Where is God When Disaster and Misfortune Strike? | ✨ A Course in Miracles
Love & Learn
Jessica Flint
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🗓️ 22 December 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
"God did not create a meaningless world." – A Course in Miracles Workbook, Lesson 14
What if the distress we feel about the world’s horrors isn’t rooted in divine creation but in the ego’s projection of fear and separation?
In this episode of Love & Learn, we explore Lesson 14 from A Course in Miracles Workbook, diving into the discomfort and resistance that arises when faced with letting go of deeply ingrained meanings.
Key Insights on Lesson 14:
1. God’s Creations Are Eternal: This lesson reminds us that what is real and meaningful is eternal and unchanging. Anything that causes fear or distress stems from the ego’s illusions. By repeating today’s mantra—“God did not create a meaningless world”—we affirm that divine truth is not shaped by the fleeting or painful aspects of the physical world.
2. Letting Go of Meaningless Thoughts: When distressing thoughts arise, they often stem from the meanings we have projected onto the world, reinforced by collective socialization and indoctrination. This lesson teaches us to observe these thoughts, label them as illusions, and release their hold on us, opening the way for divine love and peace to flow in.
3. Practicing Specificity and Awareness: With eyes closed, bring to mind a specific fear or distressing situation.
- State clearly: “God did not create [specific situation], and so it is not real.”
- Repeat: “God did not create a meaningless world.”
- This practice helps us confront our personal and collective “repertory of horrors” with compassion and detachment, reinforcing the truth of God’s eternal love.
Resistance is natural—observe it without judgment and return to the practice when ready.
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| 0:53.7 | Welcome back, my lovely learners, and happy Soul Sunday. Today, we're |
| 0:58.8 | continuing our spiritual journey through a course and miracles workbook for students with |
| 1:03.1 | lesson number 14. Now, each lesson really is designed to help us unlearn fear-based perceptions |
| 1:10.2 | and embrace a thought system that is rooted |
| 1:12.2 | in love and inner peace. In today's lesson builds on the idea of recognizing illusions and introduces |
| 1:18.4 | the concept of divine truth. In the introduction to the course states, quote, you need not believe |
| 1:24.3 | the ideas, you need not accept them. And you need not even welcome them. |
| 1:29.7 | The power lies in the practice itself, regardless of whether you fully understand or agree |
| 1:35.3 | with the concepts yet. End quote. Now, as I've mentioned in past lessons here, I am here |
| 1:41.2 | alongside you with radical curiosity and openness as we explore course and |
| 1:46.0 | miracles week by week, lesson by lesson. Think of it as a journey, not a destination. And there will be |
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