It is surely obvious that if you can be attacked you are not invulnerable. You see attack as a real threat. That is because you believe that you can really attack. And what would have effects through you must also have effects on you. It is this law that will ultimately save you, but you are misusing it now. You must therefore learn how it can be used for your own best interests, rather than against them.

Because your attack thoughts will be projected, you will fear attack. And if you fear attack, you must believe that you are not invulnerable. Attack thoughts therefore make you vulnerable in your own mind, which is where the attack thoughts are. Attack thoughts and invulnerability cannot be accepted together. They contradict each other.

The idea for today introduces the thought that you always attack yourself first. If attack thoughts must entail the belief that you are vulnerable, their effect is to weaken you in your own eyes. Thus they have attacked your perception of yourself. And because you believe in them, you can no longer believe in yourself. A false image of yourself has come to take the place of what you are.

Practice with today's idea will help you to understand that vulnerability or invulnerability is the result of your own thoughts. Nothing except your thoughts can attack you. Nothing except your thoughts can make you think you are vulnerable. And nothing except your thoughts can prove to you this is not so.

Six practice periods are required in applying today's idea. A full two minutes should be attempted for each of them, although the time may be reduced to a minute if the discomfort is too great. Do not reduce it further.

The practice period should begin with repeating the idea for today, then closing your eyes and reviewing the unresolved questions whose outcomes are causing you concern. The concern may take the form of depression, worry, anger, a sense of imposition, fear, foreboding or preoccupation. Any problem as yet unsettled that tends to recur in your thoughts during the day is a suitable subject. You will not be able to use very many for any one practice period, because a longer time than usual should be spent with each one. Today's idea should be applied as follows:

First, name the situation:

I am concerned about ______.

Then go over every possible outcome that has occurred to you in that connection and which has caused you concern, referring to each one quite specifically, saying:

I am afraid ______ will happen.

If you are doing the exercises properly, you should have some five or six distressing possibilities available for each situation you use, and quite possibly more. It is much more helpful to cover a few situations thoroughly than to touch on a larger number. As the list of anticipated outcomes for each situation continues, you will probably find some of them, especially those that occur to you toward the end, less acceptable to you. Try, however, to treat them all alike to whatever extent you can.

After you have named each outcome of which you are afraid, tell yourself:

That thought is an attack upon myself.

Conclude each practice period by repeating today's idea to yourself once more.

𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑖𐑫𐑼𐑤𐑦 𐑪𐑚𐑝𐑾𐑕 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑓 𐑿 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑚𐑰 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒𐑑 𐑿 𐑸 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑦𐑯𐑝𐑳𐑤𐑯𐑼𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤. 𐑿 𐑕𐑰 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒 𐑨𐑟 𐑩 𐑮𐑾𐑤 𐑔𐑮𐑧𐑑. 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑿 𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑝 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑮𐑾𐑤𐑦 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒. 𐑯 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑢𐑫𐑛 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑦𐑓𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑕 𐑔𐑮𐑵 𐑿 𐑥𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑷𐑤𐑕𐑴 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑦𐑓𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑕 𐑪𐑯 𐑿. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑤𐑷 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑳𐑤𐑑𐑦𐑥𐑩𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑕𐑱𐑝 𐑿, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑿 𐑸 𐑥𐑦𐑕𐑿𐑟𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑑 𐑯𐑬. 𐑿 𐑥𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑞𐑺𐑓𐑹 𐑤𐑻𐑯 𐑣𐑬 𐑦𐑑 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑚𐑰 𐑿𐑟𐑛 𐑓 𐑘𐑹 𐑴𐑯 𐑚𐑧𐑕𐑑 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑼𐑩𐑕𐑑𐑕, 𐑮𐑨𐑞𐑼 𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑩𐑜𐑧𐑯𐑕𐑑 𐑞𐑧𐑥.

𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑘𐑹 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑚𐑰 𐑐𐑮𐑩𐑡𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑩𐑛, 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑓𐑽 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒. 𐑯 𐑦𐑓 𐑿 𐑓𐑽 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒, 𐑿 𐑥𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑝 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑸 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑦𐑯𐑝𐑳𐑤𐑯𐑼𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤. 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑞𐑺𐑓𐑹 𐑥𐑱𐑒 𐑿 𐑝𐑳𐑤𐑯𐑼𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑦𐑯 𐑘𐑹 𐑴𐑯 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛, 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑦𐑟 𐑢𐑺 𐑞 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑸. 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑯 𐑦𐑯𐑝𐑳𐑤𐑯𐑼𐑩𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑦 𐑒𐑨𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑩𐑒𐑕𐑧𐑐𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑑𐑩𐑜𐑧𐑞𐑼. 𐑞𐑱 𐑒𐑪𐑯𐑑𐑮𐑩𐑛𐑦𐑒𐑑 𐑰𐑗 𐑳𐑞𐑼.

𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑮𐑩𐑛𐑵𐑕𐑩𐑟 𐑞 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑷𐑤𐑢𐑱𐑟 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑓𐑻𐑕𐑑. 𐑦𐑓 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑥𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑱𐑤 𐑞 𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑓 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑸 𐑝𐑳𐑤𐑯𐑼𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤, 𐑞𐑺 𐑦𐑓𐑧𐑒𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑑 𐑢𐑰𐑒𐑩𐑯 𐑿 𐑦𐑯 𐑘𐑹 𐑴𐑯 𐑲𐑟. 𐑞𐑳𐑕 𐑞𐑱 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒𐑑 𐑘𐑹 𐑐𐑼𐑕𐑧𐑐𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓. 𐑯 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑿 𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑝 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑥, 𐑿 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑯𐑴 𐑤𐑪𐑙𐑜𐑼 𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑝 𐑦𐑯 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓. 𐑩 𐑓𐑷𐑤𐑕 𐑦𐑥𐑦𐑡 𐑝 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑒𐑳𐑥 𐑑 𐑑𐑱𐑒 𐑞 𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑕 𐑝 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑿 𐑸.

𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑣𐑧𐑤𐑐 𐑿 𐑑 𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑯𐑛 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑝𐑳𐑤𐑯𐑼𐑩𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑦 𐑹 𐑦𐑯𐑝𐑳𐑤𐑯𐑼𐑩𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑦 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑮𐑦𐑟𐑳𐑤𐑑 𐑝 𐑘𐑹 𐑴𐑯 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕. 𐑯𐑳𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑧𐑐𐑑 𐑘𐑹 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒 𐑿. 𐑯𐑳𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑧𐑐𐑑 𐑘𐑹 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑥𐑱𐑒 𐑿 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑿 𐑸 𐑝𐑳𐑤𐑯𐑼𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤. 𐑯 𐑯𐑳𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑧𐑐𐑑 𐑘𐑹 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑐𐑮𐑵𐑝 𐑑 𐑿 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑕𐑴.

𐑕𐑦𐑒𐑕 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟 𐑸 𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑼𐑛 𐑦𐑯 𐑩𐑐𐑤𐑲𐑦𐑙 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾. 𐑩 𐑓𐑫𐑤 𐑑𐑵 𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑚𐑰 𐑩𐑑𐑧𐑥𐑐𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑓 𐑰𐑗 𐑝 𐑞𐑧𐑥, 𐑷𐑤𐑞𐑴 𐑞 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑥𐑱 𐑚𐑰 𐑮𐑦𐑛𐑵𐑕𐑑 𐑑 𐑩 𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑓 𐑞 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑒𐑳𐑥𐑓𐑼𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑑𐑵 𐑜𐑮𐑱𐑑. 𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑮𐑦𐑛𐑵𐑕 𐑦𐑑 𐑓𐑻𐑞𐑼.

𐑞 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑚𐑦𐑜𐑦𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱, 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑒𐑤𐑴𐑟𐑦𐑙 𐑘𐑹 𐑲𐑟 𐑯 𐑮𐑦𐑝𐑿𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑳𐑯𐑮𐑦𐑟𐑪𐑤𐑝𐑛 𐑒𐑢𐑧𐑕𐑗𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑣𐑵𐑟 𐑬𐑑𐑒𐑳𐑥𐑟 𐑸 𐑒𐑷𐑟𐑦𐑙 𐑿 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑻𐑯. 𐑞 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑻𐑯 𐑥𐑱 𐑑𐑱𐑒 𐑞 𐑓𐑹𐑥 𐑝 𐑛𐑦𐑐𐑮𐑧𐑖𐑩𐑯, 𐑢𐑳𐑮𐑦, 𐑨𐑙𐑜𐑼, 𐑩 𐑕𐑧𐑯𐑕 𐑝 𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑩𐑟𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯, 𐑓𐑽, 𐑓𐑹𐑚𐑴𐑛𐑦𐑙 𐑹 𐑐𐑮𐑰𐑪𐑒𐑿𐑐𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯. 𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑚𐑤𐑩𐑥 𐑨𐑟 𐑘𐑧𐑑 𐑳𐑯𐑕𐑧𐑑𐑩𐑤𐑛 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑑𐑧𐑯𐑛𐑟 𐑑 𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑻 𐑦𐑯 𐑘𐑹 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑛𐑫𐑼𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑛𐑱 𐑦𐑟 𐑩 𐑕𐑵𐑑𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑕𐑳𐑚𐑡𐑧𐑒𐑑. 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑱𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑑 𐑿𐑟 𐑝𐑧𐑮𐑦 𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑓 𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛, 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑩 𐑤𐑪𐑙𐑜𐑼 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑿𐑠𐑵𐑩𐑤 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑚𐑰 𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑯𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑰𐑗 𐑢𐑳𐑯. 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑚𐑰 𐑩𐑐𐑤𐑲𐑛 𐑨𐑟 𐑓𐑪𐑤𐑴𐑟:

