Lesson, 16 - Revived '16 - I AM: A Course in Miracles - www.IamACIM.Com

I Am: A Course in Miracles (ACIM)

lesson 16 â??I have no neutral thoughts.â?? The idea for today is a beginning step in dispelling the belief that your thoughts have no effect.Everything you see is the result of your thoughts.There is no exception to this fact.Thoughts are not big or little;powerful or weak.They are merely true or false.Those which are true create their own likeness.Those which are false make theirs. There is no more self-contradictory concept than that of â??idle thoughts.â??What gives rise to the perception of a whole world can hardly be called idle.Every thought you have contributes to truth or to illusion; either it extends the truth or it multiplies illusions.You can indeed multiply nothing,but you will not extend it by doing so. In addition to never being idle, salvation requires that you recognize that every thought you have brings either peace or war; either love or fear.A neutral result is impossible because a neutral thought is impossible.There is such a temptation to dismiss fear thoughts as unimportant,trivial,and not worth bothering about that it is essential you recognize them all as equally destructive but equally unreal.We will practice this idea in many forms before you really understand it. In applying the idea for today,search your mind for a minute or so, with eyes closed, and actively seek not to overlook any â??littleâ?? thought which tends to elude the search.This is quite difï¬?cult until you get used to it.You will ï¬?nd that it is still hard for you not to make artiï¬?cial distinctions. Every thought that occurs to you, regardless of the quality which you assign to it,is a suitable subject for applying todayâ??s idea. In the practice periods, ï¬?rst repeat the idea, and then as each one crosses your mind,hold it in awareness while you tell yourself: â??This thought about _____ is not a neutral thought.â?? â??That thought about _____is not a neutral thought.â??