Regina’s Tip for Lesson 32
Today’s lessons says:
“You are not the victim of the world you see because you invented it. … You will see it or not see it, as you wish. While you want it you will see it; when you no longer want it, it will not be there for you to see.”
NTI Colossians makes the same connection between what you want and what you see. It says:
“For this reason, let your mind be focused on that which you truly want, the motive you have set your mind on.”
Our minds think they want many things, because the thoughts that are received into mind chatter about many things. In one day, you probably cannot count the number of desires that you give attention to, some big and some small. However, most of those desires have one thing in common: they are about the world. Therefore, in wanting those many different things, you continually want the world.
One important step in your release is realizing your spiritual aspiration, and then contemplating that spiritual aspiration deeply until it becomes the only thing that you want.
What is a spiritual aspiration? It’s what you want spiritually.
For example, do you want to be only love? Do you want freedom? Do you want truth realization?
Have you considered what you want spiritually? If not, now is a good time to begin considering that. We will revisit the spiritual aspiration later. Right now, we are only taking beginning steps towards developing a spiritual aspiration.
Please take a few minutes to review the tip for lesson 23, since it is related to today’s lesson and this tip.
Homework for this week
- Homework Assignment A: Acim Workbook lessons 29-35.
- Homework Assignment B: Read NTI Colossians, p. 355-362.
- Homework Assignment C: Nondual Awakening Meditation – Who am I? by Gary Weber, which is a video in the Awakening Together Gentle Healing Playlist on YouTube. Note: There is also a meditation called “Where am I?” That is not this week’s assignment.
