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…
9. Are Changes Required in the Life Situation of God’s Teachers? 1. Changes are required in the minds of God’s teachers. * Our minds. ²This may or may not involve changes in the external situation. ³Remember that no one is where he is by accident, and chance plays no part in God’s plan. ⁴It is…
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…
8. How Can Perception of Order of Difficulties Be Avoided? 1. The belief in order of difficulties is the basis for the world’s perception. ²It rests on differences; on uneven background and shifting foreground, on unequal heights and diverse sizes, on varying degrees of darkness and light, and thousands of contrasts in which each thing…
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…
7. Should Healing Be Repeated? 1. This question really answers itself. ²Healing cannot be repeated. ³If the patient is healed, what remains to heal him from? ⁴And if the healing is certain, as we have already said it is, what is there to repeat? ⁵For a teacher of God to remain concerned about the result…
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…