A Course In Miracles Lesson 12: Exercise (I Am Upset Because I See A Meaningless World)

Remember only this; you need not believe the ideas, you need not accept them, and you need not even welcome them. Some of them you may actively resist. None of this will matter, or decrease their efficacy. Whatever your reactions to the ideas may be, use them. Nothing more than that is required. Listen to the Contemplation first. Then use this exercise several times a day.

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Welcome to Active Meditation.

A Course in Miracles,

Lesson 12.

I am upset because I see a meaningless world.

I am upset because I see a meaningless world.

Let's practice.

Open your eyes.

As you look about you,

Say to yourself,

I think I see,

And name the type of world you see,

Fearful,

Dangerous,

Hostile,

Sad,

Wicked,

Insane,

Good,

Satisfying.

Now be quiet.

Close your eyes.

Say in your mind,

But I am upset because I see a meaningless world.

If you could accept the world as meaningless and let the truth be written upon it,

For you,

It would make you indescribably happy.

But because it is meaningless,

You are impelled to write upon it what you would have it be.

It is this you see in it.

It is this that is meaningless in truth.

Let's practice once more.

Open your eyes.

Look around you,

This time quite slowly.

And as you look about,

Say to yourself,

Say in your mind,

I think I see,

Describe the world you see.

Now be quiet.

Close your eyes.

I am upset because I see a meaningless world.

Nothing real can be threatened.

Nothing unreal exists.

Herein lies the peace of God.