OK, here's another one I don't get. The text says a meaningless world is impossible. A meaningless world is impossible because everytthing that exists, exists as God created it. I guess the assumption is that God does not create anything without meaning. I get it that the world I see is full of meanings I have given it; I just don't see the logical connection between that and God not creating anything withoug meaning. What about the platypus?
But the exercise is to teach me to let go of my perceptions of the world and see the Word of God in place of my perceptions. The text says that "The early steps in this exchange, which can truly be called salvation, can be quite difficult and even quite painful. Some of them will lead you directly into fear." Not sure I get that either, but while I was getting my hair done today (and the lady was all frazzled and doing other things, when I started to get annoyed I repeated the meditaiton for the day: “God did not create a meaningless world. He did not create [specify the situation which is disturbing you], and so it is not real."
I'll stay with this; it's challenging, but I'll stay with it.
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