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Lesson 34 - I could see peace instead of this.

August 18, 2025 /

1. The idea for today begins to describe the conditions that prevail in the other way of seeing. ²Peace of mind is clearly an internal matter. ³It must begin with your own thoughts, and then extend outward. ⁴It is from your peace of mind that a peaceful perception of the world arises.

2. Three longer practice periods are required for today’s exercises. ²One in the morning and one in the evening are advised, with an additional one to be undertaken at any time in between that seems most conducive to readiness. ³All applications should be done with your eyes closed. ⁴It is your inner world to which the applications of today’s idea should be made.

3. Some five minutes of mind searching are required for each of the longer practice periods. ²Search your mind for fear thoughts, anxiety-provoking situations, “offending” personalities or events, or anything else about which you are harboring unloving thoughts. ³Note them all casually, repeating the idea for today slowly as you watch them arise in your mind, and let each one go, to be replaced by the next.

4. If you begin to experience difficulty in thinking of specific subjects, continue to repeat the idea to yourself in an unhurried manner, without applying it to anything in particular. ²Be sure, however, not to make any specific exclusions.

5. The shorter applications are to be frequent, and made whenever you feel your peace of mind is threatened in any way. ²The purpose is to protect yourself from temptation throughout the day. ³If a specific form of temptation arises in your awareness, the exercise should take this form:

              4I could see peace in this situation instead of what I now see in it.

6. If the inroads on your peace of mind take the form of more generalized adverse emotions, such as depression, anxiety or worry, use the idea in its original form. ²If you find you need more than one application of today’s idea to help you change your mind in any specific context, try to take several minutes and devote them to repeating the idea until you feel some sense of relief. ³It will help you if you tell yourself specifically:

            4Ek kan my gevoelens van depressie, angs of bekommernis (of my gedagtes oor             hierdie situasie, persoonlikheid of gebeurtenis) vervang met vrede.

✨ Inspired by the core message of the Course:

"Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God."

This lesson comes from (A Course in Miracles). Hemelbewus presents it in Afrikaans as part of a path of inner healing and forgiveness. The translation was done with great care and dedication over several years by Henri Theron, and brings the deep spiritual teachings of the Course to Afrikaans-speaking readers.

📚 Read more about the Course: www.acim.org

Lesson 34: I could see peace instead of this. (ACIM, W-34)

Lesson 8 - My mind is preoccupied with past thoughts.

July 23, 2025 /

1. This idea is, of course, the reason why you see only the past. 2No one really sees anything. 3He sees only his thoughts projected outward. 4The mind’s preoccupation with the past is the cause of the misconception about time from which your seeing suffers. 5Your mind cannot grasp the present, which is the only time there is. 6It therefore cannot understand time, and cannot, in fact, understand anything.

2. The one wholly true thought one can hold about the past is that it is not here. 2To think about it at all is therefore to think about illusions. 3Very few have realized what is actually entailed in picturing the past or in anticipating the future. 4The mind is actually blank when it does this, because it is not really thinking about anything.

3. The purpose of the exercises for today is to begin to train your mind to recognize when it is not really thinking at all. 2While thoughtless ideas preoccupy your mind, the truth is blocked. 3Recognizing that your mind has been merely blank, rather than believing that it is filled with real ideas, is the first step to opening the way to vision.

4. The exercises for today should be done with eyes closed. 2This is because you actually cannot see anything, and it is easier to recognize that no matter how vividly you may picture a thought, you are not seeing anything. 3With as little investment as possible, search your mind for the usual minute or so, merely noting the thoughts you find there. 4Name each one by the central figure or theme it contains, and pass on to the next. 5Introduce the practice period by saying:

              6I seem to be thinking about _________.

5. Then name each of your thoughts specifically, for example:

2I seem to be thinking about [name of a person], about [name of an object], about [name of an emotion],

and so on, concluding at the end of the mind-searching period with:

            3But my mind is preoccupied with past thoughts.

6. This can be done four or five times during the day, unless you find it irritates you. 2If you find it trying, three or four times is sufficient. 3You might find it helpful, however, to include your irritation, or any emotion that the idea for today may induce, in the mind searching itself.

✨ Inspired by the core message of the Course:

"Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God."

This lesson comes from (A Course in Miracles). Hemelbewus presents it in Afrikaans as part of a path of inner healing and forgiveness. The translation was done with great care and dedication over several years by Henri Theron, and brings the deep spiritual teachings of the Course to Afrikaans-speaking readers.

📚 Read more about the Course: www.acim.org

Lesson 8: My mind is preoccupied with past thoughts. (ACIM, W-8)

Lesson 7 - I see only the past.

July 22, 2025 /

1. This idea is particularly difficult to believe at first. 2Yet it is the rationale for all of the preceding ones.

3It is the reason why nothing that you see means anything.

4It is the reason why you have given everything you see all the meaning that it has for you.

                              5It is the reason why you do not understand anything you see.

6It is the reason why your thoughts do not mean anything, and why they are like the things you see.

