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Thursday, September 16, 2010

God is in everything I see

Today's idea from ACIM seems simple enough. It "explains why you can see all purpose in anything. It explains why nothing is separate, by itself or in itself. And it explains why nothing you see means anything. .... Today’s idea is the whole basis for vision."

The course seems to think it will be difficult to grasp this idea, but not only is it not difficult, it's been a conversation of Christian theologians since the first century, at least. The problem, I think, is our old perceptions that we bring to the mix. We think that God is not in a table as we see it, but we forget that a table shares the purpose of the universe and therefore the purpose of its Creator.

So as of today, I have to try to learn how to look on all things with love, appreciation and open-mindedness. I don't see that now, and I don't know what is in them. I don't see clearly yet, although on some intellectual level I realize that nothing Really is as it appears to me. The holy purpose of everything is beyond my little, limited vision. When true Vision has shown me the holiness that lights up the world, I will more full understand today’s idea, and will not understand how I could ever have found it difficult. Now I see through a glass darkly; then I will see (as clearly as)face to face.

It's true of everything in creation. Any order I attempt to impose is alien to reality. If I do this right, I should experience a sense of peace and restfulness as my vision becomes clearer. If God is in everything I see, how could I NOT experience peace when I see things?

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