Today's idea will eventually overcome completely the sense of loneliness and abandonment all the separated ones experience. Depression is an inevitable consequence of separation. So are anxiety, worry, a deep sense of helplessness, misery, suffering and intense fear of loss.

The separated ones have invented many "cures" for what they believe to be "the ills of the world." But the one thing they do not do is to question the reality of the problem. Yet its effects cannot be cured because the problem is not real. The idea for today has the power to end all this foolishness forever. And foolishness it is, despite the serious and tragic forms it may take.

Deep within you is everything that is perfect, ready to radiate through you and out into the world. It will cure all sorrow and pain and fear and loss because it will heal the mind that thought these things were real, and suffered out of its allegiance to them.

You can never be deprived of your perfect holiness because its Source goes with you wherever you go. You can never suffer because the Source of all joy goes with you wherever you go. You can never be alone because the Source of all life goes with you wherever you go. Nothing can destroy your peace of mind because God goes with you wherever you go.

We understand that you do not believe all this. How could you, when the truth is hidden deep within, under a heavy cloud of insane thoughts, dense and obscuring, yet representing all you see? Today we will make our first real attempt to get past this dark and heavy cloud, and to go through it to the light beyond.

There will be only one long practice period today. In the morning, as soon as you get up if possible, sit quietly for some three to five minutes, with your eyes closed. At the beginning of the practice period, repeat today's idea very slowly. Then make no effort to think of anything. Try, instead, to get a sense of turning inward, past all the idle thoughts of the world. Try to enter very deeply into your own mind, keeping it clear of any thoughts that might divert your attention.

From time to time, you may repeat the idea if you find it helpful. But most of all, try to sink down and inward, away from the world and all the foolish thoughts of the world. You are trying to reach past all these things. You are trying to leave appearances and approach reality.

It is quite possible to reach God. In fact it is very easy, because it is the most natural thing in the world. You might even say it is the only natural thing in the world. The way will open, if you believe that it is possible. This exercise can bring very startling results even the first time it is attempted, and sooner or later it is always successful. We will go into more detail about this kind of practice as we go along. But it will never fail completely, and instant success is possible.

Throughout the day use today's idea often, repeating it very slowly, preferably with eyes closed. Think of what you are saying; what the words mean. Concentrate on the holiness that they imply about you; on the unfailing companionship that is yours; on the complete protection that surrounds you.

You can indeed afford to laugh at fear thoughts, remembering that God goes with you wherever you go.

𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑦𐑝𐑧𐑯𐑗𐑵𐑩𐑤𐑦 𐑴𐑝𐑼𐑒𐑳𐑥 𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑐𐑤𐑰𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑞 𐑕𐑧𐑯𐑕 𐑝 𐑤𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑦𐑯𐑩𐑕 𐑯 𐑩𐑚𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑯𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑷𐑤 𐑞 𐑕𐑧𐑐𐑼𐑱𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑟 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑯𐑕. 𐑛𐑦𐑐𐑮𐑧𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑦𐑟 𐑩𐑯 𐑦𐑯𐑧𐑝𐑦𐑑𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑒𐑪𐑯𐑕𐑦𐑒𐑢𐑩𐑯𐑕 𐑝 𐑕𐑧𐑐𐑼𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯. 𐑕𐑴 𐑸 𐑨𐑙𐑟𐑲𐑩𐑑𐑦, 𐑢𐑳𐑮𐑦, 𐑩 𐑛𐑰𐑐 𐑕𐑧𐑯𐑕 𐑝 𐑣𐑧𐑤𐑐𐑤𐑩𐑕𐑯𐑩𐑕, 𐑥𐑦𐑟𐑼𐑦, 𐑕𐑳𐑓𐑼𐑦𐑙 𐑯 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑧𐑯𐑕 𐑓𐑽 𐑝 𐑤𐑪𐑕.

𐑞 𐑕𐑧𐑐𐑼𐑱𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑟 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑦𐑯𐑝𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑦 "𐑒𐑘𐑫𐑼𐑟" 𐑓 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑞𐑱 𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑝 𐑑 𐑚𐑰 "𐑞 𐑦𐑤𐑟 𐑝 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛." 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑞 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑞𐑱 𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑛𐑵 𐑦𐑟 𐑑 𐑒𐑢𐑧𐑕𐑗𐑩𐑯 𐑞 𐑮𐑦𐑨𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑦 𐑝 𐑞 𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑚𐑤𐑩𐑥. 𐑘𐑧𐑑 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑦𐑓𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑕 𐑒𐑨𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑚𐑰 𐑒𐑘𐑫𐑼𐑛 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑞 𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑚𐑤𐑩𐑥 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑮𐑾𐑤. 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑞 𐑐𐑬𐑼 𐑑 𐑧𐑯𐑛 𐑷𐑤 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑓𐑵𐑤𐑦𐑖𐑯𐑩𐑕 𐑓𐑼𐑧𐑝𐑼. 𐑯 𐑓𐑵𐑤𐑦𐑖𐑯𐑩𐑕 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟, 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑐𐑲𐑑 𐑞 𐑕𐑽𐑾𐑕 𐑯 𐑑𐑮𐑨𐑡𐑦𐑒 𐑓𐑹𐑥𐑟 𐑦𐑑 𐑥𐑱 𐑑𐑱𐑒.

