Friday, January 14, 2011

My Personal Repertory of Horrors

Remember my blog about "murder"? Well, oddly or not so oddly, I'm on Lesson 14 in the Workbook today which instructs me to "With eyes closed, think of all the horrors in the world that cross your mind. Name each one as it occurs to you, and then deny its reality. God did not create it, and so it is not real. Say, for example: God did not create that war, and so it is not real."

Now, that's what I'm talking about! Let's see here...

God did not create that murder, and so it is not real.
God did not create that violence,and so it is not real.
God did not create that torture, and so it is not real.
God did not create that suffering, and so it is not real.
God did not create that pain, and so it is not real.
God did not create that death, and so it is not real.
God did not create that abuse, and so it is not real.
God did not create that addiction, and so it is not real.
God did not create that depression, and so it is not real.


He goes on to say that, "This is your personal repertory of horrors at which you are looking. These things are part of the world you see. Some of them are shared illusions, and others are part of your personal hell. It does not matter. What God did not create can only be in your own mind apart from His. Therefore, it has no meaning. In recognition of this fact, conclude the practice periods by repeating today's idea: God did not create a meaningless world."

Let the mind training continue, and thank God!

1 comment:

  1. Hey Dawn, being in Western New York and considering the winter you have had, you forgot to add, "God did not create the snow"; "God did not create the cold"; "God did not create that snow shovel"; "God did not create that snowman"; "God did not create those icicles"; and "God did not create the yellow snow."

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