Going over my Course in Miracles work again. Have been exposed to this work for at least the last 30 years, but previously lacked the spiritual maturity to go through the exercises. In an attempt to undo the embedded misperceptions we develop from living in this world, I'm going to start practicing some of these exercises. The first one involves simply looking at the spiritual world around me and realizing that none of it means anything. When we consider our religious traditions and the way we attach meaning and assume implicit meanings (the Bible is holy and revered, as is the cross), we overlook the reality that it is not the OBJECTS that are holy, but what they represent. When we focus on objects rather than the underlying principles, I believe, we have an opportunity to limit ourselves and to limit God. We serve an infinite, limitless God, One Who has no boundaries. It's important to clear our thinking so that we don't impose boundaries that do not exist.
I don't agree with everything in the Course, but believe there's a lot of good stuff there. I think some of the exercises are good spiritual exercises. The last time I went through this material was in 1997, so it will be interesting to go through it again.
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