𐑓𐑻𐑕𐑑, 𐑯𐑱𐑥 𐑞 𐑕𐑦𐑗𐑵𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯:

𐑲 𐑨𐑥 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑻𐑯𐑛 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 ______.

𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑜𐑴 𐑴𐑝𐑼 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑦 𐑐𐑪𐑕𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑬𐑑𐑒𐑳𐑥 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑩𐑒𐑻𐑛 𐑑 𐑿 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑧𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑒𐑷𐑟𐑛 𐑿 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑻𐑯, 𐑮𐑦𐑓𐑻𐑦𐑙 𐑑 𐑰𐑗 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑑 𐑕𐑐𐑩𐑕𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑤𐑦, 𐑕𐑱𐑦𐑙:

𐑲 𐑨𐑥 𐑩𐑓𐑮𐑱𐑛 ______ 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑣𐑨𐑐𐑩𐑯.

𐑦𐑓 𐑿 𐑸 𐑛𐑵𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑼𐑕𐑲𐑟𐑩𐑟 𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑐𐑼𐑤𐑦, 𐑿 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑕𐑳𐑥 𐑓𐑲𐑝 𐑹 𐑕𐑦𐑒𐑕 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑧𐑕𐑦𐑙 𐑐𐑪𐑕𐑩𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑦𐑟 𐑩𐑝𐑱𐑤𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑓 𐑰𐑗 𐑕𐑦𐑗𐑵𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑿 𐑿𐑟, 𐑯 𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑑 𐑐𐑪𐑕𐑩𐑚𐑤𐑦 𐑥𐑹. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑥𐑳𐑗 𐑥𐑹 𐑣𐑧𐑤𐑐𐑓𐑩𐑤 𐑑 𐑒𐑳𐑝𐑼 𐑩 𐑓𐑿 𐑕𐑦𐑗𐑵𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑔𐑳𐑮𐑴𐑤𐑦 𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑑 𐑑𐑳𐑗 𐑪𐑯 𐑩 𐑤𐑸𐑡𐑼 𐑯𐑳𐑥𐑚𐑼. 𐑨𐑟 𐑞 𐑤𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑝 𐑨𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑕𐑦𐑐𐑱𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑬𐑑𐑒𐑳𐑥𐑟 𐑓 𐑰𐑗 𐑕𐑦𐑗𐑵𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑯𐑿𐑟, 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑚𐑩𐑚𐑤𐑦 𐑓𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑕𐑳𐑥 𐑝 𐑞𐑧𐑥, 𐑦𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑖𐑩𐑤𐑦 𐑞𐑴𐑟 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑩𐑒𐑻 𐑑 𐑿 𐑑𐑹𐑛 𐑞 𐑧𐑯𐑛, 𐑤𐑧𐑕 𐑩𐑒𐑕𐑧𐑐𐑑𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑑 𐑿. 𐑑𐑮𐑲, 𐑣𐑬𐑧𐑝𐑼, 𐑑 𐑑𐑮𐑰𐑑 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑷𐑤 𐑩𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑑 𐑢𐑪𐑑𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑑𐑧𐑯𐑑 𐑿 𐑒𐑨𐑯.

𐑨𐑓𐑑𐑼 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑯𐑱𐑥𐑛 𐑰𐑗 𐑬𐑑𐑒𐑳𐑥 𐑝 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑿 𐑸 𐑩𐑓𐑮𐑱𐑛, 𐑑𐑧𐑤 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓:

𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑩𐑯 𐑩𐑑𐑨𐑒 𐑩𐑐𐑪𐑯 𐑥𐑲𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓.

𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑒𐑤𐑵𐑛 𐑰𐑗 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛 𐑚𐑲 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑑 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑕 𐑥𐑹.