Lesson 111: Review of lessons
91: Miracles are seen in light, and
92: Miracles are seen in light, and light and strength are one.
The reason Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield advises students to pick a spiritual practice and stay with it, instead of succumbing to the buffet of spiritual vehicles, is that in time, that practice will become not just a habit, but something that we are. If we practice taking the “one seat” in as many moments of our lives as possible, remaining in that Divine center when all around us is chaotic, will become not just a habit, but a way of life.
As we return to review these workbook lessons, this idea of picking one practice and sticking to it becomes paramount. In the prelude to the review the Course urges us to practice these thoughts for five minutes in the morning and evening, and remember them on the hour and half hour during the day. This practice trains us to stay in the “one seat,” to center and re-center ourselves in our Divine one seat over and over again during the day when the ego and outside events seek to knock us off balance.
If we fail in any moment to remain in our “one seat” of Divinity, the Course recommends simply getting back to our center and starting over. Kornfield likens this to “training a puppy.” When the puppy gets up and pees in the corner, we simply go get the puppy and lovingly return it to the place we want it to remain. At some point, the puppy is trained – and if puppies can learn to stay in one place, so can our mind.
Today’s review reminds us, again, who we truly are. We are beings of light, encased in flesh for this moment, because we are here to remember who we are.
If we can remember that miracles are seen in light, and it is God’s strength that allows us to recognize that we are that light, then we’ll be eager to die to our ego’s insistence that we are nothing but darkness and will never be anything but darkness.
As Hafiz reminds us:
“The earth is a host that murders its guests.
But what can die?
“All dying just removes more of the husk
over the soul’s vision.
“All dying thins the veil over a wondrous
world within.”
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