Robinzz3@aus.social
HOW DID WE BECOME SO
CONFUSED ABOUT REALITY? 💎
That may be the question A Course in Miracles is really trying to answer. Its answer is almost absurdly simple:
We believed our own interpretation.
In the Course’s story, there is the tiny mad idea of separation, and instead of recognising it as meaningless, the mind takes it seriously. From there come guilt, fear, projection, and, eventually, a world outside ourselves that seems to explain why we feel frightened and divided.
Then the confusion becomes convincing.
The body says, “I am here.” The eyes say, “There is a world out there.” Pain says, “Something outside me has hurt me.” Death says, “Life ends.” And generation after generation inherits the same interpretation and calls it reality.
What I love about ACIM is that it doesn’t ask us to replace one complicated worldview with another. It keeps bringing us back to something much simpler: "Perhaps what I am seeing does not mean what I think it means?"
"I gave everything I see all the meaning it has for me."
That changes everything. Because if reality itself is not broken, then reality does not need repairing. Only perception does. And perhaps even that is too much.
Sometimes the confusion simply stops being fed. The commentary goes quiet.
And reality is still there.
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@Robinzz3 @3goodthings @DigitalCoup @meditation @economics_that_works @disability @joinin There are several known wordings for this answer, depending on spiritual or intellectual tradition one subscribes to. Looking at it from (I hope) practical angle, I would slightly rephrase it:
We have been pushed into believing interpretations served by people in the position of power.
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Yes, I think that’s true at the social level. People in positions of power have always been very good at supplying interpretations that serve their interests.
But I was going one layer deeper. Why are we susceptible to those interpretations in the first place?
ACIM’s answer would be that the habit of believing interpretation rather than simply seeing is already there. Power doesn’t create that confusion; it learns how to use it.
And this is where the Course becomes uncomfortable: “I am not the victim of the world I see.”
That doesn’t excuse those who manipulate others. It changes where I look for my freedom.
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Disclaimer: I am only providing another perspective. No claim of full/ultimate truth here.