The idea for today explains why you can see all purpose in everything. It explains why nothing is separate, by itself or in itself. And it explains why nothing you see means anything. In fact, it explains every idea we have used thus far, and all subsequent ones as well. Today's idea is the whole basis for vision.

You will probably find this idea very difficult to grasp at this point. You may find it silly, irreverent, senseless, funny and even objectionable. Certainly God is not in a table, for example, as you see it. Yet we emphasized yesterday that a table shares the purpose of the universe. And what shares the purpose of the universe shares the purpose of its Creator.

Try then, today, to begin to learn how to look on all things with love, appreciation and open-mindedness. You do not see them now. Would you know what is in them? Nothing is as it appears to you. Its holy purpose stands beyond your little range. When vision has shown you the holiness that lights up the world, you will understand today's idea perfectly. And you will not understand how you could ever have found it difficult.

Our six two-minute practice periods for today should follow a now familiar pattern: Begin with repeating the idea to yourself, and then apply it to randomly chosen subjects about you, naming each one specifically. Try to avoid the tendency toward self-directed selection, which may be particularly tempting in connection with today's idea because of its wholly alien nature. Remember that any order you impose is equally alien to reality.

Your list of subjects should therefore be as free of self-selection as possible. For example, a suitable list might include:

God is in this coat hanger.

God is in this magazine.

God is in this finger.

God is in this lamp.

God is in that body.

God is in that door.

God is in that waste basket.

In addition to the assigned practice periods, repeat the idea for today at least once an hour, looking slowly about you as you say the words unhurriedly to yourself. At least once or twice, you should experience a sense of restfulness as you do this.

𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑯𐑟 𐑢𐑲 𐑿 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑕𐑰 𐑷𐑤 𐑐𐑻𐑐𐑩𐑕 𐑦𐑯 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑦𐑔𐑦𐑙. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑯𐑟 𐑢𐑲 𐑯𐑳𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑟 𐑕𐑧𐑐𐑼𐑩𐑑, 𐑚𐑲 𐑦𐑑𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑹 𐑦𐑯 𐑦𐑑𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓. 𐑯 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑯𐑟 𐑢𐑲 𐑯𐑳𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑿 𐑕𐑰 𐑥𐑰𐑯𐑟 𐑧𐑯𐑦𐑔𐑦𐑙. 𐑦𐑯 𐑓𐑨𐑒𐑑, 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑯𐑟 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑦 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑢𐑰 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑿𐑟𐑛 𐑞𐑳𐑕 𐑓𐑸, 𐑯 𐑷𐑤 𐑕𐑳𐑚𐑕𐑦𐑒𐑢𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑟 𐑨𐑟 𐑢𐑧𐑤. 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑣𐑴𐑤 𐑚𐑱𐑕𐑦𐑕 𐑓 𐑝𐑦𐑠𐑩𐑯.

𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑚𐑩𐑚𐑤𐑦 𐑓𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑝𐑧𐑮𐑦 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑳𐑤𐑑 𐑑 𐑜𐑮𐑨𐑕𐑐 𐑨𐑑 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑶𐑯𐑑. 𐑿 𐑥𐑱 𐑓𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑦𐑑 𐑕𐑦𐑤𐑦, 𐑦𐑮𐑧𐑝𐑼𐑩𐑯𐑑, 𐑕𐑧𐑯𐑕𐑤𐑩𐑕, 𐑓𐑳𐑯𐑦 𐑯 𐑰𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑩𐑚𐑡𐑧𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤. 𐑕𐑻𐑑𐑩𐑯𐑤𐑦 ·𐑜𐑪𐑛 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑦𐑯 𐑩 𐑑𐑱𐑚𐑩𐑤, 𐑓 𐑦𐑜𐑟𐑨𐑥𐑐𐑩𐑤, 𐑨𐑟 𐑿 𐑕𐑰 𐑦𐑑. 𐑘𐑧𐑑 𐑢𐑰 𐑧𐑥𐑓𐑩𐑕𐑲𐑟𐑛 𐑘𐑧𐑕𐑑𐑼𐑛𐑱 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑩 𐑑𐑱𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑖𐑺𐑟 𐑞 𐑐𐑻𐑐𐑩𐑕 𐑝 𐑞 𐑿𐑯𐑦𐑝𐑻𐑕. 𐑯 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑖𐑺𐑟 𐑞 𐑐𐑻𐑐𐑩𐑕 𐑝 𐑞 𐑿𐑯𐑦𐑝𐑻𐑕 𐑖𐑺𐑟 𐑞 𐑐𐑻𐑐𐑩𐑕 𐑝 𐑦𐑑𐑕 ·𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑱𐑑𐑼.

