ACIM Workbook Lesson 129 ~ May 8
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" Lesson 129
"Beyond this world there is a world I want."
This is the thought [which] follows from the one
we practiced yesterday. You cannot stop
with the idea the world is worthless, for
unless you see that there is something else
to hope for, you will only be depressed.
Our emphasis is not on giving up
the world, but on exchanging it for what
is far more satisfying, filled with joy,
and capable of offering you peace.
Think you this world can offer that to you?|
It might be worth a little time to think
once more about the value of this world.
Perhaps you will concede there is no loss
in letting go all thought of value here.
The world you see is merciless indeed,
unstable, cruel, unconcerned with you,
quick to avenge and pitiless with hate.
It gives but to rescind, and takes away
all things that you have cherished for a while.
No lasting love is found, for none is here.
This is the world of time, where all things end.|
Is it a loss to find a world instead
where losing is impossible? Where love
endures forever, hate cannot exist,
and vengeance has no meaning? Is it loss
to find all things you really want and know
they have no ending, and they will remain
exactly as you want them throughout time?
Yet even they will be exchanged at last
for what we cannot speak of. For you go
from there to where words fail entirely,
into a silence where the language is
unspoken and yet surely understood.|
Communication, unambiguous
and plain as day, remains unlimited
for all eternity. And God Himself
speaks to His Son as His Son speaks to Him.
Their language has no words, for what they say
cannot be symbolized. Their knowledge is
direct and wholly shared and wholly one.
How far away from this are you who stay
bound to this world. And yet how near are you
when you exchange it for the world you want.|
Now is the last step certain; now you stand
an instant's space away from timelessness.
Here can you but look forward, never back
to see again the world you do not want.
Here is the world that comes to take its place
as you unbind your mind from little things
the world sets forth to keep you prisoner [there].
Value them not, and they will disappear.
Esteem them, and they will seem real to you.|
Such is the choice. What loss can be for you
in choosing not to value nothingness?
This world holds nothing that you really want,
but what you choose instead you want indeed!
Let it be given you today. It waits
but for your choosing it to take the place
of all the things you seek but do not want.|
Practice your willingness to make this change
ten minutes in the morning and at night,
and once more in between. Begin with this:
"Beyond this world there is a world I want.
I choose to see that world instead of this,
For here is nothing that I really want."
Then close your eyes upon the world you see,
and in the silent darkness watch the lights
that are not of this world light one by one
until where one begins, another ends,
loses all meaning as they blend in one.|
Today the lights of Heaven bend to you,
to shine upon your eyelids as you rest
beyond the world of darkness. Here is light
your eyes cannot behold. And yet your mind
can see it plainly, and can understand.
A day of grace is given you today,
and we give thanks. This day we realize
that what you feared to lose was only loss.|
Now do we understand there is no loss,
for we have seen its opposite at last,
and we are grateful that the choice is made.
Remember your decision hourly,
and take a moment to confirm your choice
by laying by whatever thoughts you have,
and dwelling briefly only upon this:
"The world I see [has] nothing that I want.
Beyond this world there is a world I want." "
~ Urtext of ACIM
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