A COURSE IN MIRACLES
Workbook for Students
Lesson 9
I see nothing as it is now
I see nothing as it is now
Sights, sounds, thoughts, feelings, tastes and smells arise and fall away.
POCKET FULL OF MIRACLES
Joan Borysenko, Ph.D
SEED THOUGHT
The nature of the mind is to think and create, so the mind naturally wanders during meditation. The demoralizing thought that only your mind wanders while other meditators are sitting there in bliss is a major reason why people give up meditation practice. All people think when they meditate. What distinguishes the novice from the skillful meditator is the attitude of detached awareness that the skillful meditator maintains toward thinking.
PRAYER
Great Spirit thank you for a new day and anew beginning. Help me adopt a healthy attitude toward my wandering mind during meditation, smiling at it's antics like a loving mother, while firmly bringing it back to the object of concentration.
CATHOLIC SAINT OF THE DAY
St. Adrian of Canterbury
Born in Africa, Adrian was serving as an abbot in Italy when the new Archbishop of Canterbury appointed him abbot of the monastery of Sts. Peter and Paul in Canterbury. Thanks to his leadership skills, the facility became one of the most important centers of learning.
CATHOLIC SAINT OF THE DAY
St. Adrian of Canterbury
Born in Africa, Adrian was serving as an abbot in Italy when the new Archbishop of Canterbury appointed him abbot of the monastery of Sts. Peter and Paul in Canterbury. Thanks to his leadership skills, the facility became one of the most important centers of learning.
I am transitioning towards the attitude of detached awareness which you describe; thank you for sharing your experience!
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