W-pI.35 Lesson
My mind is part of God’s. I am very holy.
1. Today’s idea does not describe the way you see yourself now. It does, however, describe what vision will show you. It is difficult for anyone who thinks he is in this world to believe this of himself. Yet the reason he thinks he is in this world is because he does not believe it.
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Today’s idea does not describe the way you see yourself now. It [today’s idea] does, however, describe what vision will show you. It is difficult for anyone who thinks he [one] is in this world to believe [today’s idea] of himself [one’s self]. Yet the reason he [one] thinks he [one] is in this world is because he [one] does not believe it [today’s idea].
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Today’s idea does not describe the way you see yourself now. Today’s idea does, however, describe what vision will show you. It is difficult for anyone who thinks one is in this world to believe today’s idea of one’s self. Yet the reason one thinks one is in this world is because one does not believe today’s idea.
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You do not believe you are very holy, so you think you are in this world. Vision will show you that you are very holy.
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2. You will believe that you are part of where you think you are. That is because you surround yourself with the environment you want. And you want it to protect the image of yourself that you have made. The image is part of this environment. What you see while you believe you are in it is seen through the eyes of the image. This is not vision. Images cannot see.
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You will believe that you are part of where you think you are. That [believing you are part of where you think you are] is because you surround yourself with the environment you want. And you want it [the environment you surround yourself with] to protect the image of yourself that you have made. The image is part of this environment [that you surround yourself with]. What you see while you believe you are in it [the environment you surround yourself with] is seen through the eyes of the image. This [seeing through the eyes of the image] is not vision. Images cannot see.
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You will believe that you are part of where you think you are. Believing you are part of where you think you are is because you surround yourself with the environment you want. And you want the environment you surround yourself with to protect the image of yourself that you have made. The image is part of this environment that you surround yourself with. What you see while you believe you are in the environment you surround yourself with, is seen through the eyes of the image. Seeing through the eyes of the image is not vision. Images cannot see.
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You create an environment to protect the image you have of yourself. You see what you think you are. You cannot have true vision through the image you have of yourself.
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3. The idea for today presents a very different view of yourself. By establishing your Source it establishes your Identity, and it describes you as you must really be in truth. We will use a somewhat different kind of application for today's idea because the emphasis for today is on the perceiver, rather than on what he perceives.
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The idea for today presents a very different view of yourself. By establishing your Source it [the idea for today] establishes your Identity, and it [the idea for today] describes you as you must really be in truth. We will use a somewhat different kind of application for today’s idea because the emphasis for today is on the perceiver, rather than on what he [the perceiver] perceives.
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The idea for today presents a very different view of yourself. By establishing your Source, the idea for today establishes your Identity, and the idea for today describes you as you must really be in truth. We will use a somewhat different kind of application for today’s idea because the emphasis for today is on the perceiver, rather than on what the perceiver perceives.
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You true identity is that your mind is part of God’s and that you are very holy.
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4. For each of the three five-minute practice periods today, begin by repeating today’s idea to yourself, and then close your eyes and search your mind for the various kinds of descriptive terms in which you see yourself. Include all the ego-based attributes which you ascribe to yourself, positive or negative, desirable or undesirable, grandiose or debased. All of them are equally unreal, because you do not look upon yourself through the eyes of holiness.
5. In the earlier part of the mind-searching period, you will probably emphasize what you consider to be the more negative aspects of your perception of yourself. Toward the latter part of the exercise period, however, more self-inflating descriptive terms may well cross your mind. Try to recognize that the direction of your fantasies about yourself does not matter. Illusions have no direction in reality. They are merely not true.
6. A suitable unselected list for applying the idea for today might be as follows:
I see myself as imposed on.
I see myself as depressed.
I see myself as failing.
I see myself as endangered.
I see myself as helpless.
I see myself as victorious.
I see myself as losing out.
I see myself as charitable.
I see myself as virtuous.
7. You should not think of these terms in an abstract way. They will occur to you as various situations, personalities and events in which you figure cross your mind. Pick up any specific situation that occurs to you, identify the descriptive term or terms you feel are applicable to your reactions to that situation, and use them in applying today’s idea. After you have named each one, add:
But my mind is part of God’s. I am very holy.
8. During the longer exercise periods, there will probably be intervals in which nothing specific occurs to you. Do not strain to think up specific things to fill the interval, but merely relax and repeat today’s idea slowly until something occurs to you. Although nothing that does occur should be omitted from the exercises, nothing should be “dug out” with effort. Neither force nor discrimination should be used.
9. As often as possible during the day, pick up a specific attribute or attributes you are ascribing to yourself at the time and apply the idea for today to them, adding the idea in the form stated above to each of them. If nothing particular occurs to you, merely repeat the idea to yourself, with closed eyes.