Today's idea does not describe the way you see yourself now. It does, however, describe what vision will show you. It is difficult for anyone who thinks he is in this world to believe this of himself. Yet the reason he thinks he is in this world is because he does not believe it.

You will believe that you are part of where you think you are. That is because you surround yourself with the environment you want. And you want it to protect the image of yourself that you have made. The image is part of this environment. What you see while you believe you are in it is seen through the eyes of the image. This is not vision. Images cannot see.

The idea for today presents a very different view of yourself. By establishing your Source it establishes your Identity, and it describes you as you must really be in truth. We will use a somewhat different kind of application for today's idea because the emphasis for today is on the perceiver, rather than on what he perceives.

For each of the three five-minute practice periods today, begin by repeating today's idea to yourself, and then close your eyes and search your mind for the various kinds of descriptive terms in which you see yourself. Include all the ego-based attributes which you ascribe to yourself, positive or negative, desirable or undesirable, grandiose or debased. All of them are equally unreal, because you do not look upon yourself through the eyes of holiness.

In the earlier part of the mind-searching period, you will probably emphasize what you consider to be the more negative aspects of your perception of yourself. Toward the latter part of the exercise period, however, more self-inflating descriptive terms may well cross your mind. Try to recognize that the direction of your fantasies about yourself does not matter. Illusions have no direction in reality. They are merely not true.

A suitable unselected list for applying the idea for today might be as follows:

I see myself as imposed on.

I see myself as depressed.

I see myself as failing.

I see myself as endangered.

I see myself as helpless.

I see myself as victorious.

I see myself as losing out.

I see myself as charitable.

I see myself as virtuous.

You should not think of these terms in an abstract way. They will occur to you as various situations, personalities and events in which you figure cross your mind. Pick up any specific situation that occurs to you, identify the descriptive term or terms you feel are applicable to your reactions to that situation, and use them in applying today's idea. After you have named each one, add:

But my mind is part of God's. I am very holy.

During the longer exercise periods, there will probably be intervals in which nothing specific occurs to you. Do not strain to think up specific things to fill the interval, but merely relax and repeat today's idea slowly until something occurs to you. Although nothing that does occur should be omitted from the exercises, nothing should be "dug out" with effort. Neither force nor discrimination should be used.

As often as possible during the day, pick up a specific attribute or attributes you are ascribing to yourself at the time and apply the idea for today to them, adding the idea in the form stated above to each of them. If nothing particular occurs to you, merely repeat the idea to yourself, with closed eyes.

𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑛𐑳𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑲𐑚 𐑞 𐑢𐑱 𐑿 𐑕𐑰 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑯𐑬. 𐑦𐑑 𐑛𐑳𐑟, 𐑣𐑬𐑧𐑝𐑼, 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑲𐑚 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑝𐑦𐑠𐑩𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑖𐑴 𐑿. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑳𐑤𐑑 𐑓 𐑧𐑯𐑦𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑣𐑵 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒𐑕 𐑣𐑰 𐑦𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛 𐑑 𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑝 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑝 𐑣𐑦𐑥𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓. 𐑘𐑧𐑑 𐑞 𐑮𐑰𐑟𐑩𐑯 𐑣𐑰 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒𐑕 𐑣𐑰 𐑦𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛 𐑦𐑟 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑣𐑰 𐑛𐑳𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑝 𐑦𐑑.

𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑝 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑸 𐑐𐑸𐑑 𐑝 𐑢𐑺 𐑿 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑿 𐑸. 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑿 𐑕𐑼𐑬𐑯𐑛 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑞 𐑦𐑯𐑝𐑲𐑮𐑩𐑯𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑿 𐑢𐑪𐑯𐑑. 𐑯 𐑿 𐑢𐑪𐑯𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑑 𐑐𐑮𐑩𐑑𐑧𐑒𐑑 𐑞 𐑦𐑥𐑦𐑡 𐑝 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑥𐑱𐑛. 𐑞 𐑦𐑥𐑦𐑡 𐑦𐑟 𐑐𐑸𐑑 𐑝 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑦𐑯𐑝𐑲𐑮𐑩𐑯𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑. 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑿 𐑕𐑰 𐑢𐑲𐑤 𐑿 𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑝 𐑿 𐑸 𐑦𐑯 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑕𐑰𐑯 𐑔𐑮𐑵 𐑞 𐑲𐑟 𐑝 𐑞 𐑦𐑥𐑦𐑡. 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑝𐑦𐑠𐑩𐑯. 𐑦𐑥𐑦𐑡𐑩𐑟 𐑒𐑨𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑕𐑰.

𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑟𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑕 𐑩 𐑝𐑧𐑮𐑦 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑼𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑝𐑿 𐑝 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓. 𐑚𐑲 𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑚𐑤𐑦𐑖𐑦𐑙 𐑘𐑹 ·𐑕𐑹𐑕 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑚𐑤𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑟 𐑘𐑹 ·𐑲𐑛𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑑𐑦, 𐑯 𐑦𐑑 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑲𐑚𐑟 𐑿 𐑨𐑟 𐑿 𐑥𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑮𐑾𐑤𐑦 𐑚𐑰 𐑦𐑯 𐑑𐑮𐑵𐑔. 𐑢𐑰 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑿𐑟 𐑩 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑼𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑒𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑝 𐑨𐑐𐑤𐑦𐑒𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑞 𐑧𐑥𐑓𐑩𐑕𐑦𐑕 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑦𐑟 𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑐𐑼𐑕𐑰𐑝𐑼, 𐑮𐑨𐑞𐑼 𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑪𐑯 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑣𐑰 𐑐𐑼𐑕𐑰𐑝𐑟.

𐑓 𐑰𐑗 𐑝 𐑞 𐑔𐑮𐑰 𐑓𐑲𐑝-𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑑 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱, 𐑚𐑦𐑜𐑦𐑯 𐑚𐑲 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑑 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓, 𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑒𐑤𐑴𐑟 𐑘𐑹 𐑲𐑟 𐑯 𐑕𐑻𐑗 𐑘𐑹 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑓 𐑞 𐑝𐑨𐑮𐑾𐑕 𐑒𐑲𐑯𐑛𐑟 𐑝 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑑𐑦𐑝 𐑑𐑻𐑥𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑿 𐑕𐑰 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓. 𐑦𐑯𐑒𐑤𐑵𐑛 𐑷𐑤 𐑞 𐑰𐑜𐑴-𐑚𐑱𐑕𐑑 𐑨𐑑𐑮𐑦𐑚𐑿𐑑𐑕 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑿 𐑩𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑲𐑚 𐑑 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓, 𐑐𐑪𐑟𐑦𐑑𐑦𐑝 𐑹 𐑯𐑧𐑜𐑩𐑑𐑦𐑝, 𐑛𐑦𐑟𐑲𐑼𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑹 𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑦𐑟𐑲𐑼𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤, 𐑜𐑮𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑦𐑴𐑕 𐑹 𐑛𐑦𐑚𐑱𐑕𐑑. 𐑷𐑤 𐑝 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑸 𐑰𐑒𐑢𐑩𐑤𐑦 𐑳𐑯𐑮𐑾𐑤, 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑿 𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑤𐑫𐑒 𐑩𐑐𐑪𐑯 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑔𐑮𐑵 𐑞 𐑲𐑟 𐑝 𐑣𐑴𐑤𐑦𐑯𐑩𐑕.

𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑻𐑤𐑽 𐑐𐑸𐑑 𐑝 𐑞 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛-𐑕𐑻𐑗𐑦𐑙 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛, 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑚𐑩𐑚𐑤𐑦 𐑧𐑥𐑓𐑩𐑕𐑲𐑟 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑿 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑦𐑛𐑼 𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑞 𐑥𐑹 𐑯𐑧𐑜𐑩𐑑𐑦𐑝 𐑨𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑕 𐑝 𐑘𐑹 𐑐𐑼𐑕𐑧𐑐𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓. 𐑑𐑹𐑛 𐑞 𐑤𐑨𐑑𐑼 𐑐𐑸𐑑 𐑝 𐑞 𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑼𐑕𐑲𐑟 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛, 𐑣𐑬𐑧𐑝𐑼, 𐑥𐑹 𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓-𐑦𐑯𐑓𐑤𐑱𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑑𐑦𐑝 𐑑𐑻𐑥𐑟 𐑥𐑱 𐑢𐑧𐑤 𐑒𐑮𐑪𐑕 𐑘𐑹 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛. 𐑑𐑮𐑲 𐑑 𐑮𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑜𐑯𐑲𐑟 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑛𐑦𐑮𐑧𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑘𐑹 𐑓𐑨𐑯𐑑𐑩𐑕𐑦𐑟 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑛𐑳𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑥𐑨𐑑𐑼. 𐑦𐑤𐑵𐑠𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑯𐑴 𐑛𐑦𐑮𐑧𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑦𐑯 𐑮𐑦𐑨𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑦. 𐑞𐑱 𐑸 𐑥𐑽𐑤𐑦 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑑𐑮𐑵.

𐑩 𐑕𐑵𐑑𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑳𐑯𐑕𐑦𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑤𐑦𐑕𐑑 𐑓 𐑩𐑐𐑤𐑲𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑥𐑲𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑨𐑟 𐑓𐑪𐑤𐑴𐑟:

𐑲 𐑕𐑰 𐑥𐑲𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑨𐑟 𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑴𐑟𐑛 𐑪𐑯.

𐑲 𐑕𐑰 𐑥𐑲𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑨𐑟 𐑛𐑦𐑐𐑮𐑧𐑕𐑑.

𐑲 𐑕𐑰 𐑥𐑲𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑨𐑟 𐑓𐑱𐑤𐑦𐑙.

𐑲 𐑕𐑰 𐑥𐑲𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑨𐑟 𐑦𐑯𐑛𐑱𐑯𐑡𐑼𐑛.

𐑲 𐑕𐑰 𐑥𐑲𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑨𐑟 𐑣𐑧𐑤𐑐𐑤𐑩𐑕.

