A Course In Miracles from My Perspective

May 30th 2014  Lesson 29

God is in everything I see.

The idea for today explains why you can see all purpose in everything.  It explains why nothing is separate, by itself or in itself.  And it explains why nothing you see means anything.  In fact, it explains every idea we have used thus far, and all subsequent ones as well.  Today's idea is the whole basis for vision.

Try then, today, to begin to learn how to look on all things with love, appreciation and open-mindedness.  You do not see them now.  Would you know what is in them?  Nothing is as it appears to you.  Its holy purpose stands beyond your little range.  When vision has shown you the holiness that lights up the world, you will understand today's idea perfectly.  And you will not understand how you could ever have found it difficult.

• Intention:  Six two-minute practice periods are required, in which today's idea is stated first, then applied to whatever you see about you, naming each one specifically.      
        
• Practice:  As usual, each application should be done slowly and your list of subjects should be as free of self-selection as possible.  For example, a suitable list might include:
  
  God is in this coat hanger.
  God is in this magazine.
  God is in this finger.
  God is in this lamp
  God is in that body
  God is in that door.
  God is in that waste basket.
   
• Application:  Try to avoid the tendency toward self-directed selection, which may be particularly tempting in connection with today's idea because of its wholly alien nature. Remember that any order you impose is equally alien to reality. 
    
  In addition to the assigned practice periods, repeat the idea for today at least once an hour, looking slowly about you as you say the words unhurriedly to yourself. At least once or twice, you should experience a sense of restfulness as you do this.   

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Insights/comments:

• Today's idea is the goal of vision.  In the immortal words of William Blake:  "To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour."  This is the blessing of vision, to see the ocean in a drop of water; to see eternity in a moment of time; to see the source of all-that-is in every blade of grass.  With vision we now see why everything is unified and connected in one purpose.  Now the idea of separation is meaningless as vision replaces our normal seeing, and now we can begin to see why everything is for our own benefit and in our own best interests.  This is the sight that vision brings, blessing all that it looks upon.
      

I and my Creator are One.