There are No Victims in this World!

You are responsible for the world you see and not a victim of it.
~ The Disappearance of the Universe

A Course in Miracles Workbook Lessons:

Lesson 31 I am not the victim of the world I see.

Lesson 32 I have invented the world I see.

Lesson 33 There is another way of looking at the world.

Lesson 34 I could see peace instead of this.

A Course in Miracles: The secret of salvation is but this: that you are doing this unto yourself. No matter what the form of the attack, this still is true. Whoever takes the role of enemy and of attacker, still is this the truth. Whatever seems to be the cause of any pain and suffering you feel, this is still true. For you would not react at all to figures in a dream you knew that you were dreaming. Let them be as hateful and as vicious as they may, they could have no effect on you unless you failed to recognize it is your dream.

Mikey's Note: So, it doesn't matter if someone cuts you off in traffic, says something unkind to you, or some nut job burns down your house or murders your family, or if you feel like the government and the billion dollar corporations are screwing you - you made it up! As the Course says, "Beware of the temptation to perceive yourself unfairly treated."

Now, I'm not suggesting that it's easy to take full responsibility for our experiences, and I'm certainly not suggesting that this is the way for everyone - it's not everyone's time to be doing this. Even amongst students of the Course very few are ready to rise to that challenge that they invented the world they see, that the world is coming from them and not at them, and that they are fully responsible for their experiences. As Pursah rhetorically asks in Disappearance, "J chooses everyone, all the time. But how many are ready to listen?"

And yes action on the level of form is sometimes appropriate, and doesn’t mean we abandon common sense and common courtesy while we appear to be here. But the Course is about addressing the cause of all this psychosis, which is in the mind, instead of messing around with the effects seen out in the world. Anyway, just reminders for those who are ready to rise to the challenge.

I certainly need the reminders myself as I still got a few buttons left that can be pushed and several "slow burns" to get through, but I recognize that it's my own crap being shown symbolically outside myself, and that the only meaningful way of dealing with it is to own it, then undo it via the true forgiveness process instead of being in denial and projecting it, which is what most of the world does because they don’t know any better, and they just think they're right. Damn, that was a long-ass sentence.

The Disappearance of the Universe: With salvation there is no one out there to blame for your one real problem, of which all the others are symbolic. The cause, which is the decision to believe in the separation from God, and the solution, which is the principle of the Atonement, are both in your mind - where you now have the power to choose the Holy Spirit's Answer.

The Disappearance of the Universe: Remember this: Since it was your decision to side with the ego and make the separation real it means, once again, that this script is an example of self predetermination that was agreed to by you on a different level, not a case of you being a victim. Now you have the Course to teach you how to change your mind about the whole thing.

Mikey's Note: So occupy forgiveness, real forgiveness, because it's the only thing that works in a permanent way, the only way to really be free. As the Course puts it, "The power of decision is your one remaining freedom as a prisoner of this world. You can decide to see it right." And, "Therefore, seek not to change the world, but choose to change your mind about the world." So remember when someone “poops in your Fruit Loops” that you have the choice to take responsibility for your dream and remove another layer of your own ego, or make it psychologically real in your mind, be a victim, and remain a captive on “psycho planet.” Giddy up!