I can escape from the world I see by giving up attack thoughts. 1. The idea for today contains the only way out of fear that will ever succeed. ²Nothing else will work; everything else is meaningless. ³But this way cannot fail. ⁴Every thought you have makes up some segment of the world you see.…
My comments are based on what I understand on the 21st of January 2025. VI. Defenselessness 1. God’s teachers have learned how to be simple. * Haha, this makes me think of the other meaning of simple which is “not straight in the head.” If you saw my post on how the mind sees different…
I am determined to see things differently. 1. The idea for today is obviously a continuation and extension of the preceding one. ²This time, however, specific mind-searching periods are necessary, in addition to applying the idea to particular situations as they may arise. ³Five practice periods are urged, allowing a full minute for each. 2.…
Introduction 1. A theoretical foundation such as the text provides is necessary as a framework to make the exercises in this workbook meaningful. * We got the Text in response to Dr. William Thetford’s exclamation, “There has to be a better way,” combined with Helen’s quest to find God. * The Text gives us a…
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…
My comments are based on what I understand on the 20th of January 2025. V. Joy 1. Joy is the inevitable result of gentleness. ²Gentleness means that fear is now impossible, and what could come to interfere with joy? * I think of joy as existence knowing Father is in charge and all is well.…
I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my thoughts. 1. The idea for today is obviously the reason why your seeing does not affect you alone. * It is impossible to be alone. This defies the idea that the Course teaches there is only ONE in the “Sonship of Christ” as Jesus calls…
Reviewed 4 January 2025 Who Are God’s Teachers? 1. Who Are God’s Teachers? 1. A teacher of God is anyone who chooses to be one. * That would include you, if you choose to do so. ²His qualifications consist solely in this; somehow, somewhere he has made a deliberate choice in which he did not…
I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my seeing. * Yet there are many teachers of the Course that say only you make up what you see. * ONLY in releasing what you believe you see to Father will you begin to see truth. 1. The idea for today is another step in…
Reviewed on 3 January 2025 1. The role of teaching and learning is actually reversed in the thinking of the world. * Are you listening? Are you willing to hear what YOUR POTENTIAL IS? ²The reversal is characteristic. * Characteristic of the relationship between Father’s View and that of the Image that Christ made up…