With this, I move forward into today, with intention & life. Pre-existing thoughts mean nothing to me. It is a matter of awareness. Conscious thoughts create change. Conscious Thoughts that reflect our Emotional state. This is why we must 'feel' the change, step into it, embrace it; embody it. The next step is gratitude; gratitude for every step, every choice, every thought, every conscious change that leads us closer.
This brings me to Lesson 13 'A meaningless world engenders fear.'
You are not expected to believe the statement at this point, and will probably dismiss it as preposterous. What if it all means nothing? Then what? Often when we are stuck or going through a major trauma, we come to this place. This is a powerful understanding. Having worked through it previously, I am certain that I cannot return to it. But, I will refresh my memory banks and reflect, as it is such an awareness.
Today's idea is an extension of yesterdays idea. It is more specific as to the emotion aroused.
A meaningless world is impossible. Nothing without meaning exists. Recognition of meaninglessness arouses intense anxiety. It represents a situation in which God and the ego challenge each other as to whose meaning is to be written in the empty space that meaninglessness provides.
The ego rushes in frantically to establish its own ideas there, fearful that the void may otherwise be used to demonstrate its own impotence and unreality. And on this alone it is correct. It is essential, therefore, that you learn to recognize the meaningless, and accept it without fear. The will of God.
If you are fearful, it is certain that you will create the world with attributes that it does not possess, or crowd it with images that do not exist. To the ego illusions are safety devices.
The exercises for today, which should be done about three or four times for not more than a minute or so at most each time, are to be practiced in a somewhat different way from the preceding ones. With eyes closed, repeat today's idea to yourself. Then open your eyes, and look about you slowly, saying:
'I am looking at a meaningless world.' Repeat this statement to yourself as you look about. Then close your eyes, and conclude with:
'A meaningless world engenders fear because I think I am in competition with God.'
You may find it difficult to avoid resistance, in one form or another, to this concluding statement. Whatever form such resistance may take, remind yourself that you are really afraid of such a thought because of the 'vengeance' of the 'enemy.'
Note carefully any signs of overt or covert fear which it may arouse. This is our first attempt at stating an explicit cause and effect relationship of a kind which you are very inexperienced in recognizing. Do not dwell on the concluding statement, and try not even to think of it except during the practice periods. That will suffice at present.
The Sun, indeed, does shine brightly, as nighttime, once again, begins its journey back to daytime.
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