𐑑𐑮𐑲 𐑞𐑧𐑯, 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱, 𐑑 𐑚𐑦𐑜𐑦𐑯 𐑑 𐑤𐑻𐑯 𐑣𐑬 𐑑 𐑤𐑫𐑒 𐑪𐑯 𐑷𐑤 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑟 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑤𐑳𐑝, 𐑩𐑐𐑮𐑰𐑖𐑦𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑯 𐑴𐑐𐑩𐑯-𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑛𐑯𐑩𐑕. 𐑿 𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑕𐑰 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑯𐑬. 𐑢𐑫𐑛 𐑿 𐑯𐑴 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑥? 𐑯𐑳𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑟 𐑨𐑟 𐑦𐑑 𐑩𐑐𐑽𐑟 𐑑 𐑿. 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑣𐑴𐑤𐑦 𐑐𐑻𐑐𐑩𐑕 𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑟 𐑚𐑦𐑘𐑪𐑯𐑛 𐑘𐑹 𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑩𐑤 𐑮𐑱𐑯𐑡. 𐑢𐑧𐑯 𐑝𐑦𐑠𐑩𐑯 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑖𐑴𐑯 𐑿 𐑞 𐑣𐑴𐑤𐑦𐑯𐑩𐑕 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑤𐑲𐑑𐑕 𐑳𐑐 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛, 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑯𐑛 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑐𐑻𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑑𐑤𐑦. 𐑯 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑯𐑛 𐑣𐑬 𐑿 𐑒𐑫𐑛 𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑓𐑬𐑯𐑛 𐑦𐑑 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑳𐑤𐑑.

𐑬𐑼 𐑕𐑦𐑒𐑕 𐑑𐑵-𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑑 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑓𐑪𐑤𐑴 𐑩 𐑯𐑬 𐑓𐑩𐑥𐑦𐑤𐑽 𐑐𐑨𐑑𐑼𐑯: 𐑚𐑦𐑜𐑦𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑑 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓, 𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑩𐑐𐑤𐑲 𐑦𐑑 𐑑 𐑮𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑥𐑤𐑦 𐑗𐑴𐑟𐑩𐑯 𐑕𐑳𐑚𐑡𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑕 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑿, 𐑯𐑱𐑥𐑦𐑙 𐑰𐑗 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑕𐑐𐑩𐑕𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑤𐑦. 𐑑𐑮𐑲 𐑑 𐑩𐑝𐑶𐑛 𐑞 𐑑𐑧𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑦 𐑑𐑹𐑛 𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓-𐑛𐑦𐑮𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑕𐑦𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯, 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑥𐑱 𐑚𐑰 𐑐𐑼𐑑𐑦𐑒𐑿𐑤𐑼𐑤𐑦 𐑑𐑧𐑥𐑐𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑯 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑧𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑝 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑣𐑴𐑤𐑦 𐑱𐑤𐑾𐑯 𐑯𐑱𐑗𐑼. 𐑮𐑦𐑥𐑧𐑥𐑚𐑼 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑹𐑛𐑼 𐑿 𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑴𐑟 𐑦𐑟 𐑰𐑒𐑢𐑩𐑤𐑦 𐑱𐑤𐑾𐑯 𐑑 𐑮𐑦𐑨𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑦.

𐑘𐑹 𐑤𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑝 𐑕𐑳𐑚𐑡𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑕 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑞𐑺𐑓𐑹 𐑚𐑰 𐑨𐑟 𐑓𐑮𐑰 𐑝 𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓-𐑕𐑦𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑨𐑟 𐑐𐑪𐑕𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤. 𐑓 𐑦𐑜𐑟𐑨𐑥𐑐𐑩𐑤, 𐑩 𐑕𐑵𐑑𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑤𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑥𐑲𐑑 𐑦𐑯𐑒𐑤𐑵𐑛:

·𐑜𐑪𐑛 𐑦𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑒𐑴𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑙𐑼.

·𐑜𐑪𐑛 𐑦𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑥𐑨𐑜𐑩𐑟𐑰𐑯.

·𐑜𐑪𐑛 𐑦𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑓𐑦𐑙𐑜𐑼.

·𐑜𐑪𐑛 𐑦𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑤𐑨𐑥𐑐.

·𐑜𐑪𐑛 𐑦𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑚𐑪𐑛𐑦.

·𐑜𐑪𐑛 𐑦𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑛𐑹.

·𐑜𐑪𐑛 𐑦𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑢𐑱𐑕𐑑 𐑚𐑨𐑕𐑒𐑩𐑑.

𐑦𐑯 𐑩𐑛𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑑 𐑞 𐑩𐑕𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟, 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑨𐑑 𐑤𐑰𐑕𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑕 𐑩𐑯 𐑬𐑼, 𐑤𐑫𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑕𐑤𐑴𐑤𐑦 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑿 𐑨𐑟 𐑿 𐑕𐑱 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑛𐑟 𐑳𐑯𐑣𐑳𐑮𐑦𐑛𐑤𐑦 𐑑 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓. 𐑨𐑑 𐑤𐑰𐑕𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑕 𐑹 𐑑𐑢𐑲𐑕, 𐑿 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑯𐑕 𐑩 𐑕𐑧𐑯𐑕 𐑝 𐑮𐑧𐑕𐑑𐑓𐑩𐑤𐑯𐑩𐑕 𐑨𐑟 𐑿 𐑛𐑵 𐑞𐑦𐑕.