The idea for today is obviously the reason why your seeing does not affect you alone. You will notice that at times the ideas related to thinking precede those related to perceiving, while at other times the order is reversed. The reason is that the order does not matter. Thinking and its results are really simultaneous, for cause and effect are never separate.

Today we are again emphasizing the fact that minds are joined. This is rarely a wholly welcome idea at first, since it seems to carry with it an enormous sense of responsibility, and may even be regarded as an "invasion of privacy." Yet it is a fact that there are no private thoughts. Despite your initial resistance to this idea, you will yet understand that it must be true if salvation is possible at all. And salvation must be possible because it is the Will of God.

The minute or so of mind searching which today's exercises require is to be undertaken with eyes closed. The idea for today is to be repeated first, and then the mind should be carefully searched for the thoughts it contains at that time. As you consider each one, name it in terms of the central person or theme it contains, and holding it in your mind as you do so, say:

I am not alone in experiencing the effects of this thought about ______ .

The requirement of as much indiscriminateness as possible in selecting subjects for the practice periods should be quite familiar to you by now, and will no longer be repeated each day, although it will occasionally be included as a reminder. Do not forget, however, that random selection of subjects for all practice periods remains essential throughout. Lack of order in this connection will ultimately make the recognition of lack of order in miracles meaningful to you.

Apart from the "as needed" application of today's idea, at least three practice periods are required, shortening the length of time involved, if necessary. Do not attempt more than four.

𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑦𐑟 𐑪𐑚𐑝𐑾𐑕𐑤𐑦 𐑞 𐑮𐑰𐑟𐑩𐑯 𐑢𐑲 𐑘𐑹 𐑕𐑰𐑦𐑙 𐑛𐑳𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑩𐑓𐑧𐑒𐑑 𐑿 𐑩𐑤𐑴𐑯. 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑯𐑴𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑨𐑑 𐑑𐑲𐑥𐑟 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾𐑟 𐑮𐑦𐑤𐑱𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑑 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑕𐑰𐑛 𐑞𐑴𐑟 𐑮𐑦𐑤𐑱𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑑 𐑐𐑼𐑕𐑰𐑝𐑦𐑙, 𐑢𐑲𐑤 𐑨𐑑 𐑳𐑞𐑼 𐑑𐑲𐑥𐑟 𐑞 𐑹𐑛𐑼 𐑦𐑟 𐑮𐑦𐑝𐑻𐑕𐑑. 𐑞 𐑮𐑰𐑟𐑩𐑯 𐑦𐑟 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑹𐑛𐑼 𐑛𐑳𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑥𐑨𐑑𐑼. 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑯 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑮𐑦𐑟𐑳𐑤𐑑𐑕 𐑸 𐑮𐑾𐑤𐑦 𐑕𐑲𐑥𐑩𐑤𐑑𐑱𐑯𐑾𐑕, 𐑓 𐑒𐑷𐑟 𐑯 𐑦𐑓𐑧𐑒𐑑 𐑸 𐑯𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑕𐑧𐑐𐑼𐑩𐑑.

𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑢𐑰 𐑸 𐑩𐑜𐑧𐑯 𐑧𐑥𐑓𐑩𐑕𐑲𐑟𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑓𐑨𐑒𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛𐑟 𐑸 𐑡𐑶𐑯𐑛. 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑮𐑺𐑤𐑦 𐑩 𐑣𐑴𐑤𐑦 𐑢𐑧𐑤𐑒𐑩𐑥 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑨𐑑 𐑓𐑻𐑕𐑑, 𐑕𐑦𐑯𐑕 𐑦𐑑 𐑕𐑰𐑥𐑟 𐑑 𐑒𐑨𐑮𐑦 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑦𐑑 𐑩𐑯 𐑦𐑯𐑹𐑥𐑩𐑕 𐑕𐑧𐑯𐑕 𐑝 𐑮𐑦𐑕𐑐𐑪𐑯𐑕𐑩𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑦, 𐑯 𐑥𐑱 𐑰𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑚𐑰 𐑮𐑦𐑜𐑸𐑛𐑩𐑛 𐑨𐑟 𐑩𐑯 "𐑦𐑯𐑝𐑱𐑠𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑐𐑮𐑲𐑝𐑩𐑕𐑦." 𐑘𐑧𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑩 𐑓𐑨𐑒𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑞𐑺 𐑸 𐑯𐑴 𐑐𐑮𐑲𐑝𐑩𐑑 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕. 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑐𐑲𐑑 𐑘𐑹 𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑤 𐑮𐑦𐑟𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑩𐑯𐑕 𐑑 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑲𐑛𐑾, 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑘𐑧𐑑 𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑯𐑛 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑥𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑑𐑮𐑵 𐑦𐑓 𐑕𐑨𐑤𐑝𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑦𐑟 𐑐𐑪𐑕𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑨𐑑 𐑷𐑤. 𐑯 𐑕𐑨𐑤𐑝𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑥𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑐𐑪𐑕𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 ·𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑝 ·𐑜𐑪𐑛.

