The idea for today contains the only way out of fear that will ever succeed. Nothing else will work; everything else is meaningless. But this way cannot fail. Every thought you have makes up some segment of the world you see. It is with your thoughts, then, that we must work, if your perception of the world is to be changed.

If the cause of the world you see is attack thoughts, you must learn that it is these thoughts which you do not want. There is no point in lamenting the world. There is no point in trying to change the world. It is incapable of change because it is merely an effect. But there is indeed a point in changing your thoughts about the world. Here you are changing the cause. The effect will change automatically.

The world you see is a vengeful world, and everything in it is a symbol of vengeance. Each of your perceptions of "external reality" is a pictorial representation of your own attack thoughts. One can well ask if this can be called seeing. Is not fantasy a better word for such a process, and hallucination a more appropriate term for the result?

You see the world that you have made, but you do not see yourself as the image maker. You cannot be saved from the world, but you can escape from its cause. This is what salvation means, for where is the world you see when its cause is gone? Vision already holds a replacement for everything you think you see now. Loveliness can light your images, and so transform them that you will love them, even though they were made of hate. For you will not be making them alone.

The idea for today introduces the thought that you are not trapped in the world you see, because its cause can be changed. This change requires, first, that the cause be identified and then let go, so that it can be replaced. The first two steps in this process require your cooperation. The final one does not. Your images have already been replaced. By taking the first two steps, you will see that this is so.

Besides using it throughout the day as the need arises, five practice periods are required in applying today's idea. As you look about you, repeat the idea slowly to yourself first, and then close your eyes and devote about a minute to searching your mind for as many attack thoughts as occur to you. As each one crosses your mind say:

I can escape from the world I see by giving up attack thoughts about ______.

Hold each attack thought in mind as you say this, and then dismiss that thought and go on to the next.

In the practice periods, be sure to include both your thoughts of attacking and of being attacked. Their effects are exactly the same because they are exactly the same. You do not recognize this as yet, and you are asked at this time only to treat them as the same in today's practice periods. We are still at the stage of identifying the cause of the world you see. When you finally learn that thoughts of attack and of being attacked are not different, you will be ready to let the cause go.

𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑱𐑯𐑟 𐑞 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑦 𐑢𐑱 𐑬𐑑 𐑝 𐑓𐑽 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑕𐑩𐑒𐑕𐑰𐑛. 𐑯𐑳𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑧𐑤𐑕 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑢𐑻𐑒; 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑦𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑧𐑤𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑥𐑰𐑯𐑦𐑙𐑤𐑩𐑕. 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑢𐑱 𐑒𐑨𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑓𐑱𐑤. 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑦 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑥𐑱𐑒𐑕 𐑳𐑐 𐑕𐑳𐑥 𐑕𐑧𐑜𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑑 𐑝 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛 𐑿 𐑕𐑰. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑘𐑹 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕, 𐑞𐑧𐑯, 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑢𐑰 𐑥𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑢𐑻𐑒, 𐑦𐑓 𐑘𐑹 𐑐𐑼𐑕𐑧𐑐𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛 𐑦𐑟 𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑗𐑱𐑯𐑡𐑛.

𐑦𐑓 𐑞 𐑒𐑷𐑟 𐑝 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛 𐑿 𐑕𐑰 𐑦𐑟 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕, 𐑿 𐑥𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑤𐑻𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑞𐑰𐑟 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑿 𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑢𐑪𐑯𐑑. 𐑞𐑺 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑴 𐑐𐑶𐑯𐑑 𐑦𐑯 𐑤𐑩𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛. 𐑞𐑺 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑴 𐑐𐑶𐑯𐑑 𐑦𐑯 𐑑𐑮𐑲𐑦𐑙 𐑑 𐑗𐑱𐑯𐑡 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑦𐑯𐑒𐑱𐑐𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑝 𐑗𐑱𐑯𐑡 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑥𐑽𐑤𐑦 𐑩𐑯 𐑦𐑓𐑧𐑒𐑑. 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑞𐑺 𐑦𐑟 𐑦𐑯𐑛𐑰𐑛 𐑩 𐑐𐑶𐑯𐑑 𐑦𐑯 𐑗𐑱𐑯𐑡𐑦𐑙 𐑘𐑹 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛. 𐑣𐑽 𐑿 𐑸 𐑗𐑱𐑯𐑡𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑒𐑷𐑟. 𐑞 𐑦𐑓𐑧𐑒𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑗𐑱𐑯𐑡 𐑷𐑑𐑩𐑥𐑨𐑑𐑦𐑒𐑤𐑦.

𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛 𐑿 𐑕𐑰 𐑦𐑟 𐑩 𐑝𐑧𐑯𐑡𐑓𐑩𐑤 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛, 𐑯 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑦𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑯 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑩 𐑕𐑦𐑥𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑝 𐑝𐑧𐑯𐑡𐑩𐑯𐑕. 𐑰𐑗 𐑝 𐑘𐑹 𐑐𐑼𐑕𐑧𐑐𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑝 "𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑑𐑼𐑯𐑩𐑤 𐑮𐑦𐑨𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑦" 𐑦𐑟 𐑩 𐑐𐑦𐑒𐑑𐑹𐑾𐑤 𐑮𐑧𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑟𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑘𐑹 𐑴𐑯 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕. 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑢𐑧𐑤 𐑨𐑕𐑒 𐑦𐑓 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑚𐑰 𐑒𐑷𐑤𐑛 𐑕𐑰𐑦𐑙. 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑓𐑨𐑯𐑑𐑩𐑕𐑦 𐑩 𐑚𐑧𐑑𐑼 𐑢𐑻𐑛 𐑓 𐑕𐑳𐑗 𐑩 𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑕𐑧𐑕, 𐑯 𐑣𐑩𐑤𐑵𐑕𐑦𐑯𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑩 𐑥𐑹 𐑩𐑐𐑮𐑴𐑐𐑮𐑾𐑑 𐑑𐑻𐑥 𐑓 𐑞 𐑮𐑦𐑟𐑳𐑤𐑑?

𐑿 𐑕𐑰 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑥𐑱𐑛, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑿 𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑕𐑰 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑨𐑟 𐑞 𐑦𐑥𐑦𐑡 𐑥𐑱𐑒𐑼. 𐑿 𐑒𐑨𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑕𐑱𐑝𐑛 𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑿 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑦𐑕𐑒𐑱𐑐 𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑒𐑷𐑟. 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑕𐑨𐑤𐑝𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑥𐑰𐑯𐑟, 𐑓 𐑢𐑺 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛 𐑿 𐑕𐑰 𐑢𐑧𐑯 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑒𐑷𐑟 𐑦𐑟 𐑜𐑪𐑯? 𐑝𐑦𐑠𐑩𐑯 𐑷𐑤𐑮𐑧𐑛𐑦 𐑣𐑴𐑤𐑛𐑟 𐑩 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑕𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑓 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑦𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑿 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑿 𐑕𐑰 𐑯𐑬. 𐑤𐑳𐑝𐑤𐑦𐑯𐑩𐑕 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑤𐑲𐑑 𐑘𐑹 𐑦𐑥𐑦𐑡𐑩𐑟, 𐑯 𐑕𐑴 𐑑𐑮𐑨𐑯𐑕𐑓𐑹𐑥 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑤𐑳𐑝 𐑞𐑧𐑥, 𐑰𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑞𐑴 𐑞𐑱 𐑢𐑻 𐑥𐑱𐑛 𐑝 𐑣𐑱𐑑. 𐑓 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑥𐑱𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑩𐑤𐑴𐑯.

𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑮𐑩𐑛𐑵𐑕𐑩𐑟 𐑞 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑸 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑑𐑮𐑨𐑐𐑑 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛 𐑿 𐑕𐑰, 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑒𐑷𐑟 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑚𐑰 𐑗𐑱𐑯𐑡𐑛. 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑗𐑱𐑯𐑡 𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑼𐑟, 𐑓𐑻𐑕𐑑, 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑒𐑷𐑟 𐑚𐑰 𐑲𐑛𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑓𐑲𐑛 𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑤𐑧𐑑 𐑜𐑴, 𐑕𐑴 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑚𐑰 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑕𐑑. 𐑞 𐑓𐑻𐑕𐑑 𐑑𐑵 𐑕𐑑𐑧𐑐𐑕 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑕𐑧𐑕 𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑼 𐑘𐑹 𐑒𐑴𐑪𐑐𐑼𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯. 𐑞 𐑓𐑲𐑯𐑩𐑤 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑛𐑳𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑. 𐑘𐑹 𐑦𐑥𐑦𐑡𐑩𐑟 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑷𐑤𐑮𐑧𐑛𐑦 𐑚𐑦𐑯 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑕𐑑. 𐑚𐑲 𐑑𐑱𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑓𐑻𐑕𐑑 𐑑𐑵 𐑕𐑑𐑧𐑐𐑕, 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑕𐑰 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑕𐑴.

𐑚𐑦𐑕𐑲𐑛𐑟 𐑿𐑟𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑑 𐑔𐑮𐑵𐑬𐑑 𐑞 𐑛𐑱 𐑨𐑟 𐑞 𐑯𐑰𐑛 𐑼𐑲𐑟𐑩𐑟, 𐑓𐑲𐑝 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟 𐑸 𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑼𐑛 𐑦𐑯 𐑩𐑐𐑤𐑲𐑦𐑙 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾. 𐑨𐑟 𐑿 𐑤𐑫𐑒 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑿, 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑕𐑤𐑴𐑤𐑦 𐑑 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑓𐑻𐑕𐑑, 𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑒𐑤𐑴𐑟 𐑘𐑹 𐑲𐑟 𐑯 𐑛𐑦𐑝𐑴𐑑 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑩 𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑑 𐑑 𐑕𐑻𐑗𐑦𐑙 𐑘𐑹 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑓 𐑨𐑟 𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑨𐑟 𐑩𐑒𐑻 𐑑 𐑿. 𐑨𐑟 𐑰𐑗 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑒𐑮𐑪𐑕𐑩𐑟 𐑘𐑹 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑕𐑱:

𐑲 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑦𐑕𐑒𐑱𐑐 𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛 𐑲 𐑕𐑰 𐑚𐑲 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑦𐑙 𐑳𐑐 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 ______.

𐑣𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑰𐑗 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑦𐑯 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑨𐑟 𐑿 𐑕𐑱 𐑞𐑦𐑕, 𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑥𐑦𐑕 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑯 𐑜𐑴 𐑪𐑯 𐑑 𐑞 𐑯𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑑.

𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟, 𐑚𐑰 𐑖𐑫𐑼 𐑑 𐑦𐑯𐑒𐑤𐑵𐑛 𐑚𐑴𐑔 𐑘𐑹 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑝 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑯 𐑝 𐑚𐑰𐑦𐑙 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒𐑑. 𐑞𐑺 𐑦𐑓𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑕 𐑸 𐑦𐑜𐑟𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑞 𐑕𐑱𐑥 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑞𐑱 𐑸 𐑦𐑜𐑟𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑞 𐑕𐑱𐑥. 𐑿 𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑮𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑜𐑯𐑲𐑟 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑨𐑟 𐑘𐑧𐑑, 𐑯 𐑿 𐑸 𐑨𐑕𐑒𐑑 𐑨𐑑 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑦 𐑑 𐑑𐑮𐑰𐑑 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑨𐑟 𐑞 𐑕𐑱𐑥 𐑦𐑯 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟. 𐑢𐑰 𐑸 𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑤 𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑕𐑑𐑱𐑡 𐑝 𐑲𐑛𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑓𐑲𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑒𐑷𐑟 𐑝 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛 𐑿 𐑕𐑰. 𐑢𐑧𐑯 𐑿 𐑓𐑲𐑯𐑩𐑤𐑦 𐑤𐑻𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑝 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒 𐑯 𐑝 𐑚𐑰𐑦𐑙 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒𐑑 𐑸 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑼𐑩𐑯𐑑, 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑚𐑰 𐑮𐑧𐑛𐑦 𐑑 𐑤𐑧𐑑 𐑞 𐑒𐑷𐑟 𐑜𐑴.