Messages & Miracles~ ACIM~ Lesson 18

The Best teachers are those who know that they, too, are the student♡ There is always something new to learn and often from unlikely teachers♡ I have learned with every step these past couple of weeks. I have done so consciously accepting my role, aware and seeing the many gifts that have presented to me.

I asked and so did I receive. Such a journey. I am eternally grateful for the many blessings and accept each one with love and gratitude.  There have been times when I have been unable to express this, however, as I have learned, it is the 'feeling,' the vibration within that is important. To sit within the Miracle, in the drivers seat allowing faith to be my wheel. And with this, I Step forward into today.

It's going to be a whirlwind weekend, so much to embrace, so many new faces! I ask that God be with me, in my Heart and in my voice, so that I am able to assist others along their journey. This is what I learned yesterday. We can only provide another with tools and share our experience, but life lessons must be learned on a personal level; they must be EXPERIENCED by self. We can draw from another, the same as our own past, but the experience, itself, to be learned, must be experienced. Life teaches us this. Forward.
  
~ A Course In Miracles, Lesson 18~

'I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my seeing.'

The idea for today is another step in learning that the thoughts which give rise to, these thoughts and what you see are never neutral or unimportant. It also emphasizes the idea that minds are joined (connected and interconnected). This will be presented to us in future lessons. 

Today's idea does not refer to what you see as much as to how you see it.  Therefore, the exercises for today emphasize this aspect of your perception. A whole new thought process in perception. Breath in and allow. Breath in awareness.

The three or four practice periods which are recommended should be done as follows:

Look about you, selecting subjects for the application of the idea for today as randomly as possible. Keep your eyes on each one long enough to say:

I am not alone in experiencing the effects of how I see ______ . Conclude each practice period by repeating the more general statement:  I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my seeing.

A minute or so, or even less, will be sufficient for each practice period.

Experience all of life today, with love, Lori-Lynn