This idea applies to all the thoughts of which you are aware, or become aware in the practice periods. The reason the idea is applicable to all of them is that they are not your real thoughts. We have made this distinction before, and will do so again. You have no basis for comparison as yet. When you do, you will have no doubt that what you once believed were your thoughts did not mean anything.

This is the second time we have used this kind of idea. The form is only slightly different. This time the idea is introduced with "My thoughts" instead of "These thoughts," and no link is made overtly with the things around you. The emphasis is now on the lack of reality of what you think you think.

This aspect of the correction process began with the idea that the thoughts of which you are aware are meaningless, outside rather than within; and then stressed their past rather than their present status. Now we are emphasizing that the presence of these "thoughts" means that you are not thinking. This is merely another way of repeating our earlier statement that your mind is really a blank. To recognize this is to recognize nothingness when you think you see it. As such, it is the prerequisite for vision.

Close your eyes for these exercises, and introduce them by repeating the idea for today quite slowly to yourself. Then add:

This idea will help to release me from all that I now believe.

The exercises consist, as before, in searching your mind for all the thoughts that are available to you, without selection or judgment. Try to avoid classification of any kind. In fact, if you find it helpful to do so, you might imagine that you are watching an oddly assorted procession going by, which has little if any personal meaning to you. As each one crosses your mind, say:

My thought about ______ does not mean anything.

My thought about ______ does not mean anything.

Today's thought can obviously serve for any thought that distresses you at any time. In addition, five practice periods are recommended, each involving no more than a minute or so of mind searching. It is not recommended that this time period be extended, and it should be reduced to half a minute or less if you experience discomfort. Remember, however, to repeat the idea slowly before applying it specifically, and also to add:

This idea will help to release me from all that I now believe.

𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑩𐑐𐑤𐑲𐑟 𐑑 𐑷𐑤 𐑞 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑝 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑿 𐑸 𐑩𐑢𐑺, 𐑹 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑳𐑥 𐑩𐑢𐑺 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟. 𐑞 𐑮𐑰𐑟𐑩𐑯 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑦𐑟 𐑨𐑐𐑤𐑦𐑒𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑑 𐑷𐑤 𐑝 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑦𐑟 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑞𐑱 𐑸 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑘𐑹 𐑮𐑾𐑤 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕. 𐑢𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑥𐑱𐑛 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑙𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑚𐑦𐑓𐑹, 𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑛𐑵 𐑕𐑴 𐑩𐑜𐑧𐑯. 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑯𐑴 𐑚𐑱𐑕𐑦𐑕 𐑓 𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑐𐑨𐑮𐑦𐑕𐑩𐑯 𐑨𐑟 𐑘𐑧𐑑. 𐑢𐑧𐑯 𐑿 𐑛𐑵, 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑯𐑴 𐑛𐑬𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑿 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑕 𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑝𐑛 𐑢𐑻 𐑘𐑹 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑛𐑦𐑛 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑥𐑰𐑯 𐑧𐑯𐑦𐑔𐑦𐑙.

𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑕𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑛 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑢𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑿𐑟𐑛 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑒𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑝 𐑲𐑛𐑾. 𐑞 𐑓𐑹𐑥 𐑦𐑟 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑦 𐑕𐑤𐑲𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑼𐑩𐑯𐑑. 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑦𐑟 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑮𐑩𐑛𐑵𐑕𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑞 "𐑥𐑲 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕" 𐑦𐑯𐑕𐑑𐑧𐑛 𐑝 "𐑞𐑰𐑟 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕," 𐑯 𐑯𐑴 𐑤𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑦𐑟 𐑥𐑱𐑛 𐑴𐑝𐑻𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑞 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑟 𐑼𐑬𐑯𐑛 𐑿. 𐑞 𐑧𐑥𐑓𐑩𐑕𐑦𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑬 𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑤𐑨𐑒 𐑝 𐑮𐑦𐑨𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑦 𐑝 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑿 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑿 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒.

𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑨𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑒𐑑 𐑝 𐑞 𐑒𐑼𐑧𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑕𐑧𐑕 𐑚𐑦𐑜𐑨𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑝 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑿 𐑸 𐑩𐑢𐑺 𐑸 𐑥𐑰𐑯𐑦𐑙𐑤𐑩𐑕, 𐑬𐑑𐑕𐑲𐑛 𐑮𐑨𐑞𐑼 𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑞𐑦𐑯; 𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑧𐑕𐑑 𐑞𐑺 𐑐𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑮𐑨𐑞𐑼 𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑞𐑺 𐑐𐑮𐑧𐑟𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑑𐑩𐑕. 𐑯𐑬 𐑢𐑰 𐑸 𐑧𐑥𐑓𐑩𐑕𐑲𐑟𐑦𐑙 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑐𐑮𐑧𐑟𐑩𐑯𐑕 𐑝 𐑞𐑰𐑟 "𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕" 𐑥𐑰𐑯𐑟 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑸 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒𐑦𐑙. 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑥𐑽𐑤𐑦 𐑩𐑯𐑳𐑞𐑼 𐑢𐑱 𐑝 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑬𐑼 𐑻𐑤𐑽 𐑕𐑑𐑱𐑑𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑘𐑹 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑦𐑟 𐑮𐑾𐑤𐑦 𐑩 𐑚𐑤𐑨𐑙𐑒. 𐑑 𐑮𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑜𐑯𐑲𐑟 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑑 𐑮𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑜𐑯𐑲𐑟 𐑯𐑳𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑯𐑩𐑕 𐑢𐑧𐑯 𐑿 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑿 𐑕𐑰 𐑦𐑑. 𐑨𐑟 𐑕𐑳𐑗, 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑐𐑮𐑰𐑮𐑧𐑒𐑢𐑦𐑟𐑦𐑑 𐑓 𐑝𐑦𐑠𐑩𐑯.

