Defending Yourself Against Others' Opinions, Judgements, or Actions | ✨ A Course in Miracles
Love & Learn
Jessica Flint
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🗓️ 23 February 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
"I Can Escape from the World I See by Giving Up Attack Thoughts." A Course in Miracles Workbook, Lesson 23
Ever feel like you have to defend yourself against others opinions, judgements, or actions toward you? In this episode of Love & Learn, we dive into Lesson 23 from A Course in Miracles Workbook For Students. This lesson shows us that our inner world—the very thoughts we choose—creates the reality we experience. By releasing attack thoughts, we reclaim the power to see and live in a world shaped by love rather than fear.
Key Insights from Lesson 23
1. Attack Thoughts Create a Vengeful World: The world we see is a reflection of our inner thoughts. If we hold attack thoughts, we will see attack everywhere.
2. We Are Not Trapped: We don’t need to change the world—we need to change our thoughts about the world. The shift happens inside us first.
3. Freedom Comes From Letting Go: By repeating the mantra—"I can escape from the world I see by giving up attack thoughts about ___________", we learn to identify and release negative patterns, opening the door to inner peace and a more compassionate perspective. We don’t have to fight. We can simply step aside and choose love instead.
Reflection Questions:
- In what areas of my life do I feel attacked or hold attack thoughts?
- Are these thoughts directed inward, toward others, or both?
- Am I willing to release my need to be right in favor of inner peace?
Press play to explore how shifting your perception by letting go of attack thoughts can transform not just your inner world, but the entire reality you experience.
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| 1:04.4 | Welcome back my loves and happy Soul Sunday. Today we're exploring lesson number 23 of a course and miracles workbook for students. |
| 1:14.2 | And the mantra is, I can escape from the world I see by giving up attack thoughts. |
| 1:21.2 | Now, a course and miracles is all about relinquishing a thought system based on fear and accepting |
| 1:27.1 | a system that's rooted in love instead. |
| 1:29.3 | And the lessons we go through each week on Soul Sunday are designed to help us practice |
| 1:33.6 | shifting from fear to love and ultimately opening our hearts to a deeper spiritual awareness. |
| 1:40.6 | As always, our Soul Sunday flow includes a brief update at the top, reading of today's |
| 1:46.4 | lesson, some reflections on how to integrate its wisdom, and then some improv and our weekly |
| 1:51.9 | oracle card picks with my adopted orphan kid brother, Miracle Mike. And of course, we'll revisit |
| 1:58.7 | as we always do the essential permission slip from the |
| 2:01.5 | course introduction. |
| 2:02.6 | You need not believe the ideas. |
| 2:04.7 | You need not accept them, and you need not even welcome them. |
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