Welcome to Active Meditation,
A Course in Miracles,
Lesson 32.
I have invented the world I see.
Take a few moments to prepare for meditation.
I'll be silent while you do this.
I do not know the thing I am,
And therefore do not know what I am doing.
Where I am?
Or how to look upon the world?
Or on myself?
Today we are continuing to develop the theme of cause and effect.
You are not the victim of the world you see,
Because you invented it.
You can give it up as easily as you made it up.
You will see it or not see it as you wish.
While you want it,
You will see it.
When you no longer want it,
It will not be there for you to see.
The idea for today like the preceding ones applies to your inner and outer worlds,
Which are actually the same.
However,
Since you see them as different,
The practice periods for today will again include two phases.
One involving the world you see outside you,
And the other the world you see in your mind.
In today's exercises,
Try to introduce the thought that both are in your own imagination.
Again,
We will begin the practice periods for the morning and evening by repeating the idea for today two or three times while looking around at the world you see as outside yourself.
Then,
Close your eyes and look around your inner world.
Try to treat them both as equally as possible.
Repeat the idea for today,
Unheardly,
As often as you wish,
As you watch the images your imagination presents to your awareness.
This practice,
Open your eyes,
Look around you,
Repeat to yourself,
Repeat in your mind,
I have invented the world I see.
Close your eyes.
Look around your inner world.
Say to yourself,
Say in your mind,
I have invented the world I see.
Close your eyes.
For the two longer practice periods,
Three to five minutes are recommended,
With not less than three required.
More than five can be utilized if you find the exercise restful.
To facilitate this,
Select a time when few distractions are anticipated and when you yourself feel reasonably ready.
These exercises are also to be continued during the day,
As often as possible.
The shorter applications consist of repeating the idea slowly as you survey either your inner or outer world,
It does not matter which you choose.
So let's practice again.
Open your eyes.
Look around you.
Repeat to yourself in your mind,
I have invented the world I see.
I have invented the world I see.
Close your eyes.
Look around your inner world.
Say in your mind,
I have invented the world I see.
The idea for today should also be applied immediately to any situation that may distress you.
Apply the idea by telling yourself,
I have invented this situation as I see it.
Remember this exercise has two phases.
One involving the world you see outside you,
And the other the world you see in your mind.
Keep reminding yourself that both are in your own imagination.
I have invented the world I see.
I have invented this situation as I see it.
The inner is the cause of the outer.
I have invented the world I see.
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.
But do not allow yourself to make exceptions in applying the ideas the workbook contains.
And whatever your reactions to the ideas may be,
Use them.
Nothing more than that is required.
The inner is the cause of the outer.
Take a few deep breaths.
And as we return to time and space,
We acknowledge,
I am aware.
I am.
Nothing real can be threatened.
Nothing unreal exists.
Herein lies the peace of God.
