You Can't Hate Yourself Into a Version You Can Love | ✨ A Course in Miracles
Love & Learn
Jessica Flint
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🗓️ 19 January 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
"I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my seeing." – A Course in Miracles Workbook, Lesson 18
What if the way you see the world not only shapes your reality but also influences those around you?
In this episode of Love & Learn, we explore Lesson 18 from A Course in Miracles Workbook, which teaches that our perceptions ripple outward, impacting others because our minds are interconnected.
This lesson is a profound reminder of the shared nature of our thoughts and how choosing to see with love rather than fear creates positive effects beyond ourselves.
This Lesson's Practice:
- Recognize the Ripple Effect:
Look around your environment and say:
“I am not alone in experiencing the effects of how I see this ______.” - Expand Your Awareness:
With eyes closed, bring to mind thoughts or situations and repeat:
“I am not alone in experiencing the effects of how I see this ______.” - Practice Daily:
Do this 2-3 times a day for about one minute per session, adjusting as needed for comfort.
Key Insights on Lesson 18:
- Perception Extends Beyond Ourselves: Our thoughts and perceptions aren’t isolated—they contribute to the collective energy we all share. Recognizing this deepens our responsibility for how we see and respond to the world.
- Love Over Fear Creates Ripples of Healing: Each loving thought we choose sends waves of positivity outward, uplifting not just ourselves but also those around us.
- Seeing Through Love Strengthens Connection: A shift in perception toward love fosters a greater sense of unity and shared purpose, reminding us that we are not separate but deeply connected.
This lesson invites us to acknowledge the interconnected nature of our thoughts and embrace the power we have to bring healing and love into the world through how we see it. By practicing awareness and choosing love, we can help create a more harmonious and peaceful reality for ourselves and others.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Love and Learn, a show dedicated helping you break free from unhealthy patterns and attachments that keep you from truly feeling lovable, loving, and loved. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm your healing friend and host, Jessica Flint. If you're like me, you know what it's like to carry a trauma-shaped hole in your heart, a longing to |
| 0:22.0 | be held, cherished, valued, and adored. Over the years, you may have tried to fill it with |
| 0:27.6 | relationships, work, alcohol, weed, diets, you name it. Together on Love and Learn, we're |
| 0:33.1 | healing core wounds of unworthiness, powerlessness, and shame, and discovering new depths of self-acceptance |
| 0:39.8 | in inner freedom. Each week, we dive into popular books by leading experts in psychology, neuroscience, |
| 0:45.8 | and spirituality, integrating key insights and tools to support deep and lasting healing. No matter |
| 0:51.8 | your age, you are designed to liberate your brightest, most authentic |
| 0:56.0 | self into the world. Choose to set yourself free with me. It's never too late. Let's get started. |
| 1:04.4 | Welcome back, my lovely learners, and happy Soul Sunday. Today we're diving into Lesson 18 from A Course of Miracle's Workbook for |
| 1:13.7 | Students. Now together we're peeling back more and more layers of fear-based thinking |
| 1:19.3 | and opening up to inner peace and love on all levels. Now the flow for these Soul Sundays |
| 1:24.3 | are light updates up at the top, if I have any, reading the lesson directly |
| 1:29.4 | from a course in Miracles Workbook for students, some kind of thoughts that I can have on it |
| 1:34.3 | that integrate the lesson, and then finally we close off with a little improv fun and Oracle cards, |
| 1:39.8 | and that is more just encouragement to enjoy life and not take it so seriously. |
| 1:45.3 | Before we begin, let's revisit this essential reminder from the course introduction. |
| 1:50.0 | It goes as follows, quote, you need not believe the ideas, you need not accept them, |
| 1:54.6 | and you need not even welcome them. |
| 1:56.9 | The power lies in the practice itself, regardless of whether you fully understand or agree with the concepts yet. |
| 2:03.3 | End quote. |
| 2:04.2 | So this gentle reminder, it encourages us to release any pressure, to get it right. |
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