Lesson 6: I Am Upset Because I See Something That Is Not There

This teaching invites us to question the stories we project onto the world — the illusions, assumptions, and false perceptions that trigger our Upset. Through gentle reflection, we begin to understand that much of our pain arises not from what’s actually happening, but from the meanings we assign. This is the beginning of healing the hallucination… and dismantling the mirage of the mind.

What if who you’ve been arguing with in the shower is a mirage? What if the confrontations you create in your mind with “so and so” never come to pass? What if you realize the reason you create these energy-sucking arguments in your mind are actually a defense mechanism to ultimately keep you safe? Could you, perhaps, have more compassion for yourself?

This lesson invites us into a radical shift in consciousness — one where we begin to see how perception is not truth… but a mirror of the mind.And that mirror? Distorted by guilt, fear, and old wounds.

Modern neuroscience now confirms what the mystics always knew: our brains are not passive observers of reality — they are creators of it. Perception is predictive, shaped by memory, emotion, and expectation. As philosopher Alan Watts once said, “We do not come into the world. We come out of it, like leaves from a tree.” Our minds are not separate from the world we see… they create it.

So when we are upset — the Course is not shaming us. It’s whispering:Look again, beloved. You are not seeing clearly. What you think is “out there” is actually a filmstrip of your own unhealed pain.

This is not a dismissal of your emotions. It’s a liberation.You can grieve what never happened.You can rage at what was never said.But the miracle is: you don’t have to stay there.

Let’s walk together through this hallucination. Let’s begin dismantling the mirage of the mind — not with force, but with gentleness. Curiosity. Grace.

You are not crazy. You are waking up.You are not broken. You are beginning to see.

Come with me — as we journey deeper into the sacred undoing.

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