I am determined to see.
* Bear in mind that this Course is about God. That is why the Teacher’s Manual speaks about realizing that you ARE a teacher of God AS a part of His Son.
* This means that what it is leading you to “SEE” IS GOD.
1. We have been quite casual about our practice periods thus far.
²There has been virtually no attempt to direct the time for undertaking them, minimal effort has been required, and not even active cooperation and interest have been asked.
³This approach has been intentional, and very carefully planned.
⁴We have not lost sight of the crucial importance of the reversal of your thinking.
⁵The salvation of the world depends on it.
⁶Yet you will not see if you regard yourself as being coerced, and if you give in to resentment and opposition.
2. This is our first attempt to introduce structure.
²Do not misconstrue it as an effort to exert force or pressure.
³You want salvation.
⁴You want to be happy.
⁵You want peace.
⁶You do not have them now, because your mind is totally undisciplined, and you cannot distinguish between joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain, love and fear.
* This is important to understand. If this quest is new you do not understand what each of these things is. You may feel numb or just plain confused. There is no anchor. Acceptance of Father’s existence gives us the anchor for everything else.
⁷You are now learning how to tell them apart.
⁸And great indeed will be your reward.
3. Your decision to see is all that vision requires.
* Decision is the key word.
²What you want is yours.
* As a Son of God you get what you want.
³Do not mistake the little effort that is asked of you for an indication that our goal is of little worth.
⁴Can the salvation of the world be a trivial purpose?
⁵And can the world be saved if you are not?
⁶God has one Son, and he is the resurrection and the life.
* THAT’s YOU or at better said YOU ARE A PART of the Son and therefore have an important role in the resurrection and the life that cannot be done by anyone else.
⁷His will is done because all power is given him in Heaven and on earth.
⁸In your determination to see is vision given you.
* Father gives you this through SPIRIT within which speaks to you in a way that you know it is not you and that it speaks truth.
4. The exercises for today consist in reminding yourself throughout the day that you want to see.
* You are setting an intent and formulating a desire.
²Today’s idea also tacitly implies the recognition that you do not see now.
* You are accessing the situation, where you are and where you want to be.
³Therefore, as you repeat the idea, you are stating that you are determined to change your present state for a better one, and one you really want.
5. Repeat today’s idea slowly and positively at least twice an hour today, attempting to do so every half hour.
²Do not be distressed if you forget to do so, but make a real effort to remember.
³The extra repetitions should be applied to any situation, person or event that upsets you.
⁴You can see them differently, and you will.
⁵What you desire you will see.
⁶Such is the real law of cause and effect as it operates in the world.
* Chuckle, it sounds like the Law of Attraction to me.
* And it is, only here is the rest of the story:
* Father is our Cause and we are the Effect of His Cause which IS LIKE HIM. As His Son, we have those same traits but without recognizing the Father, our effects have no reality because we are denying what we are. It makes sense if you stop and think about it.
(ACIM, W-20.1:1–5:6)
To Father be ALL Glory and Praise Given, AS His Son, debi.
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