Lesson 9: I see nothing as it is now.
According to Jesus, the recognition that we do not understand anything is the key to spiritual awakening. When the idea that we really do not know anything becomes appealing, the heart lifts knowing it is on its way Home.
“There is no statement that the world is more afraid to hear than this:
I do not know the thing I am, and therefore do not know what I am doing, where I am, or how to look upon the world or on myself.” T-31.V.17:6-7
Resistance to this idea is to be expected and Jesus’ mind training is showing us how to be undeterred by resistance. Resistance is experienced as becoming distracted, tolerating interruptions to your practice, boredom, feeling angry, self-critical, etc. Anything that regularly steers you away from doing the Course exercises is resistance.
Application is everything: “Each small step will clear a little of the darkness away, and understanding will finally come to lighten every corner of the mind that has been cleared of the debris that darkens it.” This is the purification practice mentioned in Miracle Principle #7: Miracles are everyone’s right, but purification is necessary first.
The willingness to practice with Workbook lessons, despite resistance, is all that is needed.