𐑒𐑤𐑴𐑟 𐑘𐑹 𐑲𐑟 𐑓 𐑞𐑰𐑟 𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑼𐑕𐑲𐑟𐑩𐑟, 𐑯 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑮𐑩𐑛𐑵𐑕 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑚𐑲 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑑 𐑕𐑤𐑴𐑤𐑦 𐑑 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓. 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑨𐑛:

𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑣𐑧𐑤𐑐 𐑑 𐑮𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑕 𐑥𐑰 𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥 𐑷𐑤 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑲 𐑯𐑬 𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑝.

𐑞 𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑼𐑕𐑲𐑟𐑩𐑟 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑦𐑕𐑑, 𐑨𐑟 𐑚𐑦𐑓𐑹, 𐑦𐑯 𐑕𐑻𐑗𐑦𐑙 𐑘𐑹 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑓 𐑷𐑤 𐑞 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑸 𐑩𐑝𐑱𐑤𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑑 𐑿, 𐑢𐑦𐑞𐑬𐑑 𐑕𐑦𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑹 𐑡𐑳𐑡𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑. 𐑑𐑮𐑲 𐑑 𐑩𐑝𐑶𐑛 𐑒𐑤𐑨𐑕𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑒𐑲𐑯𐑛. 𐑦𐑯 𐑓𐑨𐑒𐑑, 𐑦𐑓 𐑿 𐑓𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑦𐑑 𐑣𐑧𐑤𐑐𐑓𐑩𐑤 𐑑 𐑛𐑵 𐑕𐑴, 𐑿 𐑥𐑲𐑑 𐑦𐑥𐑨𐑡𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑸 𐑢𐑪𐑗𐑦𐑙 𐑩𐑯 𐑪𐑛𐑤𐑦 𐑩𐑕𐑹𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑐𐑮𐑩𐑕𐑧𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑜𐑴𐑦𐑙 𐑚𐑲, 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑩𐑤 𐑦𐑓 𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑐𐑻𐑕𐑩𐑯𐑩𐑤 𐑥𐑰𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑑 𐑿. 𐑨𐑟 𐑰𐑗 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑒𐑮𐑪𐑕𐑩𐑟 𐑘𐑹 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛, 𐑕𐑱:

𐑥𐑲 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 ______ 𐑛𐑳𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑥𐑰𐑯 𐑧𐑯𐑦𐑔𐑦𐑙.

𐑥𐑲 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 ______ 𐑛𐑳𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑥𐑰𐑯 𐑧𐑯𐑦𐑔𐑦𐑙.

𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑪𐑚𐑝𐑾𐑕𐑤𐑦 𐑕𐑻𐑝 𐑓 𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑧𐑕𐑩𐑟 𐑿 𐑨𐑑 𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑑𐑲𐑥. 𐑦𐑯 𐑩𐑛𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯, 𐑓𐑲𐑝 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟 𐑸 𐑮𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑛, 𐑰𐑗 𐑦𐑯𐑝𐑪𐑤𐑝𐑦𐑙 𐑯𐑴 𐑥𐑹 𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑩 𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑑 𐑹 𐑕𐑴 𐑝 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑕𐑻𐑗𐑦𐑙. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑮𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑛 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛 𐑚𐑰 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑑𐑧𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑛, 𐑯 𐑦𐑑 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑚𐑰 𐑮𐑦𐑛𐑵𐑕𐑑 𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑓 𐑩 𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑑 𐑹 𐑤𐑧𐑕 𐑦𐑓 𐑿 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑯𐑕 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑒𐑳𐑥𐑓𐑼𐑑. 𐑮𐑦𐑥𐑧𐑥𐑚𐑼, 𐑣𐑬𐑧𐑝𐑼, 𐑑 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑕𐑤𐑴𐑤𐑦 𐑚𐑦𐑓𐑹 𐑩𐑐𐑤𐑲𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑑 𐑕𐑐𐑩𐑕𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑤𐑦, 𐑯 𐑷𐑤𐑕𐑴 𐑑 𐑨𐑛:

𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑣𐑧𐑤𐑐 𐑑 𐑮𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑕 𐑥𐑰 𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥 𐑷𐑤 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑲 𐑯𐑬 𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑝.