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EPISODE · Aug 24, 2025 · 6 MIN

LESSON 57

from A Course in Miracles, Reading · host Rev. Devan Jesse Byrne

LESSON 57I am not the victim of the world I see.How can I be the victim of a world that can be completely un­done if I so choose? My chains are loosened. I can drop them off merely by desiring to do so. The prison door is open. I can leave simply by walking out. Nothing holds me in this world. Only my wish to stay keeps me a prisoner. I wouldgive up my insane wishes and walk into the sunlight at last.I have invented the world I see.I made up the prison in which I see myself. All I need do is recognize this and I am free. I have deluded myself into believ­ing it is possible to imprison the Son of God. I was bitterly mistaken in this belief, which I no longer want. The Son of God must be forever free. He is as God created him, and not what I would make of him. He is where God would have him be, and not where I thought to hold him prisoner.There is another way oflooking at the world.Since the purpose of the world is not the one I ascribed to it, there must be another way of looking at it. I see everything upside down, and my thoughts are the opposite of truth. I see the world as a prison for God’s Son. It must be, then, that the world is really a place where he can be set free. I would look upon the world as it is, and see it as a place where the Son of God finds his freedom.I could see peace instead of this.When I see the world as a place of freedom, I realize that it reflects the laws of God instead of the rules I made up for it to obey. I will understand that peace, not war, abides in it. And I will perceive that peace also abides in the hearts of all who share this place with me.My mind is part of God’s. I am very holy.As I share the peace of the world with my brothers, I begin to understand that this peace comes from deep within myself. The world I look upon has taken on the light of my forgiveness, and shines forgivenessback at me. In this light I begin to see what my illusions about myself kept hidden. I begin to understand the holiness of all living things, including myself, and their oneness with me.- A Course in Miracles, WorkBookhttps://iamacim.com/57.html© Undefinable And Expansive 501 (c)(3) NONPROFIT © Open And Clear © Rev. Devan Jesse Byrne  

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LESSON 57I am not the victim of the world I see.How can I be the victim of a world that can be completely un­done if I so choose? My chains are loosened. I can drop them off merely by desiring to do so. The prison door is open. I can leave simply by walking out. Nothing holds me in this world. Only my wish to stay keeps me a prisoner. I wouldgive up my insane wishes and walk into the sunlight at last.I have invented the world I see.I made up the prison in which I see myself. All I need do is recognize this and I am free. I have deluded myself into believ­ing it is possible to imprison the Son of God. I was bitterly mistaken in this belief, which I no longer want. The Son of God must be forever free. He is as God created him, and not what I would make of him. He is where God would have him be, and not where I thought to hold him prisoner.There is another way oflooking at the world.Since the purpose of the world is not the one I ascribed to it, there must be another way of looking at it. I see everything upside down, and my thoughts are the opposite of truth. I see the world as a prison for God’s Son. It must be, then, that the world is really a place where he can be set free. I would look upon the world as it is, and see it as a place where the Son of God finds his freedom.I could see peace instead of this.When I see the world as a place of freedom, I realize that it reflects the laws of God instead of the rules I made up for it to obey. I will understand that peace, not war, abides in it. And I will perceive that peace also abides in the hearts of all who share this place with me.My mind is part of God’s. I am very holy.As I share the peace of the world with my brothers, I begin to understand that this peace comes from deep within myself. The world I look upon has taken on the light of my forgiveness, and shines forgivenessback at me. In this light I begin to see what my illusions about myself kept hidden. I begin to understand the holiness of all living things, including myself, and their oneness with me.- A Course in Miracles, WorkBookhttps://iamacim.com/57.html© Undefinable And Expansive 501 (c)(3) NONPROFIT © Open And Clear © Rev. Devan Jesse Byrne

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