A Course
In Miracles

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LESSON 56

Our review for today covers the following:

1. 1(26) My attack thoughts are attacking my invulnerability.

2How can I know who I am when I see myself as under constant attack? 3Pain, illness, loss, age and death seem to threaten me. 4All my hopes and wishes and plans appear to be at the mercy of a world I cannot control. 5Yet perfect security and complete fulfillment are my inheritance. 6I have tried to give my inheritance away in exchange for the world I see. 7But God has kept my in­heritance safe for me. 8My own real thoughts will teach me what it is.

2. 1(27) Above all else I want to see.

2Recognizing that what I see reflects what I think I am, I realize that vision is my greatest need. 3The world I see attests to the fearful nature of the self-image I have made. 4If I would remember who I am, it is essential that I let this image of myself go. 5As it is replaced by truth, vision will surely be given me. 6And with this vision, I will look upon the world and on myself with charity and love.

3. 1(28) Above all else I want to see differently.

2The world I see holds my fearful self-image in place, and guar­antees its continuance. 3While I see the world as I see it now, truth cannot enter my awareness. 4I would let the door behind this world be opened for me, that I may look past it to the world that reflects the Love of God.

4. 1(29) God is in everything I see.

2Behind every image I have made, the truth remains unchanged. 3Behind every veil I have drawn across the face of love, its light remains undimmed. 4Beyond all my insane wishes is my will, united with the Will of my Father. 5God is still everywhere and in everything forever. 6And we who are part of Him will yet look past all appearances, and recognize the truth beyond them all.

5. 1(30) God is in everything I see because God is in my mind.

2In my own mind, behind all my insane thoughts of separation and attack, is the knowledge that all is one forever. 3I have not lost the knowledge of Who I am because I have forgotten it. 4It has been kept for me in the Mind of God, Who has not left His Thoughts. 5And I, who am among them, am one with them and one with Him.