A reflection inspired by A Course in Miracles In Lesson 23, A Course in Miracles offers a quiet yet radical promise: “I can escape from this world by giving up attack thoughts.” There we learned that the “world” we feel trapped in is not the physical planet, but a perceptual world of threat, judgment, and separation — a world born entirely from the mind’s interpretation. Lesson 32 now takes us even deeper into the heart of this transformation with a single, profound statement: “I have invented the world I see.” At first, this can feel unsettling. It may even seem like blame. But ACIM is not pointing fingers. It is pointing to freedom. If the world I experience is something I made through perception, then I am no longer a powerless victim of circumstance. I am a participant in creation itself. And more importantly — I can choose again. From Attack Thoughts to the World They Produce Lesson 23 taught us that attack thoughts are the cause, and the hostile world is the effect. Lesson 32 now reveals the full scope of that effect. Every judgment shapes perception. Every fear colors experience. Every belief in separation builds a world that appears divided. This does not mean we consciously chose suffering. It means we unconsciously accepted a thought system that interpreted reality through fear. From that lens, a threatening world was inevitable. The ego’s primary assumption — “I am separate and must defend myself” — becomes the blueprint for everything we see. A mind that believes in danger must see danger everywhere. Thus the world of conflict, competition, and struggle is not imposed upon us. It is the natural outcome of a mind convinced of separation. Lesson 32 is not saying the physical forms are imaginary. It is saying the meaning we assign them is invented. The Power Hidden in This Teaching At first, the idea that we made the world can feel heavy. But ACIM is not burdening us with responsibility. It is lifting the burden of helplessness. If the world were truly happening to us, there would be no escape.

Another gem from Alan Watts.

Hi friends! I was reading some of the ACIM texts and it got me thinking about emotions of the ego, taoism, and a few other thoughts. It inspired me to write this blog that can hopefully help to pinpoint the higher states of being and transform the emotions of the ego. Feel free to check it out or add any practices that have helped you! For me, qi gong has been an awesome practice. The law of conservation tells us us that energy cannot be created or destroyed. I think the same lens could be applied to emotions. Fear, anger, jealousy, and craving are not final states. They are energies that signal the ego often misreads, but are opportunities to transform. The real work of consciousness is to recognize them, honor them, and raise them to their higher octave. Eastern & Western Perspectives In Taoist philosophy, the body is a landscape of energy with three main centers, or dantian. The lower dantian, just below the navel, is the seat of primal will and vitality. It receives signals of hunger, lust, and fear, which the ego interprets literally as survival commands. Taoist practice refines these impulses. Hunger can become a cue to awaken qi, sexual desire can become creative energy, fear can become spiritual vigilance and clarity. The middle Dantian, in the heart, refines emotional flow, grief into compassion, and sorrow into depth. The upper Dantian, in the forehead, refines mind and spirit, transforming doubt into wisdom and confusion into vision. The ego interprets all these centers through the lens of lack and survival, but awareness allows us to read them differently. Early Christians spoke of the “old self” or the “flesh.” They did not mean the body itself was bad but that the false self interprets reality through illusion. Passions, such as pride, wrath, envy, and greed, were seen as distortions of a deeper longing for God. The spiritual path was not repression but transfiguration. Pride could become humility, wrath could become courage, and envy could become gratitude. The ego’s emotions were illusions that could be dissolved into truth.

Just dropped. Went all in. I hope that maybe it will help someone. Not sure how I’m feeling about it. But it’s out there now. Feels good being vulnerable, but definitely exposed. I’ll write more later once I wrap my head around it. Showed my parents and they said they were proud of me and they love me, and for me that’s enough.