I see nothing as it is now.
I see nothing as it is now.
This idea obviously follows from the two preceding ones. But while you may be able to accept it intellectually, it is unlikely that it will mean anything to you as yet. However, understanding is not necessary at this point. In fact, the recognition that you do not understand is a prerequisite for undoing your false ideas. These exercises are concerned with practice, not with understanding. You do not need to practice what you already understand. It would indeed be circular to aim at understanding, and assume that you have it already.
It is difficult for the untrained mind to believe that what it seems to picture is not there. This idea can be quite disturbing, and may meet with active resistance in any number of forms. Yet that does not preclude applying it. No more than that is required for these or any other exercises. Each small step will clear a little of the darkness away, and understanding will finally come to lighten every corner of the mind that has been cleared of the debris that darkens it.
These exercises, for which three or four practice periods are sufficient, involve looking about you and applying the idea for the day to whatever you see, remembering the need for its indiscriminate application, and the essential rule of excluding nothing. For example:
I do not see this typewriter as it is now.
I do not see this telephone as it is now.
I do not see this arm as it is now.
Begin with things that are nearest you, and then extend the range outward:
I do not see that coat rack as it is now.
I do not see that door as it is now.
I do not see that face as it is now.
It is emphasized again that while complete inclusion should not be attempted, specific exclusion must be avoided. Be sure you are honest with yourself in making this distinction. You may be tempted to obscure it.
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May 14th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
I see nothing as it is now.
What does today’s lesson mean to me?
The first thing that jumps out at me is that I am being told I don’t understand. Further, that is a good thing. I know this is true. If I thought I understood, my cup would be full and there would be no where the Holy Spirit could pour the truth. I am entirely ready to be at square one and to simply practice. The lesson seems to be telling me to watch for the more subtle forms of resistance and exclusion.
How can I apply this lesson in my life right now?
In a way these are the hardest lessons to do because there is nothing for the mind to grasp, and of course that has been the problem in the past. I have allowed ego to come into everything with its debates and arguments and its philosophizing and psychoanalyzing. Anyway, today I lay all that aside, and simply apply the lesson.
My message from Holy Spirit.
How can you see anything as it is now if your mind is preoccupied with the past? Another small step, Myron. Be patient with yourself during this undoing process. It is only the ego that wants to analyze and understand. You are not the ego. Let Me guide you instead. You are not giving up anything when you (in your ego identity) step back and let Me guide you. I am leading you into the experience of your true power.
My message to Holy Spirit.
Thank you. I am doing my best to relinquish my sense of control, knowing that it is a false sense anyway. I give You my mind and invite You to be my Guide.