7It is the reason why you are never upset for the reason you think.

8It is the reason why you are upset because you see something that is not there.

2. Old ideas about time are very difficult to change, because everything you believe is rooted in time, and depends on your not learning these new ideas about it. 2Yet that is precisely why you need new ideas about time. 3This first time idea is not really so strange as it may sound at first.

3. Look at a cup, for example. 2Do you see a cup, or are you merely reviewing your past experiences of picking up a cup, being thirsty, drinking from a cup, feeling the rim of a cup against your lips, having breakfast and so on? 3Are not your aesthetic reactions to the cup, too, based on past experiences? 4How else would you know whether or not this kind of cup will break if you drop it? 5What do you know about this cup except what you learned in the past? 6You would have no idea what this cup is, except for your past learning. 7Do you, then, really see it?

4. Look about you. 2This is equally true of whatever you look at. 3Acknowledge this by applying the idea for today indiscriminately to whatever catches your eye. 4For example:

            5I see only the past in this pencil.

              6I see only the past in this shoe.

              7I see only the past in this hand.

              8I see only the past in that body.

              9I see only the past in that face.

5. Do not linger over any one thing in particular, but remember to omit nothing specifically. 2Glance briefly at each subject, and then move on to the next. 3Three or four practice periods, each to last a minute or so, will be enough.

✨ Inspired by the core message of the Course:

"Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God."

This lesson comes from (A Course in Miracles). Hemelbewus presents it in Afrikaans as part of a path of inner healing and forgiveness. The translation was done with great care and dedication over several years by Henri Theron, and brings the deep spiritual teachings of the Course to Afrikaans-speaking readers.

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Lesson 7: I see only the past. (ACIM, W-7)

Lesson 6 - I am upset because I see something that is not there.

July 21, 2025 /

1. The exercises with this idea are very similar to the preceding ones. 2Again, it is necessary to name both the form of upset (anger, fear, worry, depression and so on) and the perceived source very specifically for any application of the idea. 3For example:

              4I am angry at _________ because I see something that is not there.

              5I am worried about _________ because I see something that is not there.

2. Today’s idea is useful for application to anything that seems to upset you, and can profitably be used throughout the day for that purpose. 2However, the three or four practice periods which are required should be preceded by a minute or so of mind searching, as before, and the application of the idea to each upsetting thought uncovered in the search.

3. Again, if you resist applying the idea to some upsetting thoughts more than to others, remind yourself of the two cautions stated in the previous lesson:

            2There are no small upsets. 3Hulle is almal ewe steurend vir my             innerlike vrede.

                                                                                    4And:

            5I cannot keep this form of upset and let the others go. 6Vir             die doel van hierdie oefeninge sal ek hulle dus almal as dieselfde beskou.

✨ Inspired by the core message of the Course:

"Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God."

This lesson comes from (A Course in Miracles). Hemelbewus presents it in Afrikaans as part of a path of inner healing and forgiveness. The translation was done with great care and dedication over several years by Henri Theron, and brings the deep spiritual teachings of the Course to Afrikaans-speaking readers.

📚 Read more about the Course: www.acim.org

Lesson 6: I am upset because I see something that is not there. (ACIM, W-6)

Lesson 3 - I do not understand anything I see in this room.

July 18, 2025 /

I do not understand anything I see in this room

(on this street, from this window, in this place).

1. Apply this idea in the same way as the previous ones, without making distinctions of any kind. 2Whatever you see becomes a proper subject for applying the idea. 3Be sure that you do not question the suitability of anything for application of the idea. 4These are not exercises in judgment. 5Anything is suitable if you see it. 6Some of the things you see may have emotionally charged meaning for you. 7Try to lay such feelings aside, and merely use these things exactly as you would anything else.

2. The point of the exercises is to help you clear your mind of all past associations, to see things exactly as they appear to you now, and to realize how little you really understand about them. 2It is therefore essential that you keep a perfectly open mind, unhampered by judgment, in selecting the things to which the idea for the day is to be applied. 3For this purpose one thing is like another; equally suitable and therefore equally useful.

✨ Inspired by the core message of the Course:

"Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God."

This lesson comes from (A Course in Miracles). Hemelbewus presents it in Afrikaans as part of a path of inner healing and forgiveness. The translation was done with great care and dedication over several years by Henri Theron, and brings the deep spiritual teachings of the Course to Afrikaans-speaking readers.

📚 Read more about the Course: www.acim.org

Lesson 3: I do not understand anything I see in this room [on this street, from this window, in this place]. (ACIM, W-3)

Vrywaring / Disclaimer: This Afrikaans version is my interpretation of A Course in Miracles, which deeply inspired me. I studied the Course in English and longed to share my experience and insights in my native language, Afrikaans. The workbook lessons and terms on this website have been translated by Henri Theron. For the full translated Afrikaans version of A Course in Miracles, you are welcome to contact Henri at: (www.nkiw.org).

Originally published by the Foundation for Inner Peace in 1975, as directed by Dr. Helen Schucman and co-author Dr. William Thetford.
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