𐑛𐑰𐑐 𐑢𐑦𐑞𐑦𐑯 𐑿 𐑦𐑟 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑦𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑐𐑻𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑑, 𐑮𐑧𐑛𐑦 𐑑 𐑮𐑱𐑛𐑦𐑱𐑑 𐑔𐑮𐑵 𐑿 𐑯 𐑬𐑑 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑵 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛. 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑒𐑘𐑫𐑼 𐑷𐑤 𐑕𐑪𐑮𐑴 𐑯 𐑐𐑱𐑯 𐑯 𐑓𐑽 𐑯 𐑤𐑪𐑕 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑣𐑰𐑤 𐑞 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑞𐑰𐑟 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑟 𐑢𐑻 𐑮𐑾𐑤, 𐑯 𐑕𐑳𐑓𐑼𐑛 𐑬𐑑 𐑝 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑩𐑤𐑰𐑡𐑩𐑯𐑕 𐑑 𐑞𐑧𐑥.

𐑿 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑯𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑚𐑰 𐑛𐑦𐑐𐑮𐑲𐑝𐑛 𐑝 𐑘𐑹 𐑐𐑻𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑑 𐑣𐑴𐑤𐑦𐑯𐑩𐑕 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑦𐑑𐑕 ·𐑕𐑹𐑕 𐑜𐑴𐑟 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑿 𐑢𐑺𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑿 𐑜𐑴. 𐑿 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑯𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑕𐑳𐑓𐑼 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑞 ·𐑕𐑹𐑕 𐑝 𐑷𐑤 𐑡𐑶 𐑜𐑴𐑟 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑿 𐑢𐑺𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑿 𐑜𐑴. 𐑿 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑯𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑚𐑰 𐑩𐑤𐑴𐑯 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑞 ·𐑕𐑹𐑕 𐑝 𐑷𐑤 𐑤𐑲𐑓 𐑜𐑴𐑟 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑿 𐑢𐑺𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑿 𐑜𐑴. 𐑯𐑳𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑶 𐑘𐑹 𐑐𐑰𐑕 𐑝 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 ·𐑜𐑪𐑛 𐑜𐑴𐑟 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑿 𐑢𐑺𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑿 𐑜𐑴.

𐑢𐑰 𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑯𐑛 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑝 𐑷𐑤 𐑞𐑦𐑕. 𐑣𐑬 𐑒𐑫𐑛 𐑿, 𐑢𐑧𐑯 𐑞 𐑑𐑮𐑵𐑔 𐑦𐑟 𐑣𐑦𐑛𐑩𐑯 𐑛𐑰𐑐 𐑢𐑦𐑞𐑦𐑯, 𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼 𐑩 𐑣𐑧𐑝𐑦 𐑒𐑤𐑬𐑛 𐑝 𐑦𐑯𐑕𐑱𐑯 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕, 𐑛𐑧𐑯𐑕 𐑯 𐑩𐑚𐑕𐑒𐑘𐑫𐑼𐑦𐑙, 𐑘𐑧𐑑 𐑮𐑧𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑟𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑷𐑤 𐑿 𐑕𐑰? 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑢𐑰 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑥𐑱𐑒 𐑬𐑼 𐑓𐑻𐑕𐑑 𐑮𐑾𐑤 𐑩𐑑𐑧𐑥𐑐𐑑 𐑑 𐑜𐑧𐑑 𐑐𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑛𐑸𐑒 𐑯 𐑣𐑧𐑝𐑦 𐑒𐑤𐑬𐑛, 𐑯 𐑑 𐑜𐑴 𐑔𐑮𐑵 𐑦𐑑 𐑑 𐑞 𐑤𐑲𐑑 𐑚𐑦𐑘𐑪𐑯𐑛.

