Simple or difficult ?

Many people find practicing the lessons of ACIM difficult and say:

“True… but also difficult.”

And yes… that’s it. That’s where we all quietly meet, because if we are honest, the ideas and lessons of A Course in Miracles are not difficult to understand……they are difficult to LIVE.

We can read:

“Nothing I see means anything”

“I am not a body.”

“I have only one problem.”

“I choose to see differently.” And so on……

And something in us says: Yes..beautiful..true! And then five minutes later someone says something annoying…and it’s all gone

So what is this “difficulty”? It’s not that the truth is hard. It’s that we are used to something else. Very used to it.

The mind has practiced separation for a long time. It has become automatic.

Like riding a bike… but in the wrong direction.

And now suddenly we are asked to do something completely different:

not to fix the world…but to question the way we see it.

That feels unfamiliar. And what is unfamiliar often feels…yes..difficult.

But here comes the twist: What if it is not difficult… but just unpracticed?

Think of something simple: The first time you drove a car…it felt like a

lot: Clutch, mirrors, traffic, signals… everything at once.

Now you drive and don’t even think about it. Not because driving became easier, but because you became familiar with it.

It’s the same with the lessons … we are not learning something complex,

we are learning something new. Or even more precise…we are unlearning something very old.

So how do we make it easier? By trying harder?? That’s the ego’s strategy. Instead…by becoming gentler with ourselves:

1. Stop trying to “do it perfectly”.

The Course is not asking us to be a perfect student. It is asking us to notice. That’s all.

You get upset?…..Good…now you can see it!

You forgot the lesson?…..Perfect…now you remember again.

Nothing went wrong. We are simply becoming aware.

2. Make it small.

The ego loves big spiritual goals: “I must always be peaceful.”

“I must see only love.” “I must apply this all day.”

Exhausting

Instead, try this: stop for moment…take one pause.

In this way you create one second of space for a different thought.

You don’t need a perfect day…just one honest second of willingness.

3. Use real-life moments (not ideal ones).

The practice is not in meditation alone. It’s right here:

When someone interrupts you…When you feel irritation…When you worry about something small or big.

say to yourself: Ah… this is that same old idea again.

That’s the doorway. Not later…now.

Nothing to fix. Just recognition.

4. Allow the shift, don’t force it.

The Course does not ask us to change our feelings. It asks us to bring them to another Teacher.

That’s very different. We don’t push fear away. We don’t pretend to be peaceful. We simply say, quietly: “I am willing to see this differently.”

And then we wait. Even a tiny softening is enough.

5. Keep the humor.

This may be the most underrated part.

If everything becomes serious…it becomes heavy, but when we start to recognize the pattern, something funny appears: “ Oh…look at me, solving the same problem again in a new outfit.”

Not judging. Just smiling. And that smile already loosens the grip.

So yes… It feels difficult sometimes.

Not because truth is far away, but because we are still used to listening to something else. And that is okay.

We don’t need to become a perfect student of the Course. We don’t need to “get it right.” We only need a little willingness… again…and again…and again.

And maybe this is the most comforting part: we are not the one doing the correction. We are the one allowing it.

So the next time you think: This is difficult…you might gently smile and say:

“No…this is just new for me.”

And new things…become naturally, surprisingly fast.

With love and light,

G.