 You know, I remember going back to the Gospels take no thought for what you shall wear what you shall eat You know Let the morrow take care of the morrow Beautiful the English translation of the ear make let the morrow take care of the morrow What is he talking about? He's talking about let it be given To you moment by moment and don't even try to figure out what? Tomorrow holds don't plan. He said in lesson 135 planning is a defense Against the truth when you make future plans you're trying to defend Against the truth. That's not trust Trust is let it be given. So it's true. It's it's like You know It would be like some people would say well Like like being a mammal and being put under water and having learning how to breathe Water instead of air. That's ridiculous. Let it be given. You know, what is that kind of that's not even sensible and and Actually, it there is there is a sense of that. I don't know if any of you ever saw that movie the abyss you know where they go way down into that trough and Actually, they go so far down and the pressure the pressure per square inch is so Heavy that that they can't breathe air The mammals the people humans can't breathe air Down in the the abyss. It's so deep deep trenches in in the ocean that the pressure Down there the water pressure literally would crush the lungs The lungs would literally collapse because of the that amount of pressure. So basically they have to learn how to breathe liquid oxygen Liquid they have to breathe liquid in their lungs mammals so at first they practice with the the little mice and They they kind of submers the mice, you know into this pink liquid Oxygen and the mice go down there and their mammals and they They have a traumatic reaction, you know a mammal kind of reaction like like I'm drowning I'm drowning get me out of and then They start to it's a little harder, but they pump it in there. They start to they go Still alive under this pink liquid and Okay, it's working So they try out first with the mice and then at one point if you follow that movie they have to go down and that's where they have to The the man who's the main character. I forget what his name is He's gonna have to go down and he has to fill up his mask with the liquid oxygen and He becomes very very disoriented and he kicks and squirms just like the mice did he's just kicking around there and kicking around and then He stabilizes he breathes the liquid oxygen in One sense that's kind of what's happening with when you practice with the course of miracles In fact Jesus even goes into great detail Talking about these periods of disorientation So he wouldn't put it in the book if it wasn't important to talk about it He's saying you're so accustomed To living by the ego and living by the egos laws of scarcity and lack defenses Reciprocity on and on and on and on that when you go through This transformation when your mind goes from upside down to right side up You're gonna be very very disoriented and he he makes it He uses a lot of words to describe it because he's saying You're gonna be going just like those mice just like that man in the abyss You're gonna have all these old past reactions and kind of almost like reflexes to To this fear of the light and you're actually going to go through a disorientation period and you're gonna come out Sailing and soaring in the most glorious state of mind that you could ever want to experience and That is is so important. I think for me I'm so grateful to have such a good clear roadmap as a course of miracles so that I was well prepared When I started to kick and scream and and go through these periods of rage and disorientation and I'm losing my mind Who's gonna who will understand me who will love me? How could I function in this world about you know all the stuff that we go through? I was prepared because it was given to me in the course saying you're gonna go through this But just hang in there with me. Don't don't give up on the the curriculum Don't give up on the pathway when you go through this and so and and that's exactly what's happened It just you turn the corner You just like the the mice and the man in that that movie you start to breathe the the liquid oxygen and At first it's a little it's strange. It's weird Miracles seem weird to the sleeping mind, you know, they're they're really strange And and the ego will try to dismiss them and you know push it out of awareness and so forth But the more you hang with it you hang with it. You do start to get more of a consistent Experience of this new way of thinking this new way of being and the ego will still come at you Pretty strong sometimes, you know to try to break the turn, you know to have you Sabotage and and abort abort the mission, but that's where you know Jesus says this is the time for faith This is you've come this far Even has nine chapters on special relationships and he says He says you have come so close to heaven You've come so very close He starts off those sections by saying now you just have one more obstacle And it's the special love relationship. It's it's to try to Objectify and localize this love Shrink it down instead of the vastness that it is and this is going to be the one This is going to be the thing that you're going to break through this is going to be your breakthrough moment You've come this far many times before but you haven't popped through the final distraction, so it's great, you know, it's it's like, you know, if Jesus was a surgeon Oh, he's the master surgeon. He's he's outlined the what exactly needs to be sliced away and He gives the pep talks, you know, and he's there to deliver scalpel You know, whatever you need the tools are given the means are given Everything you need the whole package is given, you know to go for this great awakening. So This is really where we're at. This is why we've come this far is to To be reflections, you know for one another of this journey and what steps you're taking It's it really seems like there's still steps to take in form But each Miracles you have every miraculous Expression that comes through you is just you coming deeper and deeper Inward in your mind to it's a dream. It's a dream every miracle Just reinforces that it's just a dream You know life is but a dream merrily merrily merrily merrily Life is but a dream Merrily merrily merrily life is but a dream the miracles keep reinforcing that ancient nursery rhyme over and over Saying yeah, it's true. It's just a dream. You're the dreamer of it. You're not a figure You're not at the mercy of all these Things that seem so big and blown out of proportion in the projected world. You're the dreamer. You're the dreamer and It just gets More and more and more in there