We have been quite casual about our practice periods thus far. There has been virtually no attempt to direct the time for undertaking them, minimal effort has been required, and not even active cooperation and interest have been asked. This approach has been intentional, and very carefully planned. We have not lost sight of the crucial importance of the reversal of your thinking. The salvation of the world depends on it. Yet you will not see if you regard yourself as being coerced, and if you give in to resentment and opposition.

This is our first attempt to introduce structure. Do not misconstrue it as an effort to exert force or pressure. You want salvation. You want to be happy. You want peace. You do not have them now, because your mind is totally undisciplined, and you cannot distinguish between joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain, love and fear. You are now learning how to tell them apart. And great indeed will be your reward.

Your decision to see is all that vision requires. What you want is yours. Do not mistake the little effort that is asked of you for an indication that our goal is of little worth. Can the salvation of the world be a trivial purpose? And can the world be saved if you are not? God has one Son, and he is the resurrection and the life. His will is done because all power is given him in Heaven and on earth. In your determination to see is vision given you.

The exercises for today consist in reminding yourself throughout the day that you want to see. Today's idea also tacitly implies the recognition that you do not see now. Therefore, as you repeat the idea, you are stating that you are determined to change your present state for a better one, and one you really want.

Repeat today's idea slowly and positively at least twice an hour today, attempting to do so every half hour. Do not be distressed if you forget to do so, but make a real effort to remember. The extra repetitions should be applied to any situation, person or event that upsets you. You can see them differently, and you will. What you desire you will see. Such is the real law of cause and effect as it operates in the world.

𐑢𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑚𐑦𐑯 𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑑 𐑒𐑨𐑠𐑵𐑩𐑤 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑬𐑼 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟 𐑞𐑳𐑕 𐑓𐑸. 𐑞𐑺 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑚𐑦𐑯 𐑝𐑻𐑗𐑵𐑩𐑤𐑦 𐑯𐑴 𐑩𐑑𐑧𐑥𐑐𐑑 𐑑 𐑛𐑦𐑮𐑧𐑒𐑑 𐑞 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑓 𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼𐑑𐑱𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑞𐑧𐑥, 𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑥𐑩𐑤 𐑧𐑓𐑼𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑚𐑦𐑯 𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑼𐑛, 𐑯 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑰𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑝 𐑒𐑴𐑪𐑐𐑼𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑯 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑼𐑩𐑕𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑚𐑦𐑯 𐑨𐑕𐑒𐑑. 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑩𐑐𐑮𐑴𐑗 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑚𐑦𐑯 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑧𐑯𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑩𐑤, 𐑯 𐑝𐑧𐑮𐑦 𐑒𐑺𐑓𐑩𐑤𐑦 𐑐𐑤𐑨𐑯𐑛. 𐑢𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑤𐑪𐑕𐑑 𐑕𐑲𐑑 𐑝 𐑞 𐑒𐑮𐑵𐑖𐑩𐑤 𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑹𐑑𐑩𐑯𐑕 𐑝 𐑞 𐑮𐑦𐑝𐑻𐑕𐑩𐑤 𐑝 𐑘𐑹 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒𐑦𐑙. 𐑞 𐑕𐑨𐑤𐑝𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛 𐑛𐑦𐑐𐑧𐑯𐑛𐑟 𐑪𐑯 𐑦𐑑. 𐑘𐑧𐑑 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑕𐑰 𐑦𐑓 𐑿 𐑮𐑦𐑜𐑸𐑛 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑨𐑟 𐑚𐑰𐑦𐑙 𐑒𐑴𐑻𐑕𐑑, 𐑯 𐑦𐑓 𐑿 𐑜𐑦𐑝 𐑦𐑯 𐑑 𐑮𐑦𐑟𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑯 𐑪𐑐𐑩𐑟𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯.

𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑬𐑼 𐑓𐑻𐑕𐑑 𐑩𐑑𐑧𐑥𐑐𐑑 𐑑 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑮𐑩𐑛𐑵𐑕 𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑳𐑒𐑗𐑼. 𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑥𐑦𐑕𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑵 𐑦𐑑 𐑨𐑟 𐑩𐑯 𐑧𐑓𐑼𐑑 𐑑 𐑦𐑜𐑟𐑻𐑑 𐑓𐑹𐑕 𐑹 𐑐𐑮𐑧𐑖𐑼. 𐑿 𐑢𐑪𐑯𐑑 𐑕𐑨𐑤𐑝𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯. 𐑿 𐑢𐑪𐑯𐑑 𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑐𐑦. 𐑿 𐑢𐑪𐑯𐑑 𐑐𐑰𐑕. 𐑿 𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑯𐑬, 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑘𐑹 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑦𐑟 𐑑𐑴𐑑𐑩𐑤𐑦 𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑦𐑐𐑤𐑦𐑯𐑛, 𐑯 𐑿 𐑒𐑨𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑙𐑜𐑢𐑦𐑖 𐑚𐑦𐑑𐑢𐑰𐑯 𐑡𐑶 𐑯 𐑕𐑪𐑮𐑴, 𐑐𐑤𐑧𐑠𐑼 𐑯 𐑐𐑱𐑯, 𐑤𐑳𐑝 𐑯 𐑓𐑽. 𐑿 𐑸 𐑯𐑬 𐑤𐑻𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑣𐑬 𐑑 𐑑𐑧𐑤 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑩𐑐𐑸𐑑. 𐑯 𐑜𐑮𐑱𐑑 𐑦𐑯𐑛𐑰𐑛 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑚𐑰 𐑘𐑹 𐑮𐑦𐑢𐑹𐑛.

