Lesson 15 - “My thoughts are images that I have made.”

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The Lesson

It is because the thoughts you think you think appear as images that you do not recognize them as nothing. You think you think them, and so you think you see them. This is how your “seeing” was made. This is the function you have given your body’s eyes. It is not seeing. It is image-making. It takes the place of seeing, replacing vision with illusions.

This introductory idea to the process of image-making which you call seeing will not have much meaning for you. You will begin to understand it when you have seen little edges of light around the same familiar objects which you see now. That is the beginning of real vision. You can be certain that real vision will come quickly when this has occurred.

As we go along, you may have many “light episodes.” They may take many different forms, some of them quite unexpected. Do not be afraid of them. They are signs that you are opening your eyes at last. They will not persist, because they merely symbolize true perception, and they are not related to knowledge. These exercises will not reveal knowledge to you. But they will prepare the way to it.

In practicing the idea for today, repeat it first to yourself, and then apply it to whatever you see around you, using its name and letting your eyes rest on it as you say:

“This [table] is an image that I have made.”“This [chair] is an image that I have made.”

It is not necessary to include a large number of specific subjects for the application of today’s idea. It is necessary, however, to continue looking at each subject while you repeat the idea to yourself. The idea should be repeated quite slowly each time.

Although you obviously will not be able to apply the idea to very many things during the minute or so of practice that is recommended, try to make the selection as random as possible. Less than a minute will do for the practice periods, if you begin to feel uneasy. Do not have more than three application periods for today, unless you feel completely comfortable with the idea and want to do more. If you do, more will be helpful.

2. Explanation

This lesson introduces one of the Course’s most radical shifts: what we call “seeing” is not vision—it is projection. Our eyes don’t show us truth; they reflect our thoughts, which are rooted in the past and made of fear, defense, and separation.

In the Textbook, it says:

• “Perception is a mirror, not a fact. And what I look on is my state of mind, reflected outward.”

• “The world you see is what you gave it, nothing more than that. But though it is no more than that, it is not less.”

• “You see what you believe is there, and you believe it there because you want it there.”

This isn’t just mystical—it’s scientific.

Donald Hoffman, a cognitive scientist, has shown through mathematics and evolutionary theory that we do not see reality as it is. We see what’s useful, not what’s true. According to him, space and time are not the foundation of reality—they are just part of the interface we evolved to survive. What lies behind? Consciousness itself. Not brains or objects, but conscious agents interacting.

This view aligns perfectly with the Course: the world we see is not created by God—it’s constructed by thought. A hallucination. A dream built on beliefs we forgot we chose.

And here’s the beauty: without trying to prove any spiritual path, science is arriving—equation by equation, observation by observation—at the same truth that Jesus, Buddha, and mystics throughout the ages have taught: that this world is an illusion; that vision is internal; and that consciousness is not a product of the brain, but the source of all form.

For 3,000 years, sages told us, “You have eyes, but do not see.”Now, physicists echo: “What you see doesn’t exist unless you look at it.”One came through silence. The other through data. But both are pulling back the veil.

And in that questioning, we may finally be awakening from Adam’s sleep—and seeing that we were created in the image and according to His likeness. To perceive image is not to see the likeness. Only through vision—not sight—do we remember who we are.

3. Integration with Christianity and Ancient Wisdom

Christianity speaks of being created in God's image, and the Fall as a moment of “eyes being opened.” But the Course reframes this: our eyes were not opened to truth—but to illusion.

Jesus said: “You have eyes but do not see.” (Mark 8:18)The truth was never lost—it was simply covered by perception.

The Upanishads (Vedas) tell us:“From the unreal, lead me to the real. From darkness, lead me to light. From death, lead me to immortality.”

Rumi writes:“Don’t get lost in your pain. Know that one day your pain will become your cure.”“The wound is where the light enters you.”

The illusion hurts. But even the pain can become a path. When we question the image, we return to the likeness.

4. Bible Verses and New Meaning

Genesis 2:21“So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh”

Traditional view: The beginning of woman’s creation.

Deeper view: The beginning of the dream. Nowhere does it say Adam woke up.

2 Corinthians 4:18“We fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, for what is seen is temporary and what is unseen is eternal”

Deeper view: What is seen is a projection. What is unseen is the truth behind it.

John 9:39“So that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”

Deeper view: True vision begins only when we stop trusting appearances.

5. Message to Friends

I find it so beautiful… almost wild—how minds like Donald Hoffman, through pure mathematics, are now proving what the mystics whispered in silence:that we do not live in a space-time world—we live in a perspective space.That everything we see appears because we are looking at it.And more than that—we see what we believe is there.And we believe it’s there… because we want it there.

A Course in Miracles brings a beautiful explanation of the reality of the Bible's interpretation that have been lost for centuries but have always been discussed by misthics through all this time.

And now, after centuries of science climbing the mountain of matter—biology, medicine, physics—we’re finally reaching the summit.We’ve become experts at fixing the things inside of our illusion. We can heal the body with chemical compounds, we can take organs out and substitute with technology parts, we have figured out pretty much how to deal with most problems inside of our reality but we have never been able to explain consciousness and how our minds can affect our reality, our own bodies and even other people's bodies. We’ve gotten good at improving the virtual reality headset. But now the collective soul of humanity is whispering:This isn’t it.There’s no final answer inside the game.The solution to existence doesn’t live inside space and time.

And now, scientists are taking their first breath at the edge of that knowing.Not just talking about particles, but perception.Not just solving equations—but listening to mystery.

And I think of people like Steve Crowdy—already speaking from the space beyond.Already seeing the blueprint of what’s to come. Already telling them, gently,you’ll find what you're looking for... when you stop looking through your eyes.

But me? I walk in the healing world.

I walk with this book,and the journey of my own remembering,and the quiet miracle that is still happening all around us.

Because for all the brilliance of the scientific mind,there’s still one bug in the system that refuses to fit:The person who was healed without explanation.The touch that changed everything.The placebo that worked better than the pill.The cancer that disappeared 1 week before the chemotherapy, the fibromialgia that was healed just by changing someone's diet. The tears that made no sense—but brought peace. The forgiveness that made someone talk again. We live in a time where miracles are happening in front of our eyes and have been recorded and studied as they happen by the thousands. And we are figuring out that , the body isn’t the source of healing.The chemistry is not the cause of disease, depression, stress. The bug isn’t a bug—it’s a clue.

A reminder that what we call impossible is simply what happens when we stop living inside the script and start listening to the Source.

The world we see is an image we have made.But the power that heals…comes from the One in all who never forgot what we are.

And when we connect to That—We remember.

We return.

And we are healed.