“My meaningless thoughts are showing me a meaningless world.”
We have talked about thoughts darting about in your mind being the work of the ego thought system active in your mind. These thoughts do not at all form an inspiring basis on which to fully live the present moment. So much is clear.
Lesson 11 describes a major shift in perspective that has to do with cause and effect. Most people think that circumstances in their environment (the “world”) are the cause and that they experience the effect of what happens in the world. While that may be true on the appearance-level—after all, you get wet when you venture out into the rain—on a deeper level the opposite is true.
When you think of a structure like the Golden Gate Bridge, it is clear that the idea begins in the architect’s imagination, while the physical bridge is the final outcome.
We could translate “My meaningless thoughts are showing me a meaningless world” into: “The crazy ego mind is showing me a crazy world.” By the same token, your real thoughts, the thoughts that light up within you and enlighten you, will show you a lighted world.