𐑘𐑹 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑦𐑠𐑩𐑯 𐑑 𐑕𐑰 𐑦𐑟 𐑷𐑤 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑝𐑦𐑠𐑩𐑯 𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑼𐑟. 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑿 𐑢𐑪𐑯𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑘𐑹𐑟. 𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑥𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑱𐑒 𐑞 𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑩𐑤 𐑧𐑓𐑼𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑨𐑕𐑒𐑑 𐑝 𐑿 𐑓 𐑩𐑯 𐑦𐑯𐑛𐑦𐑒𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑬𐑼 𐑜𐑴𐑤 𐑦𐑟 𐑝 𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑩𐑤 𐑢𐑻𐑔. 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑞 𐑕𐑨𐑤𐑝𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛 𐑚𐑰 𐑩 𐑑𐑮𐑦𐑝𐑾𐑤 𐑐𐑻𐑐𐑩𐑕? 𐑯 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛 𐑚𐑰 𐑕𐑱𐑝𐑛 𐑦𐑓 𐑿 𐑸 𐑯𐑪𐑑? ·𐑜𐑪𐑛 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑢𐑳𐑯 ·𐑕𐑳𐑯, 𐑯 𐑣𐑰 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑮𐑧𐑟𐑼𐑧𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑯 𐑞 𐑤𐑲𐑓. 𐑣𐑦𐑟 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑦𐑟 𐑛𐑳𐑯 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑷𐑤 𐑐𐑬𐑼 𐑦𐑟 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑣𐑦𐑥 𐑦𐑯 ·𐑣𐑧𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑯 𐑪𐑯 𐑻𐑔. 𐑦𐑯 𐑘𐑹 𐑛𐑦𐑑𐑻𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑑 𐑕𐑰 𐑦𐑟 𐑝𐑦𐑠𐑩𐑯 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑿.

𐑞 𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑼𐑕𐑲𐑟𐑩𐑟 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑦𐑯 𐑮𐑦𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛𐑦𐑙 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑔𐑮𐑵𐑬𐑑 𐑞 𐑛𐑱 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑢𐑪𐑯𐑑 𐑑 𐑕𐑰. 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑷𐑤𐑕𐑴 𐑑𐑨𐑕𐑦𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑤𐑲𐑟 𐑞 𐑮𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑜𐑯𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑕𐑰 𐑯𐑬. 𐑞𐑺𐑓𐑹, 𐑨𐑟 𐑿 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾, 𐑿 𐑸 𐑕𐑑𐑱𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑸 𐑛𐑦𐑑𐑻𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑛 𐑑 𐑗𐑱𐑯𐑡 𐑘𐑹 𐑐𐑮𐑧𐑟𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑕𐑑𐑱𐑑 𐑓 𐑩 𐑚𐑧𐑑𐑼 𐑢𐑳𐑯, 𐑯 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑿 𐑮𐑾𐑤𐑦 𐑢𐑪𐑯𐑑.

𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑕𐑤𐑴𐑤𐑦 𐑯 𐑐𐑪𐑟𐑦𐑑𐑦𐑝𐑤𐑦 𐑨𐑑 𐑤𐑰𐑕𐑑 𐑑𐑢𐑲𐑕 𐑩𐑯 𐑬𐑼 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱, 𐑩𐑑𐑧𐑥𐑐𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑑 𐑛𐑵 𐑕𐑴 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑦 𐑣𐑨𐑓 𐑬𐑼. 𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑧𐑕𐑑 𐑦𐑓 𐑿 𐑓𐑼𐑜𐑧𐑑 𐑑 𐑛𐑵 𐑕𐑴, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑥𐑱𐑒 𐑩 𐑮𐑾𐑤 𐑧𐑓𐑼𐑑 𐑑 𐑮𐑦𐑥𐑧𐑥𐑚𐑼. 𐑞 𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑩 𐑮𐑧𐑐𐑦𐑑𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑚𐑰 𐑩𐑐𐑤𐑲𐑛 𐑑 𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑕𐑦𐑗𐑵𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯, 𐑐𐑻𐑕𐑩𐑯 𐑹 𐑦𐑝𐑧𐑯𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑳𐑐𐑕𐑧𐑑𐑕 𐑿. 𐑿 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑕𐑰 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑼𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑤𐑦, 𐑯 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤. 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑿 𐑛𐑦𐑟𐑲𐑼 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑕𐑰. 𐑕𐑳𐑗 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑮𐑾𐑤 𐑤𐑷 𐑝 𐑒𐑷𐑟 𐑯 𐑦𐑓𐑧𐑒𐑑 𐑨𐑟 𐑦𐑑 𐑪𐑐𐑼𐑱𐑑𐑕 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛.