The reason that I see only the past, at least according to ACIM, is that no one really sees anything. We only see our thoughts projected outward. We have these thoughts about the past because our ability to see is dependent on a misperception about time. The only time that exists is the present, but the mind cannot grasp the present. The mind, according to ACIM, cannot understand time or anything else.
The only true thought we can have about time is that it is not here. Therefore, to think about time is to think about illusions. We don't understand what it is to picture the past or anticipate the future; the mind is actually blank when it engages in these activities, because it is not thinking about anything.
So today we want to begin to train the mind to recognize when it is not thinking about anything. Thoughtless ideas preoccupy our minds, and this blocks out the truth. So the first step is to recognize that our minds have been blank (and it has not, in fact, been filled with real ideas). The concept for today is that we cannot actually see anything; no matter how vividly we may picture a thought, we cannot see anything. So we want to explore our minds, and take note of the thoughts that seem to be there. As we search our minds, we acknowledge that we seem to be thinking about x,y, and z, but that our mind is preoccupied with past thoughts.
This is sort of a difficult one for me. There are so many things passing through my mind, and it is difficult to stop the racing, analyze the thoughts and realize that they are not, in reality, new thoughts, but are projections of past thoughts and situations. This is a very empowering exercise, but difficult nonetheless.
We shall see.
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