𐑞 𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑑 𐑹 𐑕𐑴 𐑝 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑕𐑻𐑗𐑦𐑙 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑼𐑕𐑲𐑟𐑩𐑟 𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑼 𐑦𐑟 𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼𐑑𐑱𐑒𐑩𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑲𐑟 𐑒𐑤𐑴𐑟𐑛. 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑦𐑟 𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑓𐑻𐑕𐑑, 𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑞 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑚𐑰 𐑒𐑺𐑓𐑩𐑤𐑦 𐑕𐑻𐑗𐑑 𐑓 𐑞 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑦𐑑 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑱𐑯𐑟 𐑨𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑑𐑲𐑥. 𐑨𐑟 𐑿 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑦𐑛𐑼 𐑰𐑗 𐑢𐑳𐑯, 𐑯𐑱𐑥 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑯 𐑑𐑻𐑥𐑟 𐑝 𐑞 𐑕𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑮𐑩𐑤 𐑐𐑻𐑕𐑩𐑯 𐑹 𐑔𐑰𐑥 𐑦𐑑 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑱𐑯𐑟, 𐑯 𐑣𐑴𐑤𐑛𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑯 𐑘𐑹 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑨𐑟 𐑿 𐑛𐑵 𐑕𐑴, 𐑕𐑱:

𐑲 𐑨𐑥 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑩𐑤𐑴𐑯 𐑦𐑯 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑯𐑕𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑦𐑓𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑕 𐑝 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 ______ .

𐑞 𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑼𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑝 𐑨𐑟 𐑥𐑳𐑗 𐑦𐑯𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑩𐑑𐑯𐑩𐑕 𐑨𐑟 𐑐𐑪𐑕𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑦𐑯 𐑕𐑦𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑕𐑳𐑚𐑡𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑕 𐑓 𐑞 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑚𐑰 𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑑 𐑓𐑩𐑥𐑦𐑤𐑽 𐑑 𐑿 𐑚𐑲 𐑯𐑬, 𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑯𐑴 𐑤𐑪𐑙𐑜𐑼 𐑚𐑰 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑰𐑗 𐑛𐑱, 𐑷𐑤𐑞𐑴 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑩𐑒𐑱𐑠𐑩𐑯𐑩𐑤𐑦 𐑚𐑰 𐑦𐑯𐑒𐑤𐑵𐑛𐑩𐑛 𐑨𐑟 𐑩 𐑮𐑦𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛𐑼. 𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑓𐑼𐑜𐑧𐑑, 𐑣𐑬𐑧𐑝𐑼, 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑮𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑥 𐑕𐑦𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑕𐑳𐑚𐑡𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑕 𐑓 𐑷𐑤 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟 𐑮𐑦𐑥𐑱𐑯𐑟 𐑦𐑕𐑧𐑯𐑖𐑩𐑤 𐑔𐑮𐑵𐑬𐑑. 𐑤𐑨𐑒 𐑝 𐑹𐑛𐑼 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑧𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑳𐑤𐑑𐑦𐑥𐑩𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑥𐑱𐑒 𐑞 𐑮𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑜𐑯𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑤𐑨𐑒 𐑝 𐑹𐑛𐑼 𐑦𐑯 𐑥𐑦𐑮𐑩𐑒𐑩𐑤𐑟 𐑥𐑰𐑯𐑦𐑙𐑓𐑩𐑤 𐑑 𐑿.

𐑩𐑐𐑸𐑑 𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥 𐑞 "𐑨𐑟 𐑯𐑰𐑛𐑩𐑛" 𐑨𐑐𐑤𐑦𐑒𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾, 𐑨𐑑 𐑤𐑰𐑕𐑑 𐑔𐑮𐑰 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟 𐑸 𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑼𐑛, 𐑖𐑹𐑑𐑩𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑤𐑧𐑙𐑔 𐑝 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑦𐑯𐑝𐑪𐑤𐑝𐑛, 𐑦𐑓 𐑯𐑧𐑕𐑦𐑕𐑺𐑦. 𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑩𐑑𐑧𐑥𐑐𐑑 𐑥𐑹 𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑓𐑹.