The idea for today begins to describe the conditions that prevail in the other way of seeing. Peace of mind is clearly an internal matter. It must begin with your own thoughts, and then extend outward. It is from your peace of mind that a peaceful perception of the world arises.

Three longer practice periods are required for today's exercises. One in the morning and one in the evening are advised, with an additional one to be undertaken at any time in between that seems most conducive to readiness. All applications should be done with your eyes closed. It is your inner world to which the applications of today's idea should be made.

Some five minutes of mind searching are required for each of the longer practice periods. Search your mind for fear thoughts, anxiety-provoking situations, "offending" personalities or events, or anything else about which you are harboring unloving thoughts. Note them all casually, repeating the idea for today slowly as you watch them arise in your mind, and let each one go, to be replaced by the next.

If you begin to experience difficulty in thinking of specific subjects, continue to repeat the idea to yourself in an unhurried manner, without applying it to anything in particular. Be sure, however, not to make any specific exclusions.

The shorter applications are to be frequent, and made whenever you feel your peace of mind is threatened in any way. The purpose is to protect yourself from temptation throughout the day. If a specific form of temptation arises in your awareness, the exercise should take this form:

I could see peace in this situation instead of what I now see in it.

If the inroads on your peace of mind take the form of more generalized adverse emotions, such as depression, anxiety or worry, use the idea in its original form. If you find you need more than one application of today's idea to help you change your mind in any specific context, try to take several minutes and devote them to repeating the idea until you feel some sense of relief. It will help you if you tell yourself specifically:

I can replace my feelings of depression, anxiety or worry

[or my thoughts about this situation, personality or event] with peace.

𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑚𐑦𐑜𐑦𐑯𐑟 𐑑 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑲𐑚 𐑞 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑛𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑝𐑱𐑤 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑳𐑞𐑼 𐑢𐑱 𐑝 𐑕𐑰𐑦𐑙. 𐑐𐑰𐑕 𐑝 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑦𐑟 𐑒𐑤𐑽𐑤𐑦 𐑩𐑯 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑻𐑯𐑩𐑤 𐑥𐑨𐑑𐑼. 𐑦𐑑 𐑥𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑚𐑦𐑜𐑦𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑘𐑹 𐑴𐑯 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕, 𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑑𐑧𐑯𐑛 𐑬𐑑𐑢𐑼𐑛. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥 𐑘𐑹 𐑐𐑰𐑕 𐑝 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑩 𐑐𐑰𐑕𐑓𐑩𐑤 𐑐𐑼𐑕𐑧𐑐𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛 𐑼𐑲𐑟𐑩𐑟.

𐑔𐑮𐑰 𐑤𐑪𐑙𐑜𐑼 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟 𐑸 𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑼𐑛 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑼𐑕𐑲𐑟𐑩𐑟. 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑥𐑹𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑯 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑰𐑝𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑸 𐑩𐑛𐑝𐑲𐑟𐑛, 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑩𐑯 𐑩𐑛𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑩𐑤 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼𐑑𐑱𐑒𐑩𐑯 𐑨𐑑 𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑦𐑯 𐑚𐑦𐑑𐑢𐑰𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑕𐑰𐑥𐑟 𐑥𐑴𐑕𐑑 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑛𐑵𐑕𐑦𐑝 𐑑 𐑮𐑧𐑛𐑦𐑯𐑩𐑕. 𐑷𐑤 𐑨𐑐𐑤𐑦𐑒𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑚𐑰 𐑛𐑳𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑘𐑹 𐑲𐑟 𐑒𐑤𐑴𐑟𐑛. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑘𐑹 𐑦𐑯𐑼 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛 𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑞 𐑨𐑐𐑤𐑦𐑒𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑝 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑚𐑰 𐑥𐑱𐑛.

𐑕𐑳𐑥 𐑓𐑲𐑝 𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑝 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑕𐑻𐑗𐑦𐑙 𐑸 𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑼𐑛 𐑓 𐑰𐑗 𐑝 𐑞 𐑤𐑪𐑙𐑜𐑼 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟. 𐑕𐑻𐑗 𐑘𐑹 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑓 𐑓𐑽 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕, 𐑨𐑙𐑟𐑲𐑩𐑑𐑦-𐑐𐑮𐑩𐑝𐑴𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑕𐑦𐑗𐑵𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟, "𐑩𐑓𐑧𐑯𐑛𐑦𐑙" 𐑐𐑻𐑕𐑩𐑯𐑨𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑦𐑟 𐑹 𐑦𐑝𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑕, 𐑹 𐑧𐑯𐑦𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑧𐑤𐑕 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑿 𐑸 𐑣𐑸𐑚𐑼𐑦𐑙 𐑳𐑯𐑤𐑳𐑝𐑦𐑙 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕. 𐑯𐑴𐑑 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑷𐑤 𐑒𐑨𐑠𐑵𐑩𐑤𐑦, 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑕𐑤𐑴𐑤𐑦 𐑨𐑟 𐑿 𐑢𐑪𐑗 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑼𐑲𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑘𐑹 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛, 𐑯 𐑤𐑧𐑑 𐑰𐑗 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑜𐑴, 𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑕𐑑 𐑚𐑲 𐑞 𐑯𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑑.

