I believe that we are meant to live, love. And enjoy being in the present. I think Ego is the devil within. It is there to block the joy of living in the present by corrupting the mind with thoughts of the past and hopes of the future. This blocks us from the purity of living in the present. I am hoping that these lessons will help teach me to train and control my Ego and not my Ego training and controlling me. Perhaps I can use reverse psychology 😅
Absolutely Audra! And these lessons do help us with the ego. They help us shift our focus from ego living to a more present focused mindset. I know these lessons so far have been giving me new ways to "keep the ego in check." So, we will see where we're at on day 60, day 90, day 180, etc 😁 -M
I'm getting more cynical with today's lesson 11. Like thinking why are these lessons wanting my thoughts to mean nothing when my thoughts have created wonderful inventions I've yet to make come true and insightful quotes. It is making me feel like they mean nothing when they are part of me and they mean something of me. I see memories and thoughts in videos of events. So it is making me feel like the lessons are wanting me to end with no thoughts. Like a NPC. Someone I knew died yesterday , so my past thoughts of the old time not suppose to exist. Or random memories and thoughts not good to go through? I had another that died 12.27 I was thinking of her because of the other friend. Are those not good to have thoughts of? So your psyche can try to work through things? I do have random thoughts, millions. But so are there stars in the sky. Which one is worth dismissing to be the nothing. To me, all the stars look the same even if some are bigger and more powerful. They all make the sky beautiful.
Hey thanks for sharing this Audra! The course really just wants us to have a reset in what we THINK we know. The opening quote directly from ACIM is "Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God." It's not about becoming an NPC, but rather it's about gaining the vision to see reality for what it is, or what is "real." The best way forward in the course right now is to stop trying to figure it out. Beginner's mind is where we need to be 🙏🏻 -M
Hey I completely understand! If this helps, you can still do these lessons simply and not linger on them when not doing the lessons. Remember, we need only 3 or 4 one minute practice sessions 👍🏻👍🏻 No need to intellectualize these lessons, as we've seen before, the course specifically states that we won't be able to understand them yet anyways 🙏🏻🙏🏻 -M
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With the past preoccupied 🎉🎉
Thank you for your comment 🙏🏻 -M
I believe that we are meant to live, love. And enjoy being in the present. I think Ego is the devil within. It is there to block the joy of living in the present by corrupting the mind with thoughts of the past and hopes of the future. This blocks us from the purity of living in the present. I am hoping that these lessons will help teach me to train and control my Ego and not my Ego training and controlling me. Perhaps I can use reverse psychology 😅
Absolutely Audra! And these lessons do help us with the ego. They help us shift our focus from ego living to a more present focused mindset. I know these lessons so far have been giving me new ways to "keep the ego in check." So, we will see where we're at on day 60, day 90, day 180, etc 😁 -M
Have you ever heard of last thursdayism?
Lol, I have now 😂 -M
I'm getting more cynical with today's lesson 11. Like thinking why are these lessons wanting my thoughts to mean nothing when my thoughts have created wonderful inventions I've yet to make come true and insightful quotes. It is making me feel like they mean nothing when they are part of me and they mean something of me. I see memories and thoughts in videos of events. So it is making me feel like the lessons are wanting me to end with no thoughts. Like a NPC. Someone I knew died yesterday , so my past thoughts of the old time not suppose to exist. Or random memories and thoughts not good to go through? I had another that died 12.27 I was thinking of her because of the other friend. Are those not good to have thoughts of? So your psyche can try to work through things? I do have random thoughts, millions. But so are there stars in the sky. Which one is worth dismissing to be the nothing. To me, all the stars look the same even if some are bigger and more powerful. They all make the sky beautiful.
Hey thanks for sharing this Audra! The course really just wants us to have a reset in what we THINK we know. The opening quote directly from ACIM is "Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God." It's not about becoming an NPC, but rather it's about gaining the vision to see reality for what it is, or what is "real."
The best way forward in the course right now is to stop trying to figure it out. Beginner's mind is where we need to be 🙏🏻 -M
@concreteshamanism I'm trying to work the journey. Lol but as with my life, I look for rationales in a world that is not rational.
Hey I completely understand! If this helps, you can still do these lessons simply and not linger on them when not doing the lessons. Remember, we need only 3 or 4 one minute practice sessions 👍🏻👍🏻
No need to intellectualize these lessons, as we've seen before, the course specifically states that we won't be able to understand them yet anyways 🙏🏻🙏🏻 -M