My holiness envelops everything I see. * I was going to say that if Helen or Bill had given even a moment of consideration that there was a real Father in Heaven looking out for us, we would have gotten the Course differently worded. * And even before I finished that sentence, I knew that…
There is another way of looking at the world. * Other than the egocentric, “I am a victim. I need to defend myself by attacking first.” Mentality, that believing in separation from God gives us. 1. Today’s idea is an attempt to recognize that you can shift your perception of the world in both its…
I have invented the world I see. * At the present time, I find myself wanting to share with anyone who will listen the world that I have found inside where Father Resides and Assures me that He is in all things. * With the death of my children’s mother I am reflecting on that…
I am not the victim of the world I see. * It is easy to see others who have locked themselves in an event that has labeled them “victim.” It is not so easy to see ourselves when we do this because we feel justified by the wrongs that are SO CLEARLY THERE that we…
Above all else I want to see. 1. Today’s idea expresses something stronger than mere determination. ²It gives vision priority among your desires. ³You may feel hesitant about using the idea, on the grounds that you are not sure you really mean it. ⁴This does not matter. ⁵The purpose of today’s exercises is to bring…
My attack thoughts are attacking my invulnerability. 1. It is surely obvious that if you can be attacked you are not invulnerable. ²You see attack as a real threat. ³That is because you believe that you can really attack. ⁴And what would have effects through you must also have effects on you. ⁵It is this…
I do not know what anything is for. * … when I did not know GOD was the only thing that could be REAL. 1. Purpose is meaning. ²Today’s idea explains why nothing you see means anything. * Because you are not willing to see God WITH His Son in ALL THAT IS. ³You do…
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.…
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…