𐑲 𐑕𐑰 𐑥𐑲𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑨𐑟 𐑝𐑦𐑒𐑑𐑹𐑾𐑕.

𐑲 𐑕𐑰 𐑥𐑲𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑨𐑟 𐑤𐑵𐑟𐑦𐑙 𐑬𐑑.

𐑲 𐑕𐑰 𐑥𐑲𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑨𐑟 𐑗𐑨𐑮𐑦𐑑𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤.

𐑲 𐑕𐑰 𐑥𐑲𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑨𐑟 𐑝𐑻𐑗𐑵𐑩𐑕.

𐑿 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑝 𐑞𐑰𐑟 𐑑𐑻𐑥𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑩𐑯 𐑨𐑚𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑 𐑢𐑱. 𐑞𐑱 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑩𐑒𐑻 𐑑 𐑿 𐑨𐑟 𐑝𐑨𐑮𐑾𐑕 𐑕𐑦𐑗𐑵𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟, 𐑐𐑻𐑕𐑩𐑯𐑨𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑦𐑟 𐑯 𐑦𐑝𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑕 𐑦𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑿 𐑓𐑦𐑜𐑘𐑼 𐑒𐑮𐑪𐑕 𐑘𐑹 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛. 𐑐𐑦𐑒 𐑳𐑐 𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑕𐑐𐑩𐑕𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒 𐑕𐑦𐑗𐑵𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑩𐑒𐑻𐑟 𐑑 𐑿, 𐑲𐑛𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑓𐑲 𐑞 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑑𐑦𐑝 𐑑𐑻𐑥 𐑹 𐑑𐑻𐑥𐑟 𐑿 𐑓𐑰𐑤 𐑸 𐑨𐑐𐑤𐑦𐑒𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑑 𐑘𐑹 𐑮𐑦𐑨𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑕𐑦𐑗𐑵𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯, 𐑯 𐑿𐑟 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑦𐑯 𐑩𐑐𐑤𐑲𐑦𐑙 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾. 𐑨𐑓𐑑𐑼 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑯𐑱𐑥𐑛 𐑰𐑗 𐑢𐑳𐑯, 𐑨𐑛:

𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑥𐑲 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑦𐑟 𐑐𐑸𐑑 𐑝 ·𐑜𐑪𐑛'𐑟. 𐑲 𐑨𐑥 𐑝𐑧𐑮𐑦 𐑣𐑴𐑤𐑦.

𐑛𐑫𐑼𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑤𐑪𐑙𐑜𐑼 𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑼𐑕𐑲𐑟 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟, 𐑞𐑺 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑚𐑩𐑚𐑤𐑦 𐑚𐑰 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑼𐑝𐑩𐑤𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑗 𐑯𐑳𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑕𐑐𐑩𐑕𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒 𐑩𐑒𐑻𐑟 𐑑 𐑿. 𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑱𐑯 𐑑 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑳𐑐 𐑕𐑐𐑩𐑕𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑟 𐑑 𐑓𐑦𐑤 𐑞 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑼𐑝𐑩𐑤, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑥𐑽𐑤𐑦 𐑮𐑦𐑤𐑨𐑒𐑕 𐑯 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑕𐑤𐑴𐑤𐑦 𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑤 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑩𐑒𐑻𐑟 𐑑 𐑿. 𐑷𐑤𐑞𐑴 𐑯𐑳𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑛𐑳𐑟 𐑩𐑒𐑻 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑚𐑰 𐑴𐑥𐑦𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥 𐑞 𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑼𐑕𐑲𐑟𐑩𐑟, 𐑯𐑳𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑚𐑰 "𐑛𐑳𐑜 𐑬𐑑" 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑧𐑓𐑼𐑑. 𐑯𐑲𐑞𐑼 𐑓𐑹𐑕 𐑯𐑹 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑚𐑰 𐑿𐑟𐑛.

𐑨𐑟 𐑪𐑓𐑑𐑩𐑯 𐑨𐑟 𐑐𐑪𐑕𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑛𐑫𐑼𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑛𐑱, 𐑐𐑦𐑒 𐑳𐑐 𐑩 𐑕𐑐𐑩𐑕𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒 𐑨𐑑𐑮𐑦𐑚𐑿𐑑 𐑹 𐑩𐑑𐑮𐑦𐑚𐑿𐑑𐑕 𐑿 𐑸 𐑩𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑲𐑚𐑦𐑙 𐑑 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓 𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑯 𐑩𐑐𐑤𐑲 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑑 𐑞𐑧𐑥, 𐑨𐑛𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑓𐑹𐑥 𐑕𐑑𐑱𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑩𐑚𐑳𐑝 𐑑 𐑰𐑗 𐑝 𐑞𐑧𐑥. 𐑦𐑓 𐑯𐑳𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑐𐑼𐑑𐑦𐑒𐑿𐑤𐑼 𐑩𐑒𐑻𐑟 𐑑 𐑿, 𐑥𐑽𐑤𐑦 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑑 𐑘𐑹𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓, 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑒𐑤𐑴𐑟𐑛 𐑲𐑟.