Today we are really giving specific application to the idea for yesterday. In these practice periods, you will be making a series of definite commitments. The question of whether you will keep them in the future is not our concern here. If you are willing at least to make them now, you have started on the way to keeping them. And we are still at the beginning.

You may wonder why it is important to say, for example, "Above all else I want to see this table differently." In itself it is not important at all. Yet what is by itself? And what does "in itself" mean? You see a lot of separate things about you, which really means you are not seeing at all. You either see or not. When you have seen one thing differently, you will see all things differently. The light you will see in any one of them is the same light you will see in them all.

When you say, "Above all else I want to see this table differently," you are making a commitment to withdraw your preconceived ideas about the table, and open your mind to what it is, and what it is for. You are not defining it in past terms. You are asking what it is, rather than telling it what it is. You are not binding its meaning to your tiny experience of tables, nor are you limiting its purpose to your little personal thoughts.

You will not question what you have already defined. And the purpose of these exercises is to ask questions and receive the answers. In saying, "Above all else I want to see this table differently," you are committing yourself to seeing. It is not an exclusive commitment. It is a commitment that applies to the table just as much as to anything else, neither more nor less.

You could, in fact, gain vision from just that table, if you would withdraw all your own ideas from it, and look upon it with a completely open mind. It has something to show you; something beautiful and clean and of infinite value, full of happiness and hope. Hidden under all your ideas about it is its real purpose, the purpose it shares with all the universe.

In using the table as a subject for applying the idea for today, you are therefore really asking to see the purpose of the universe. You will be making this same request of each subject that you use in the practice periods. And you are making a commitment to each of them to let its purpose be revealed to you, instead of placing your own judgment upon it.

We will have six two-minute practice periods today, in which the idea for the day is stated first, and then applied to whatever you see about you. Not only should the subjects be chosen randomly, but each one should be accorded equal sincerity as today's idea is applied to it, in an attempt to acknowledge the equal value of them all in their contribution to your seeing.

As usual, the applications should include the name of the subject your eyes happen to light on, and you should rest your eyes on it while saying:

Above all else I want to see this ______ differently.

Each application should be made quite slowly, and as thoughtfully as possible. There is no hurry.

𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑢𐑰 𐑸 𐑮𐑾𐑤𐑦 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑦𐑙 𐑕𐑐𐑩𐑕𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒 𐑨𐑐𐑤𐑦𐑒𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑑 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑓 𐑘𐑧𐑕𐑑𐑼𐑛𐑱. 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑰𐑟 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟, 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑚𐑰 𐑥𐑱𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑩 𐑕𐑽𐑰𐑟 𐑝 𐑛𐑧𐑓𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑑 𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑦𐑑𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑕. 𐑞 𐑒𐑢𐑧𐑕𐑗𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑢𐑧𐑞𐑼 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑒𐑰𐑐 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑓𐑿𐑗𐑼 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑬𐑼 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑻𐑯 𐑣𐑽. 𐑦𐑓 𐑿 𐑸 𐑢𐑦𐑤𐑦𐑙 𐑨𐑑 𐑤𐑰𐑕𐑑 𐑑 𐑥𐑱𐑒 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑯𐑬, 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑕𐑑𐑸𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑢𐑱 𐑑 𐑒𐑰𐑐𐑦𐑙 𐑞𐑧𐑥. 𐑯 𐑢𐑰 𐑸 𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑤 𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑚𐑦𐑜𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑙.

𐑿 𐑥𐑱 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼 𐑢𐑲 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑹𐑑𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑑 𐑕𐑱, 𐑓 𐑦𐑜𐑟𐑨𐑥𐑐𐑩𐑤, "𐑩𐑚𐑳𐑝 𐑷𐑤 𐑧𐑤𐑕 𐑲 𐑢𐑪𐑯𐑑 𐑑 𐑕𐑰 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑑𐑱𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑼𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑤𐑦." 𐑦𐑯 𐑦𐑑𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑹𐑑𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑨𐑑 𐑷𐑤. 𐑘𐑧𐑑 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑚𐑲 𐑦𐑑𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓? 𐑯 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑛𐑳𐑟 "𐑦𐑯 𐑦𐑑𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓" 𐑥𐑰𐑯? 𐑿 𐑕𐑰 𐑩 𐑤𐑪𐑑 𐑝 𐑕𐑧𐑐𐑼𐑩𐑑 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑟 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑿, 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑮𐑾𐑤𐑦 𐑥𐑰𐑯𐑟 𐑿 𐑸 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑕𐑰𐑦𐑙 𐑨𐑑 𐑷𐑤. 𐑿 𐑲𐑞𐑼 𐑕𐑰 𐑹 𐑯𐑪𐑑. 𐑢𐑧𐑯 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑕𐑰𐑯 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑼𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑤𐑦, 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑕𐑰 𐑷𐑤 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑟 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑼𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑤𐑦. 𐑞 𐑤𐑲𐑑 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑕𐑰 𐑦𐑯 𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑝 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑕𐑱𐑥 𐑤𐑲𐑑 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑕𐑰 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑷𐑤.

