LESSON 133, I will not value what is valueless.

LESSON 133, I will not value what is valueless.

From A Course in Miracles Experience by Rev. Devan Jesse Byrne

May 17, 2026 · 9 min · Season 1 · Episode 133

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of valuing what truly matters and the criteria for making wise choices in life.

LESSON 133 I will not value what is valueless. Sometimes in teaching there is benefit, particularly after you have gone through what seems theoretical and far from what the student has already learned, to bring him back to practical concerns. This we will do today. We will not speak of lofty, world-encompassing ideas, but dwell instead on benefits to you. You do not ask too much of life, but far too little. When you let your mind be drawn to bodily concerns, to things you buy, to eminence as valued by the world, you ask for sorrow, not for happiness. This course does not attempt to take from you the little that you have. It does not try to substitute utopian ideas for satisfactions which the world contains. There are no satisfactions in the world. Today we list the real criteria by which to test all things you think you want. Unless they meet these sound requirements, they are not worth desiring at all, for they can but replace what offers more. The laws that govern choice you cannot make, no more than you can make alternatives from which to choose. The choosing you can do; indeed, you must. But it is wise to learn the laws you set in motion when you choose, and what alternatives…

People in this episode

Host: Rev. Devan Jesse Byrne

Topics covered

  • self-worth
  • value
  • practical concerns
  • spirituality
  • choice

Keywords

  • LESSON 133
  • valueless
  • sorrow
  • happiness
  • criteria
  • choice
  • spiritual growth

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