I Am: A Course In Miracles (acim)

lesson 9 â??I see nothing as it is now.â?? This idea obviously follows from the two preceding ones.But while you may be able to accept it intellectually, it is unlikely that it will mean anything to you as yet.However,understanding is not necessary at this point.In fact,the recognition that you do not understand is a prerequisite for undoing your false ideas. These exercises are concerned with practice,not with understanding.You do not need to practice what you really understand. It would indeed be circular to aim at understanding,and assume that you have it already. It is difï¬?cult for the untrained mind to believe that what seems to be pictured before it is not there.This idea can be quite disturbing, and may meet with active resistance in any number of forms.Yet that does not preclude applying it.No more than that is required for these or any other exercises.Each little step will clear a little of the darkness away,and understanding will ï¬?nally come to lighten every corner