Lesson 304. Let not my world obscure the sight of Christ.
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Lesson 304. Let not my world obscure the sight of Christ.
I can obscure my holy sight, if I intrude my world upon it. Nor can I behold the
holy sights Christ looks upon, unless it is His vision that I use. Perception is
a mirror, not a fact. And what I look on is my state of mind, reflected outward.
I would bless the world by looking on it through the eyes of Christ. And I will
look upon the certain signs that all my sins have been forgiven me.
You lead me from the darkness to the light; from sin to holiness. Let me
forgive, and thus receive salvation for the world. It is Your gift, my Father,
given me to offer to Your holy Son, that he may find again the memory of You,
and of Your Son as You created him.
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Below, is from Kenneth Wapnick's commentaries on this lesson, from "Journey
Through the Workbook of A Course in Miracles," which can be purchased at the
following site: ~ M. Street.
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Lesson 304. "Let not my world obscure the sight of Christ."
*We come now to three lessons on vision -- "the sight of Christ," born of the
Atonement principle that sees no separation. Thus any perception that reflects
separation must be illusory.*
(1:1-2) "I can obscure my holy sight, if I intrude my world upon it. Nor can I
behold the holy sights Christ looks upon, unless it is His vision that I use."
*We are the ones who intrude our world on Christ's vision -- "The world stands
like a block before Christ's face" (C-4.4:1). Vision, of course, does not
disappear; but our Self seems to when we choose a thought system of sin, guilt,
and fear, and then a world that substitutes for the truth in our minds.*
(1:3-4) "Perception is a mirror, not a fact. And what I look on is my state of
mind, reflected outward."
*This is one of the more important themes in A Course in Miracles. What we seem
to perceive outside is not a fact, but a mirror of our own state of mind. The
right-minded value of the world and its special relationships -- our bodily
preoccupations -- have only one true purpose: to remind us that what we are
seeing outside is nothing more than a shadow of what we first made real inside.
Their value is as a classroom in which our Teacher instructs us in the proper
way of understanding what we are seeing, correcting the ego's illusory
interpretations:
" ... everyone sees only what he thinks he is. And what, your sight
would show you, you will understand because it is the truth. Only your vision
can convey to you what you can see. It reaches you directly, without a need to
be interpreted to you. ... Nor will it ever be made understandable by an
interpreter you cannot understand." (T-22.I.5:2-5,7).*
(1:5-6) "I would bless the world by looking on it through the eyes of Christ.
And I will look upon the certain signs that all my sins have been forgiven me."
*This lovely passage from the text describes the blessed world of light that
vision looks upon:
"In you is all of Heaven. Every leaf that falls is given life in you. Each
bird that ever sang will sing again in you. And every flower that ever bloomed
has saved its perfume and its loveliness for you. What aim can supersede the
Will of God and of His Son, that Heaven be restored to him for whom it was
created as his only home? ... This can you bring to all the world, and all the
thoughts that entered it and were mistaken for a little while. How better could
your own mistakes be brought to truth than by your willingness to bring the
light of Heaven with you, as you walk beyond the world of darkness into light?"
(T-25.IV.5:1-5,11-12).*
(2) "You lead me from the darkness to the light; from sin to holiness. Let me
forgive, and thus receive salvation for the world. It is Your gift, my Father,
given me to offer to Your holy Son, that he may find again the memory of You,
and of Your Son as You created him."
*What follows now echoes the lovely prayer from the workbook:
" There is no living thing that does not share the universal Will that it be
whole, and that you do not leave its call unheard. Without your answer is it
left to die, as it is saved from death when you have heard its calling as the
ancient call to life, and understood that it is but your own. The Christ in you
remembers God with all the certainty with which He knows His Love.... He will
appear when you have answered Him, and you will know in Him that God is Love."
(T-31.1.9.:1-3;10:6).*
Love and Blessings,
Lyn Johnson 719-369-1822
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