It is because the thoughts you think you think appear as images that you do not recognize them as nothing. You think you think them, and so you think you see them. This is how your "seeing" was made. This is the function you have given your body's eyes. It is not seeing. It is image making. It takes the place of seeing, replacing vision with illusions.

This introductory idea to the process of image making that you call seeing will not have much meaning for you. You will begin to understand it when you have seen little edges of light around the same familiar objects which you see now. That is the beginning of real vision. You can be certain that real vision will come quickly when this has occurred.

As we go along, you may have many "light episodes." They may take many different forms, some of them quite unexpected. Do not be afraid of them. They are signs that you are opening your eyes at last. They will not persist, because they merely symbolize true perception, and they are not related to knowledge. These exercises will not reveal knowledge to you. But they will prepare the way to it.

In practicing the idea for today, repeat it first to yourself, and then apply it to whatever you see around you, using its name and letting your eyes rest on it as you say:

This ______ is an image that I have made.

That ______ is an image that I have made.

It is not necessary to include a large number of specific subjects for the application of today's idea. It is necessary, however, to continue to look at each subject while you repeat the idea to yourself. The idea should be repeated quite slowly each time.

Although you will obviously not be able to apply the idea to very many things during the minute or so of practice that is recommended, try to make the selection as random as possible. Less than a minute will do for the practice periods, if you begin to feel uneasy. Do not have more than three application periods for today's idea unless you feel completely comfortable with it, and do not exceed four. However, the idea can be applied as needed throughout the day.

𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑞 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑿 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑿 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑩𐑐𐑽 𐑨𐑟 𐑦𐑥𐑦𐑡𐑩𐑟 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑮𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑜𐑯𐑲𐑟 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑨𐑟 𐑯𐑳𐑔𐑦𐑙. 𐑿 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑿 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑞𐑧𐑥, 𐑯 𐑕𐑴 𐑿 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑿 𐑕𐑰 𐑞𐑧𐑥. 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑣𐑬 𐑘𐑹 "𐑕𐑰𐑦𐑙" 𐑢𐑪𐑟 𐑥𐑱𐑛. 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑓𐑳𐑙𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑘𐑹 𐑚𐑪𐑛𐑦'𐑟 𐑲𐑟. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑕𐑰𐑦𐑙. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑦𐑥𐑦𐑡 𐑥𐑱𐑒𐑦𐑙. 𐑦𐑑 𐑑𐑱𐑒𐑕 𐑞 𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑕 𐑝 𐑕𐑰𐑦𐑙, 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑕𐑦𐑙 𐑝𐑦𐑠𐑩𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑦𐑤𐑵𐑠𐑩𐑯𐑟.

𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑮𐑩𐑛𐑳𐑒𐑑𐑼𐑦 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑑 𐑞 𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑕𐑧𐑕 𐑝 𐑦𐑥𐑦𐑡 𐑥𐑱𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑒𐑷𐑤 𐑕𐑰𐑦𐑙 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑥𐑳𐑗 𐑥𐑰𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑓 𐑿. 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑚𐑦𐑜𐑦𐑯 𐑑 𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑯𐑛 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑧𐑯 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑕𐑰𐑯 𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑩𐑤 𐑧𐑡𐑩𐑟 𐑝 𐑤𐑲𐑑 𐑼𐑬𐑯𐑛 𐑞 𐑕𐑱𐑥 𐑓𐑩𐑥𐑦𐑤𐑽 𐑪𐑚𐑡𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑕 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑿 𐑕𐑰 𐑯𐑬. 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑚𐑦𐑜𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑝 𐑮𐑾𐑤 𐑝𐑦𐑠𐑩𐑯. 𐑿 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑚𐑰 𐑕𐑻𐑑𐑩𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑮𐑾𐑤 𐑝𐑦𐑠𐑩𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑒𐑳𐑥 𐑒𐑢𐑦𐑒𐑤𐑦 𐑢𐑧𐑯 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑩𐑒𐑻𐑛.

