A Course In Miracles Lesson 16: Exercise (I Have No Neutral Thoughts)

This is a Course in Miracles. It is a required course. Only the time you take it is voluntary. Free will does not mean that you can establish the curriculum. It means only that you can elect to take it at a given time. 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.

Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists.

Transcript

Welcome to active meditation.

A Course in Miracles,

Lesson 16.

I have no neutral thoughts.

This thought is not a neutral thought,

Because I have no neutral thoughts.

Use today's idea.

Whenever you are aware of a particular thought that arouses uneasiness.

As each thought crosses your mind,

Hold it in awareness.

While you tell yourself this thought about,

Name the thought,

Is not a neutral thought.

Do this now.

I'll be silent.

Every thought you have brings either peace or war,

Either love or fear.

A neutral result is impossible,

Because a neutral thought is impossible.

Now again,

As each new thought crosses your mind,

Hold it in awareness.

While you tell yourself this thought about,

Name the thought,

Is not a neutral thought.

That thought about,

Name the thought,

Is not a neutral thought.

I'll be quiet while you do this.

This thought is not a neutral thought,

Because I have no neutral thoughts.

Four or five practice periods are recommended if you find them relatively effortless.

If strain is experienced,

Three will be enough.

The length of the exercise period should also be reduced,

If there is discomfort.

This thought is not a neutral thought,

Because I have no neutral thoughts.

Let's return to our regular levels of thought and feeling.

And as we do this,

We know that our personality has made significant progress in becoming a true reflection of our higher self.

Take a few deep breaths,

And return to the waking state,

To time and space,

Knowing,

I am aware.

I am.

Nothing real can be threatened.

Nothing unreal exists.

Herein lies the peace of God.

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