𐑢𐑧𐑯 𐑿 𐑕𐑱, "𐑩𐑚𐑳𐑝 𐑷𐑤 𐑧𐑤𐑕 𐑲 𐑢𐑪𐑯𐑑 𐑑 𐑕𐑰 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑑𐑱𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑼𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑤𐑦," 𐑿 𐑸 𐑥𐑱𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑩 𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑦𐑑𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑞𐑛𐑮𐑷 𐑘𐑹 𐑐𐑮𐑰𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑰𐑝𐑛 𐑲𐑛𐑾𐑟 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑞 𐑑𐑱𐑚𐑩𐑤, 𐑯 𐑴𐑐𐑩𐑯 𐑘𐑹 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑑 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟, 𐑯 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑓. 𐑿 𐑸 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑲𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑯 𐑐𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑑𐑻𐑥𐑟. 𐑿 𐑸 𐑨𐑕𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟, 𐑮𐑨𐑞𐑼 𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑑𐑧𐑤𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟. 𐑿 𐑸 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑚𐑲𐑯𐑛𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑥𐑰𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑑 𐑘𐑹 𐑑𐑲𐑯𐑦 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑯𐑕 𐑝 𐑑𐑱𐑚𐑩𐑤𐑟, 𐑯𐑹 𐑸 𐑿 𐑤𐑦𐑥𐑦𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑐𐑻𐑐𐑩𐑕 𐑑 𐑘𐑹 𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑩𐑤 𐑐𐑻𐑕𐑩𐑯𐑩𐑤 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕.

𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑒𐑢𐑧𐑕𐑗𐑩𐑯 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑷𐑤𐑮𐑧𐑛𐑦 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑲𐑯𐑛. 𐑯 𐑞 𐑐𐑻𐑐𐑩𐑕 𐑝 𐑞𐑰𐑟 𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑼𐑕𐑲𐑟𐑩𐑟 𐑦𐑟 𐑑 𐑨𐑕𐑒 𐑒𐑢𐑧𐑕𐑗𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑯 𐑮𐑦𐑕𐑰𐑝 𐑞 𐑨𐑯𐑕𐑼𐑟. 𐑦𐑯 𐑕𐑱𐑦𐑙, "𐑩𐑚𐑳𐑝 𐑷𐑤 𐑧𐑤𐑕 𐑲 𐑢𐑪𐑯𐑑 𐑑 𐑕𐑰 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑑𐑱𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑼𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑤𐑦," 𐑿 𐑸 𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑦𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑑 𐑕𐑰𐑦𐑙. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑩𐑯 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑒𐑤𐑵𐑕𐑦𐑝 𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑦𐑑𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑩 𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑦𐑑𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑩𐑐𐑤𐑲𐑟 𐑑 𐑞 𐑑𐑱𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑨𐑟 𐑥𐑳𐑗 𐑨𐑟 𐑑 𐑧𐑯𐑦𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑧𐑤𐑕, 𐑯𐑲𐑞𐑼 𐑥𐑹 𐑯𐑹 𐑤𐑧𐑕.

𐑿 𐑒𐑫𐑛, 𐑦𐑯 𐑓𐑨𐑒𐑑, 𐑜𐑱𐑯 𐑝𐑦𐑠𐑩𐑯 𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑑𐑱𐑚𐑩𐑤, 𐑦𐑓 𐑿 𐑢𐑫𐑛 𐑢𐑦𐑞𐑛𐑮𐑷 𐑷𐑤 𐑘𐑹 𐑴𐑯 𐑲𐑛𐑾𐑟 𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥 𐑦𐑑, 𐑯 𐑤𐑫𐑒 𐑩𐑐𐑪𐑯 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑩 𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑐𐑤𐑰𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑴𐑐𐑩𐑯 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛. 𐑦𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑑 𐑖𐑴 𐑿; 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑚𐑿𐑑𐑦𐑓𐑩𐑤 𐑯 𐑒𐑤𐑰𐑯 𐑯 𐑝 𐑦𐑯𐑓𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑑 𐑝𐑨𐑤𐑿, 𐑓𐑫𐑤 𐑝 𐑣𐑨𐑐𐑦𐑯𐑩𐑕 𐑯 𐑣𐑴𐑐. 𐑣𐑦𐑛𐑩𐑯 𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼 𐑷𐑤 𐑘𐑹 𐑲𐑛𐑾𐑟 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑮𐑾𐑤 𐑐𐑻𐑐𐑩𐑕, 𐑞 𐑐𐑻𐑐𐑩𐑕 𐑦𐑑 𐑖𐑺𐑟 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑷𐑤 𐑞 𐑿𐑯𐑦𐑝𐑻𐑕.

