 What we learn from quantum physics, what we learn from a course in miracles, what we learn from the deep perennial wisdom is that instead of the world being outside of us and coming in through light waves and sound waves and reaching us through our five senses, we actually learn that everything emanates from consciousness. And I was using the example the other day when people have out-of-body experiences or sometimes near-death experiences, they sometimes view the body from above. And I've had a lot of people in my life who said, oh my gosh, I had an out-of-body experience or a near-death experience and so forth, and I could see my body. I was viewing my body, I could hear everything that was happening and so on and so forth. And I say, yeah, and where were you? And they say, I seem to be up in the corner of the room, and did you have any eyeballs up there in the corner of the room? No. And what about ears? No. But I could still see it, like they were watching a movie, but they weren't seeing through the eyes and they weren't hearing through the ears. And what we've discovered now is that everything in this world is backwards and upside down and it's more, if you watch movies like What the Bleep Do We Know and a lot of the movies, you start to see that it's emanating from consciousness and that the ears don't literally take things in, they're more like speakers, they're more like your pioneer speakers out here broadcasting the sights and sounds that you believe in and everything that you believe is possible in terms of sounds is literally coming out in a way as being projected. And then the eyes really are kind of like more like projectors than windows taking light waves in. So the body and the mechanisms of what we would say the world is more part of the projection and it makes a world that seems very real, just like when you're dreaming at night. You don't often question that you're dreaming, sometimes you're not even aware of it. It seems very real, like it's happening to you until the moment when you wake up and you go, okay, I'm glad that was a dream, but it seemed very real while you were dreaming it. It's the same with this world, that while we believe in the world, we seem to experience a world that's outside of ourselves. It's all just thoughts and beliefs projected outward as if we're disowning them. Like it's, oh, it's not me, it's happening to me. This happened today and I feel sad. That happened today and it made me feel hurt, as if the world can hurt us when actually it's all happening in consciousness. So we're really here to start to take a close look at the thoughts and beliefs, the unconscious thoughts and beliefs that we're holding on to in order that we may let them go because the world is an outward picture of an inward condition and as long as we have a split mind, as long as we have a conscious and an unconscious or as long as we have a spirit in this and a sense of an ego, there's a conflict because love and fear do not go together. They do not reside together. Perfect love casts out fear and you can't hold on to love and fear in your mind. But that's what a split mind is all about, is believing you can have two irreconcilable thought systems, love and fear, and hold on to both. And then the world is an attempt to do that, to dissociate that out of mind, keep it unconscious and then see duality all around you in the world. And what we've been focusing on this afternoon is really taking an honest look at the value of the present moment. It's not something that's a casual thing. It's actually a real experience that is you give yourself over to it and you become into the trust of just letting the spirit flow in you through you moment by moment, then you no longer are afraid and you no longer see a fearful world. Because again, the world is an outward picture of an inward condition. And if you come to find the peace in you, you will see a peaceful world. It has to work that way because the world just is a mirror or a reflection of what's in your mind. I know for many decades and centuries there's this idea of world peace. We've had three world wars in history and everyone's trying to, you know, peace movements. We've had all this attempt to bring about world peace. And there was a woman named Peace Pilgrim who was very simple, walked all over the United States. And she basically said one time, if you want to be a bringer of peace, you must be peaceful. There it is again. She was onto it. If you want to actually experience a peaceful world, your consciousness, your awareness, your state of mind must be peaceful to see a peaceful world. It's not a matter of guns. It's not a matter of bombs. It's not a matter of bullets. It's not a matter of so-called natural disasters or finding a safe haven in a fragmented world. It's really a matter of clearing the perception, releasing all egoic thoughts and beliefs, and then seeing a peaceful world. And Jesus was an example. He obviously saw a peaceful world because he was very still, very peaceful, kind, loving, defenseless, even in the face of what seemed to be an angry mob that was putting him up on the cross. You know, he would just say, forgive them for they know not what they do. Almost implying that all these images were not the reality of the kingdom of heaven. They didn't have anything to do with the spiritual kingdom. And he found that spiritual kingdom within. And then he saw a peaceful world and he was not stressed about anything. He was not disturbed. He was showing us that we have a spiritual home, a spiritual reality. And like him, we don't have to buy into the images of the world. We can we can let them go. And I would say the only way we let them go is in the present moment. You know, even when we have ideas of future enlightenment or accomplishment or attainment, somehow if we work hard enough at it, at some time in the future, the day will arrive where we can go, ah, I have finally made it. That's part of another trick too, is just to keep us in a loop. You know, still fending off the present moment. Still not acknowledging what's what's really available right now. So that's what we want to do is is. I mean, our lives, I guess you could say are extremely simple because of the state of mind of the simplicity that we live in. And that's what we're really here to join with you on is is to be join us, join the truth, join the reality of coming into the present moment and seeing that your whole perception of the world will change as you allow yourself to be fully present. Not to see it as some kind of long process that sometimes it can seem disheartening to think about how long it would take to change your mind so completely to see a different world. When they ask Jesus that in the Course, you know, they say, he says, you may be disheartened or depressed to think how long it will take to so to take change your mind. And he says he comes back with a question, how long is an instant? You know, so that is a light response to what seems to be a very serious question, very, very serious.