The single most challenging concept related to A Course in Miracles is the idea that the world is not real. It’s a projection from our thoughts.

The reason that it’s nearly impossible for us to grasp is because our experiences suggest otherwise. All our senses convince us that the world, our bodies, and everything going on around us is very real.

But our senses lie. Everything in our body and the world has one purpose - and that’s to keep us mindless.

By remaining mindless, we believe that all our problems - and all our sources of joy - come from things in the world. And when we believe that’s true - we’ll keep seeking externally to fulfill our sense of lack.

However, when we remember that our true identity is not this body but rather within our mind, then we can begin to understand and practice what the Course - and many other non-dualistic thought systems - teach.

These lines from the Course help us understand what reality is really like:

“Seek not escape from problems here. The world was made that problems could not be escaped.”

When we return to our mind, we can now address the source of all our problems - which is the choice for the ego. And as the Course gently encourages us, “My brother, choose again.”

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