𐑦𐑓 𐑿 𐑚𐑦𐑜𐑦𐑯 𐑑 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑯𐑕 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑳𐑤𐑑𐑦 𐑦𐑯 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑝 𐑕𐑐𐑩𐑕𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒 𐑕𐑳𐑚𐑡𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑕, 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑯𐑿 𐑑 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑑 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑦𐑯 𐑩𐑯 𐑳𐑯𐑣𐑳𐑮𐑦𐑛 𐑥𐑨𐑯𐑼, 𐑢𐑦𐑞𐑬𐑑 𐑩𐑐𐑤𐑲𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑑 𐑑 𐑧𐑯𐑦𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑯 𐑐𐑼𐑑𐑦𐑒𐑿𐑤𐑼. 𐑚𐑰 𐑖𐑫𐑼, 𐑣𐑬𐑧𐑝𐑼, 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑑 𐑥𐑱𐑒 𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑕𐑐𐑩𐑕𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑒𐑤𐑵𐑠𐑩𐑯𐑟.

𐑞 𐑖𐑹𐑑𐑼 𐑨𐑐𐑤𐑦𐑒𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑸 𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑓𐑮𐑰𐑒𐑢𐑩𐑯𐑑, 𐑯 𐑥𐑱𐑛 𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑿 𐑓𐑰𐑤 𐑘𐑹 𐑐𐑰𐑕 𐑝 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑦𐑟 𐑔𐑮𐑧𐑑𐑩𐑯𐑛 𐑦𐑯 𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑢𐑱. 𐑞 𐑐𐑻𐑐𐑩𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑑 𐑐𐑮𐑩𐑑𐑧𐑒𐑑 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥 𐑑𐑧𐑥𐑐𐑑𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑔𐑮𐑵𐑬𐑑 𐑞 𐑛𐑱. 𐑦𐑓 𐑩 𐑕𐑐𐑩𐑕𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒 𐑓𐑹𐑥 𐑝 𐑑𐑧𐑥𐑐𐑑𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑼𐑲𐑟𐑩𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑘𐑹 𐑩𐑢𐑺𐑯𐑩𐑕, 𐑞 𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑼𐑕𐑲𐑟 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑑𐑱𐑒 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑓𐑹𐑥:

𐑲 𐑒𐑫𐑛 𐑕𐑰 𐑐𐑰𐑕 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑕𐑦𐑗𐑵𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑦𐑯𐑕𐑑𐑧𐑛 𐑝 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑲 𐑯𐑬 𐑕𐑰 𐑦𐑯 𐑦𐑑.

𐑦𐑓 𐑞 𐑦𐑯𐑮𐑴𐑛𐑟 𐑪𐑯 𐑘𐑹 𐑐𐑰𐑕 𐑝 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑑𐑱𐑒 𐑞 𐑓𐑹𐑥 𐑝 𐑥𐑹 𐑡𐑧𐑯𐑼𐑩𐑤𐑲𐑟𐑛 𐑨𐑛𐑝𐑻𐑕 𐑦𐑥𐑴𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟, 𐑕𐑳𐑗 𐑨𐑟 𐑛𐑦𐑐𐑮𐑧𐑖𐑩𐑯, 𐑨𐑙𐑟𐑲𐑩𐑑𐑦 𐑹 𐑢𐑳𐑮𐑦, 𐑿𐑟 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑦𐑯 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑼𐑦𐑡𐑦𐑯𐑩𐑤 𐑓𐑹𐑥. 𐑦𐑓 𐑿 𐑓𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑿 𐑯𐑰𐑛 𐑥𐑹 𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑨𐑐𐑤𐑦𐑒𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑑 𐑣𐑧𐑤𐑐 𐑿 𐑗𐑱𐑯𐑡 𐑘𐑹 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑦𐑯 𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑕𐑐𐑩𐑕𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒 𐑒𐑪𐑯𐑑𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑑, 𐑑𐑮𐑲 𐑑 𐑑𐑱𐑒 𐑕𐑧𐑝𐑼𐑩𐑤 𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑯 𐑛𐑦𐑝𐑴𐑑 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑑 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑤 𐑿 𐑓𐑰𐑤 𐑕𐑳𐑥 𐑕𐑧𐑯𐑕 𐑝 𐑮𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑓. 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑣𐑧𐑤𐑐 𐑿 𐑦𐑓 𐑿 𐑑𐑧𐑤 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑕𐑐𐑩𐑕𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑤𐑦:

𐑲 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑕 𐑥𐑲 𐑓𐑰𐑤𐑦𐑙𐑟 𐑝 𐑛𐑦𐑐𐑮𐑧𐑖𐑩𐑯, 𐑨𐑙𐑟𐑲𐑩𐑑𐑦 𐑹 𐑢𐑳𐑮𐑦

[𐑹 𐑥𐑲 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑕𐑦𐑗𐑵𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯, 𐑐𐑻𐑕𐑩𐑯𐑨𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑦 𐑹 𐑦𐑝𐑧𐑯𐑑] 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑐𐑰𐑕.