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'''Lesson 52: Review of Lessons 6 - 10'''

<center>'''Lesson 52: Review of Lessons 6 - 10'''</center>

 

 

Today's review covers these ideas:

Today's review covers these ideas:

'''I am upset because I see what is not there'''. Reality is never frightening. It is impossible that it could upset me. Reality brings only perfect peace. When I am upset, it is always because I have replaced reality with illusions I made up. The illusions are upsetting because I have given them reality, and thus regard reality as an illusion. Nothing in God's creation is affected in any way by this confusion of mine. I am always upset by nothing.

'''I am upset because I see what is not there'''. [[Reality]] is never [[frightening]]. It is impossible that it could upset me. Reality brings only perfect [[peace]]. When I am upset, it is always because I have replaced reality with [[illusions]] I made up. The illusions are upsetting because I have given them reality, and thus regard reality as an illusion. Nothing in God's [[creation]] is affected in any way by this [[confusion]] of mine. I am always upset by nothing.

'''I see only the past'''. As I look about, I condemn the world I look upon. I call this seeing. I hold the past against everyone and everything, making them my enemies. When I have forgiven myself and remembered Who I am, I will bless everyone and everything I see. There will be no past, and therefore no enemies. And I will look with love on all that I failed to see before.

'''I see only the past'''. As I look about, I [[condemn]] the world I look upon. I call this [[seeing]]. I hold the [[past]] against everyone and everything, making them my [[enemies]]. When I have [[forgiven]] myself and remembered Who I am, I will [[bless]] everyone and everything I see. There will be no past, and therefore no enemies. And I will look with [[love]] on all that I failed to see before.

'''My mind is preoccupied with past thoughts'''. I see only my own thoughts, and my mind is preoccupied with the past. What, then, can I see as it is? Let me remember that I look on the past to prevent the present from dawning on my mind. Let me understand that I am trying to use time against God. Let me learn to give the past away, realizing that in so doing I am giving up nothing.

'''My mind is preoccupied with past thoughts'''. I see only my own [[thoughts]], and [[my mind]] is preoccupied with the [[past]]. What, then, can I see as it is? Let me [[remember]] that I look on the past to prevent the present from dawning on my [[mind]]. Let me [[understand]] that I am trying to use [[time]] against God. Let me learn to give the past away, realizing that in so doing I am giving up nothing.

'''I see nothing as it is now'''. If I see nothing as it is now, it can truly be said that I see nothing. I can see only what is now. The choice is not whether to see the past or the present; the choice is merely whether to see or not. What I have chosen to see has cost me vision. Now I would choose again, that I may see.

'''I see nothing as it is now'''. If I see nothing as it is now, it can truly be said that I see nothing. I can see only what is [[now]]. The [[choice]] is not whether to see the [[past]] or the [[present]]; the choice is merely whether to see or not. What I have chosen to see has cost me [[vision]]. Now I would choose again, that I may see.

'''My thoughts do not mean anything'''. I have no private thoughts. Yet it is only private thoughts of which I am aware. What can these thoughts mean? They do not exist, and so they mean nothing. Yet my mind is part of creation and part of its Creator. Would I not rather join the thinking of the universe than to obscure all that is really mine with my pitiful and meaningless "private" thoughts?

'''My thoughts do not mean anything'''. I have no [[private]] [[thoughts]]. Yet it is only private thoughts of which I am aware. What can these thoughts mean? They do not exist, and so they mean nothing. Yet [[my mind]] is part of [[creation]] and part of its [[Creator]]. Would I not rather join the [[thinking]] of [[the universe]] than to obscure all that is really mine with my pitiful and meaningless "[[private]]" [[thoughts]]?

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