Lesson 22 – What I see is a form of vengeance

This lesson of A Course In Miracles is probably one of the most powerful of lessons so far, from an energy practitioner point of view. This lesson is telling us that our “negative” thoughts are literally attacks on ourselves.

In Pam Grout’s book, “The Course In Miracles Experiment”, she talks about a woman who had a near-death experience after four years of fighting a with stage 4 lymphoma dignosis (check out her book here). This woman came back from her experience realising that her fear-based thoughts and words had literally made her sick and almost killed her!

Again we are reminded that our perceptions are made up, so when we focus on something negative, it’s because we’re choosing to create that reality. In English, this means that when we choose negative perceptions, we’re also choosing negative experiences.

Like they say in the world of the Law of Attraction: You get back what you put out.

So what do you want to get back?

Today’s activity

Today we are being asked to find five times during the day, for at least a minute each time, to say to yourself,

I see only the perishable
I see nothing that will last
What I see is not real
What I see is a form of vengeance.

At the end of each practice period, ask yourself,

Is this the world I really want to see?

The learning

Today’s lesson is about choosing what we wish to see and therefore what we wish to experience. Do we wish to see what’s positive in this world, or do we wish to stay in fear and focus on what is negative?

If we choose the latter, we are also choosing to bring negative experiences to ourselves, and I’m sure nobody reading this will consciously want that, right?

An example

So let’s say some dude just dumped you. You have two choices:

1. Fall down into the depths of misery hell and stay there forever; or
2. Have your pity party, brush yourself off, then take a step back and ask yourself why this happened and what you can learn from it.

As somebody who’s been dumped many times over the years (yep it’s true!), I can honestly tell you that while the dumping hurt at first (hence the suggestion of an initial pity party), it was very quickly afterwards that I was able to see the blessing that it was. In addition, I also learned that there were many reasons why each relationship wasn’t meant to be! I also wouldn’t be very happily married to the love of my life, so there’s also that! 🙂

So if you’re in a crappy situation (as you perceive it to be), what are you going to do? What path will you take?

The choice is yours!