𐑦𐑯 𐑿𐑟𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑑𐑱𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑨𐑟 𐑩 𐑕𐑳𐑚𐑡𐑧𐑒𐑑 𐑓 𐑩𐑐𐑤𐑲𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱, 𐑿 𐑸 𐑞𐑺𐑓𐑹 𐑮𐑾𐑤𐑦 𐑨𐑕𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑑 𐑕𐑰 𐑞 𐑐𐑻𐑐𐑩𐑕 𐑝 𐑞 𐑿𐑯𐑦𐑝𐑻𐑕. 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑚𐑰 𐑥𐑱𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑕𐑱𐑥 𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑢𐑧𐑕𐑑 𐑝 𐑰𐑗 𐑕𐑳𐑚𐑡𐑧𐑒𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑿𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟. 𐑯 𐑿 𐑸 𐑥𐑱𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑩 𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑦𐑑𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑑 𐑰𐑗 𐑝 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑑 𐑤𐑧𐑑 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑐𐑻𐑐𐑩𐑕 𐑚𐑰 𐑮𐑦𐑝𐑰𐑤𐑛 𐑑 𐑿, 𐑦𐑯𐑕𐑑𐑧𐑛 𐑝 𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑕𐑦𐑙 𐑘𐑹 𐑴𐑯 𐑡𐑳𐑡𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑩𐑐𐑪𐑯 𐑦𐑑.

𐑢𐑰 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑕𐑦𐑒𐑕 𐑑𐑵-𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑑 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱, 𐑦𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑓 𐑞 𐑛𐑱 𐑦𐑟 𐑕𐑑𐑱𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑓𐑻𐑕𐑑, 𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑩𐑐𐑤𐑲𐑛 𐑑 𐑢𐑪𐑑𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑿 𐑕𐑰 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑿. 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑦 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑞 𐑕𐑳𐑚𐑡𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑕 𐑚𐑰 𐑗𐑴𐑟𐑩𐑯 𐑮𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑥𐑤𐑦, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑰𐑗 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑚𐑰 𐑩𐑒𐑹𐑛𐑩𐑛 𐑰𐑒𐑢𐑩𐑤 𐑕𐑦𐑯𐑕𐑧𐑮𐑦𐑑𐑦 𐑨𐑟 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑦𐑟 𐑩𐑐𐑤𐑲𐑛 𐑑 𐑦𐑑, 𐑦𐑯 𐑩𐑯 𐑩𐑑𐑧𐑥𐑐𐑑 𐑑 𐑩𐑒𐑯𐑪𐑤𐑦𐑡 𐑞 𐑰𐑒𐑢𐑩𐑤 𐑝𐑨𐑤𐑿 𐑝 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑷𐑤 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑺 𐑒𐑪𐑯𐑑𐑮𐑦𐑚𐑿𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑑 𐑘𐑹 𐑕𐑰𐑦𐑙.

𐑨𐑟 𐑿𐑠𐑵𐑩𐑤, 𐑞 𐑨𐑐𐑤𐑦𐑒𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑦𐑯𐑒𐑤𐑵𐑛 𐑞 𐑯𐑱𐑥 𐑝 𐑞 𐑕𐑳𐑚𐑡𐑧𐑒𐑑 𐑘𐑹 𐑲𐑟 𐑣𐑨𐑐𐑩𐑯 𐑑 𐑤𐑲𐑑 𐑪𐑯, 𐑯 𐑿 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑮𐑧𐑕𐑑 𐑘𐑹 𐑲𐑟 𐑪𐑯 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑲𐑤 𐑕𐑱𐑦𐑙:

𐑩𐑚𐑳𐑝 𐑷𐑤 𐑧𐑤𐑕 𐑲 𐑢𐑪𐑯𐑑 𐑑 𐑕𐑰 𐑞𐑦𐑕 ______ 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑼𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑤𐑦.

𐑰𐑗 𐑨𐑐𐑤𐑦𐑒𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑚𐑰 𐑥𐑱𐑛 𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑑 𐑕𐑤𐑴𐑤𐑦, 𐑯 𐑨𐑟 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑓𐑩𐑤𐑦 𐑨𐑟 𐑐𐑪𐑕𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤. 𐑞𐑺 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑴 𐑣𐑳𐑮𐑦.