I can escape from the world I see by giving up attack thoughts.”

So I didn't get a chance to write more on yesterday's topic, which was that "what I see is a form of vengeance." I guess it makes sense: if we create the world we see, then the negativity we see is a creation of our minds. The course tells us it's because we want vengeance (guess I need to understand the material a bit more to get more familiar with the concept of vengeance).

And today's topic seems to follow that eradication of creating negativity by allowing us to create an escape from the world we presently see. The first step is giving up "attack thoughts." As the couse states, "Every thought you have makes up some segment of the world you see. It is with your thoughts, then, that we must work, if your perception of the world is to be changed." OK, I get that.

But see, then it says that "if" the cause of the world we see is attack thoughts, and tells us how to proceed to give up attack thoughts. But what about "if" the cause of the world we see is not attack thoughts. A part of me knows that when I think that, I need to examine myself a bit more. It's painful to think that I have negative attitudes about aspects of the world around me, but when I honestly look within, I realize that I do.... The course goes on to state that " Each of your perceptions of “external reality” is a pictorial representation of your own attack thoughts." OK, I guess I can get that, too.

And just as I'm struggling with this, I read that "You see the world which you have made, but you do not see yourself as the image-maker" Yes. That's exactly where I am. Now I'm beginning to see why the first several exercises were so important. And I'm beginning to think perhaps I should have paid more attention to them...

I'm excited about the course again, and excited to think that "I can escape from the world by giving up attack thoughts about (whatever it is that I think of negatively or that I believe affects me negatively).” This should be interesting.

I can escape from the world by giving up attack thoughts about the Liberty's ability to win the Playoffs!!