A Course In Miracles Lesson 3

Lesson 3 builds on the first two lessons, instructing me to look around the room I am in. While I am doing that, whatever comes in my vision I am to tell myself "I do not understand anything I see in this room."

At first I thought this exercise was too similar to the previous two lessons. But when I looked around the room, the lesson's effect was quite dramatic. I realized that the lesson was right! I am not sure if it was because I was tired, my mind was not thinking much when I started the exercise, or the lessons are already taking effect.

When I looked at inanimate objects such as the wall-length mirror and my nightstand, there wasn't that much of a trigger. But when I looked at my dog, wife, and myself, all while saying "I do not understand", it was shocking.

Do I really understand my dog? She is a wonderful and sweet old girl. But I don't know her purpose for being alive, why she is in my life, and why she is snoring (and farting quite nastily) in my bedroom. Somehow along the way I have determined and accepted beliefs about her existence that I can't prove our true.

For my wife and myself, of course I like to think that I understand the two of us. However, loving someone with all your heart and understanding their reason for existence are two entirely different concepts entirely. I feel that she is teaching me how to expand true love to its fullest. I type this, it feels great, I am certainly going to continue to think and believe this.

But I don't understand that...or at least I'm willing to admit that what I think and believe to be true about any relationship in my life is something that I may not understand. For the people that come into my life, be it family, friends, pets, business partners, whoever - why did this happen?

• Our souls conspired before birth to create situations to help us learn and grow?
• The Law of Attraction brought us into contact?
• Its a random genetic thing?
• Something else that is beyond my scope of thinking?

That small list shows me I don't understand. Its unnerving. Perhaps breaking down the beliefs I have is a necessary step to evolution. Read Lesson 3 of the Course In Miracles here.

Comments

[Mary Maddux]

Happened upon this thanks to noticing your Twitter feed. What I found with the Course in Miracles is that the effects of going through the workbook still continue to unfold in my awareness. Years after finishing I really started to get lesson one. I don't think about ACIM anymore. When I finished the workbook I put it aside. But it definitely planted seeds that continue to sprout! Enjoy the rest of the year knowing you don't understand it!

[Scott Desgrosseilliers]

Mary,

Thank you for that insight. I am the opposite of your experience in that I have trouble getting through the text (page 180 after 3 years!) but enjoy the lessons much more consistently.

Scott

[JJ]

HAHA, this is funny. It's JJ that you sacked from Motorola all those years back. What. It's the fastest way to introduce myself.

What's funny is that we're reading the same book. It's really one of my favorites. You'll notice that the way it was written is not easy to read. This is by design. It's written in a way that makes you think. Anyways. Cheers.

[Scott Desgrosseilliers]

Hey JJ - Hope life is treating you well. I have already gone through the lessons, this is my 2nd time through. I find the text portion very interesting but slow to get through.