![]() It’s like we’ve been eating carob all our lives thinking it was chocolate. So once again the Workbook is asking us, to a certain degree, to take this idea by faith for the time being.Ī basis for comparison implies that before long we will experience our real thoughts, and when we do, we will know that what we believed to be our thoughts were not our real ones. How can my thoughts not be my real thoughts? It explains that we don’t have any basis for comparison as yet, but that when we do, “you will have no doubt that what you once believed were your thoughts did not mean anything” (1:5). That is particularly difficult to accept at first. It explains that the reason the idea is true is thatĪll the thoughts of which you are aware…are not your real thoughts. Lesson 4 said, “These thoughts do not mean anything,” and it promised the exercise would be “repeated from time to time in somewhat different form” (W-4.3:1). Response to temptation:Optional whenever you have a distressing thought.įeel free to apply the idea to any upsetting thoughts you have throughout the day, using the form: “ My thought about _ does not mean anything.” Another helpful metaphor (not mentioned in the Course) might be to imagine that you are watching leaves float by on a stream. You might want to imagine you are watching a strange parade of disorganized, meaningless objects. Do not think of them as different from one another in any real way. Remarks: It is important to stand back from your thoughts and observe them with detachment. As each one crosses your mind say, “ My thought about _ does not mean anything.” Avoid selection or classification, seeing your thoughts as an odd procession which has no meaning to you. Then search your mind for all available thoughts.Then add, “This idea will help to release me from all that I now believe.” Close your eyes and repeat the idea very slowly.Recognizing that you have been preoccupied with nonexistent thoughts will pave the way for uncovering your real thoughts.Įxercise: Five times, for one minute or so (no more cut in half if you are uncomfortable). Purpose:To show you that all of your current thoughts are meaningless and are, in fact, not real thoughts at all. Lesson 10 My thoughts do not mean anything.
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