𐑨𐑟 𐑢𐑰 𐑜𐑴 𐑩𐑤𐑪𐑙, 𐑿 𐑥𐑱 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑦 "𐑤𐑲𐑑 𐑧𐑐𐑦𐑕𐑴𐑛𐑟." 𐑞𐑱 𐑥𐑱 𐑑𐑱𐑒 𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑼𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑓𐑹𐑥𐑟, 𐑕𐑳𐑥 𐑝 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑑 𐑳𐑯𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑩𐑛. 𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑩𐑓𐑮𐑱𐑛 𐑝 𐑞𐑧𐑥. 𐑞𐑱 𐑸 𐑕𐑲𐑯𐑟 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑸 𐑴𐑐𐑩𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑘𐑹 𐑲𐑟 𐑨𐑑 𐑤𐑨𐑕𐑑. 𐑞𐑱 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑐𐑼𐑕𐑦𐑕𐑑, 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑞𐑱 𐑥𐑽𐑤𐑦 𐑕𐑦𐑥𐑚𐑩𐑤𐑲𐑟 𐑑𐑮𐑵 𐑐𐑼𐑕𐑧𐑐𐑖𐑩𐑯, 𐑯 𐑞𐑱 𐑸 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑮𐑦𐑤𐑱𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑑 𐑯𐑪𐑤𐑦𐑡. 𐑞𐑰𐑟 𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑼𐑕𐑲𐑟𐑩𐑟 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑮𐑦𐑝𐑰𐑤 𐑯𐑪𐑤𐑦𐑡 𐑑 𐑿. 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑞𐑱 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑺 𐑞 𐑢𐑱 𐑑 𐑦𐑑.

𐑦𐑯 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱, 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑓𐑻𐑕𐑑 𐑑 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓, 𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑩𐑐𐑤𐑲 𐑦𐑑 𐑑 𐑢𐑪𐑑𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑿 𐑕𐑰 𐑼𐑬𐑯𐑛 𐑿, 𐑿𐑟𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑯𐑱𐑥 𐑯 𐑤𐑧𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑘𐑹 𐑲𐑟 𐑮𐑧𐑕𐑑 𐑪𐑯 𐑦𐑑 𐑨𐑟 𐑿 𐑕𐑱:

𐑞𐑦𐑕 ______ 𐑦𐑟 𐑩𐑯 𐑦𐑥𐑦𐑡 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑲 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑥𐑱𐑛.

𐑞𐑨𐑑 ______ 𐑦𐑟 𐑩𐑯 𐑦𐑥𐑦𐑡 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑲 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑥𐑱𐑛.

𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑯𐑧𐑕𐑦𐑕𐑺𐑦 𐑑 𐑦𐑯𐑒𐑤𐑵𐑛 𐑩 𐑤𐑸𐑡 𐑯𐑳𐑥𐑚𐑼 𐑝 𐑕𐑐𐑩𐑕𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒 𐑕𐑳𐑚𐑡𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑕 𐑓 𐑞 𐑨𐑐𐑤𐑦𐑒𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑧𐑕𐑦𐑕𐑺𐑦, 𐑣𐑬𐑧𐑝𐑼, 𐑑 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑯𐑿 𐑑 𐑤𐑫𐑒 𐑨𐑑 𐑰𐑗 𐑕𐑳𐑚𐑡𐑧𐑒𐑑 𐑢𐑲𐑤 𐑿 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑑 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓. 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑚𐑰 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑑 𐑕𐑤𐑴𐑤𐑦 𐑰𐑗 𐑑𐑲𐑥.

𐑷𐑤𐑞𐑴 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑪𐑚𐑝𐑾𐑕𐑤𐑦 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑱𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑑 𐑩𐑐𐑤𐑲 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑑 𐑝𐑧𐑮𐑦 𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑟 𐑛𐑫𐑼𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑑 𐑹 𐑕𐑴 𐑝 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑮𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑛, 𐑑𐑮𐑲 𐑑 𐑥𐑱𐑒 𐑞 𐑕𐑦𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑨𐑟 𐑮𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑥 𐑨𐑟 𐑐𐑪𐑕𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤. 𐑤𐑧𐑕 𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑩 𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑛𐑵 𐑓 𐑞 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟, 𐑦𐑓 𐑿 𐑚𐑦𐑜𐑦𐑯 𐑑 𐑓𐑰𐑤 𐑳𐑯𐑰𐑟𐑦. 𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑥𐑹 𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑔𐑮𐑰 𐑨𐑐𐑤𐑦𐑒𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑩𐑯𐑤𐑧𐑕 𐑿 𐑓𐑰𐑤 𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑐𐑤𐑰𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑒𐑳𐑥𐑓𐑼𐑑𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑦𐑑, 𐑯 𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑰𐑛 𐑓𐑹. 𐑣𐑬𐑧𐑝𐑼, 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑚𐑰 𐑩𐑐𐑤𐑲𐑛 𐑨𐑟 𐑯𐑰𐑛𐑩𐑛 𐑔𐑮𐑵𐑬𐑑 𐑞 𐑛𐑱.