Lesson 44

God is the light in which I see.

"In order to see, you must recognize that light is within, not without. You do not see outside yourself, not the equipment for seeing outside you. .... [the light] that makes seeing possible. It is with you always, making vision possible in every circumstance. " (W-L. 44)

The light the course talks about is not perceptual. It is a symbol representing the HS thought system which shows to us that darkness (the ego and its thought system of guilt, hate, and spcialness and denial of tuth) is not real.

The course says that " you can make darkness and then think you can see in it." The latter makes no sense if you think about it.

"If you can stand aside from the ego by ever so little, you will have no diffculty in recognizing that its opposition [to truth/reality] and its fears are meaningless." (W-L.44)


"Only your [i.e., decision maker] allegiance to it gives the ego any power over you. I have spoke of the ego as if it were a separate thing, acting on its own. this was necessary to persuade you that you cannot dismiss it lightly, and must realize how much of your thinking is ego directed... The ego is nothing more than a part of your belief about yourself ."(T-4. VI.1:2)

"And do not foret that they [the thoughts of the world] cannot hold you to the world uness you give them the power to do so." (W-L44)

"The secret of salvation is but this: that you are doing this unto yourself. No matter what the form of the attack, this is still true. ... whatever seems to be the cause of any pain and suffereing you feel, this is still true. For you would not react at all to figures in a dream you knew that you were dreaming. Let them be as hateful and as vicious as they may, they could have no effect on you unless you failed to recongnize it is your dream" (T-27. VII.10).

(ACIM; K. Wapnick)