Welcome to Active Meditation.
A Course in Miracles,
Lesson 128 The world I see holds nothing that I want.
The world you see holds nothing that you need to offer you.
The world you see holds nothing that you can use in any way.
The world you see holds nothing at all that serves to give you joy.
Believe this thought,
The world I see holds nothing that I want,
And you are saved from years of misery.
Believe this thought,
And you are saved from countless disappointments.
Believe this thought,
And you are saved from hopes that turn to bitter ashes of despair.
No one but must accept this thought as true if they would leave the world behind and soar beyond the world's pettiscope and little ways.
Each thing you value here is but a chain that binds you to the world,
And it will serve no other end but this.
For everything must serve the purpose you have given it until you see a different purpose there.
The only purpose worthy of your mind this world contains is that you pass it by without delaying to perceive some hope where there is none.
Be you deceive no more.
The world you see holds nothing that you want.
Escape today the chains you place on your mind.
When you perceive salvation here,
For what you value,
You make part of you as you perceive yourself.
All things you seek to make your value greater in your sight limit you further,
Hide your worth from you,
And add another bar across the door that leads to true awareness of your higher self.
Let nothing that relates to body thoughts delay your progress to salvation,
Nor permit temptation to believe the world holds anything you want to hold you back.
Nothing is here to cherish.
Nothing here is worth one instant of delay and pain.
Nothing here is worth one moment of uncertainty and doubt.
The worthless offer nothing.
Certainty of worth cannot be found in worthlessness.
Let's practice.
Say to yourself,
Repeat,
After me,
The world I see holds nothing that I want.
Look under on this.
The world I see holds nothing that I want.
The world I see holds nothing that I want.
Today,
We practice letting go.
All thought of values we have given to the world.
We leave the world free of purposes we gave,
Its aspects and its phases and its dreams.
We hold the world purposeless within our minds and loosen it from all we wish it were.
Thus,
Do we lift the chains that bar the door to freedom from the world.
We lift the chains to go beyond all little values and diminished goals.
Your mind will be grateful to be free awhile.
Your mind knows where it belongs,
But free its wings and your mind will fly in sureness and enjoy to join its holy purpose.
Let's practice again.
See how far you rise above the world when you release your mind from chains.
Give your mind.
Give your mind ten minutes rest,
Three times today.
And when your eyes are opened afterwards,
You will not value anything you see as much as when you looked at it before.
Your whole perspective on the world will shift by just a little every time you let your mind escape its chains.
The world is not where your mind belongs,
And you belong where your mind would be and where it goes to rest when you release it from the world.
Your guide is sure.
Open your mind to your guide.
Open your mind to God.
Be still and rest.
The world I see holds nothing that I want.
Open your mind to God.
Remember to protect your mind throughout the day as well.
And when you think you see some value in an aspect or an image of the world,
Refuse to lay this chain upon your mind.
Tell yourself with quiet certainty,
Repeat after me,
This will not tempt me to delay myself.
The world I see holds nothing that I want.
Nothing real can be threatened.
Nothing unreal exists.
Herein lies the peace of God.
