experience some sense of relaxation, and even a feeling that you are approaching, if not actually entering into light.
²Try to think of light, formless and without limit, as you pass by the thoughts of this world.
* The metaphor of light works because it is able to permeate things.
³And do not forget that they cannot hold you to the world unless you give them the power to do so.
11. Throughout the day repeat the idea often, with eyes open or closed as seems better to you at the time.
* “God is the light in which I see.” I am grateful that they allowed God to be put into this!
²But do not forget.
³Above all, be determined not to forget today.
(ACIM, W-44.1:1–11:3)
This is according to my understanding on the 13th of February 2025.
To Father be ALL Glory and Praise Given AS His Son, debi.
EACH OF US HAS THIS LIGHT WITHIN THAT ALLOWS US TO SEE