𐑞𐑺 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑚𐑰 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑦 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑤𐑪𐑙 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱. 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑥𐑹𐑯𐑦𐑙, 𐑨𐑟 𐑕𐑵𐑯 𐑨𐑟 𐑿 𐑜𐑧𐑑 𐑳𐑐 𐑦𐑓 𐑐𐑪𐑕𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤, 𐑕𐑦𐑑 𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑩𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑓 𐑕𐑳𐑥 𐑔𐑮𐑰 𐑑 𐑓𐑲𐑝 𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑑𐑕, 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑘𐑹 𐑲𐑟 𐑒𐑤𐑴𐑟𐑛. 𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑚𐑦𐑜𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑝 𐑞 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛, 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑝𐑧𐑮𐑦 𐑕𐑤𐑴𐑤𐑦. 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑥𐑱𐑒 𐑯𐑴 𐑧𐑓𐑼𐑑 𐑑 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑝 𐑧𐑯𐑦𐑔𐑦𐑙. 𐑑𐑮𐑲, 𐑦𐑯𐑕𐑑𐑧𐑛, 𐑑 𐑜𐑧𐑑 𐑩 𐑕𐑧𐑯𐑕 𐑝 𐑑𐑻𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑯𐑢𐑼𐑛, 𐑐𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑷𐑤 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑩𐑤 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑝 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛. 𐑑𐑮𐑲 𐑑 𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑼 𐑝𐑧𐑮𐑦 𐑛𐑰𐑐𐑤𐑦 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑵 𐑘𐑹 𐑴𐑯 𐑥𐑲𐑯𐑛, 𐑒𐑰𐑐𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑑 𐑒𐑤𐑽 𐑝 𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑥𐑲𐑑 𐑛𐑲𐑝𐑻𐑑 𐑘𐑹 𐑩𐑑𐑧𐑯𐑖𐑩𐑯.

𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑑 𐑑𐑲𐑥, 𐑿 𐑥𐑱 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑦𐑓 𐑿 𐑓𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑦𐑑 𐑣𐑧𐑤𐑐𐑓𐑩𐑤. 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑥𐑴𐑕𐑑 𐑝 𐑷𐑤, 𐑑𐑮𐑲 𐑑 𐑕𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑛𐑬𐑯 𐑯 𐑦𐑯𐑢𐑼𐑛, 𐑩𐑢𐑱 𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛 𐑯 𐑷𐑤 𐑞 𐑓𐑵𐑤𐑦𐑖 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑝 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛. 𐑿 𐑸 𐑑𐑮𐑲𐑦𐑙 𐑑 𐑮𐑰𐑗 𐑐𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑷𐑤 𐑞𐑰𐑟 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑟. 𐑿 𐑸 𐑑𐑮𐑲𐑦𐑙 𐑑 𐑤𐑰𐑝 𐑩𐑐𐑽𐑩𐑯𐑕𐑩𐑟 𐑯 𐑩𐑐𐑮𐑴𐑗 𐑮𐑦𐑨𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑦.

𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑒𐑢𐑲𐑑 𐑐𐑪𐑕𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑑 𐑮𐑰𐑗 ·𐑜𐑪𐑛. 𐑦𐑯 𐑓𐑨𐑒𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑝𐑧𐑮𐑦 𐑰𐑟𐑦, 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑥𐑴𐑕𐑑 𐑯𐑨𐑗𐑼𐑩𐑤 𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛. 𐑿 𐑥𐑲𐑑 𐑰𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑕𐑱 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑦 𐑯𐑨𐑗𐑼𐑩𐑤 𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑤𐑛. 𐑞 𐑢𐑱 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑴𐑐𐑩𐑯, 𐑦𐑓 𐑿 𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑝 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑐𐑪𐑕𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤. 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑼𐑕𐑲𐑟 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑚𐑮𐑦𐑙 𐑝𐑧𐑮𐑦 𐑕𐑑𐑸𐑑𐑩𐑤𐑦𐑙 𐑮𐑦𐑟𐑳𐑤𐑑𐑕 𐑰𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑞 𐑓𐑻𐑕𐑑 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑩𐑑𐑧𐑥𐑐𐑑𐑩𐑛, 𐑯 𐑕𐑵𐑯𐑼 𐑹 𐑤𐑱𐑑𐑼 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑷𐑤𐑢𐑱𐑟 𐑕𐑩𐑒𐑕𐑧𐑕𐑓𐑩𐑤. 𐑢𐑰 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑜𐑴 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑵 𐑥𐑹 𐑛𐑰𐑑𐑱𐑤 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑒𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑝 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑨𐑟 𐑢𐑰 𐑜𐑴 𐑩𐑤𐑪𐑙. 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑯𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑓𐑱𐑤 𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑐𐑤𐑰𐑑𐑤𐑦, 𐑯 𐑦𐑯𐑕𐑑𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑕𐑩𐑒𐑕𐑧𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑐𐑪𐑕𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤.

𐑔𐑮𐑵𐑬𐑑 𐑞 𐑛𐑱 𐑿𐑟 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱'𐑟 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑪𐑓𐑑𐑩𐑯, 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑰𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑑 𐑝𐑧𐑮𐑦 𐑕𐑤𐑴𐑤𐑦, 𐑐𐑮𐑧𐑓𐑼𐑩𐑚𐑤𐑦 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑲𐑟 𐑒𐑤𐑴𐑟𐑛. 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑝 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑿 𐑸 𐑕𐑱𐑦𐑙; 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑞 𐑢𐑻𐑛𐑟 𐑥𐑰𐑯. 𐑒𐑪𐑯𐑕𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑮𐑱𐑑 𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑣𐑴𐑤𐑦𐑯𐑩𐑕 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑞𐑱 𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑤𐑲 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑿; 𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑳𐑯𐑓𐑱𐑤𐑦𐑙 𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑐𐑨𐑯𐑘𐑩𐑯𐑖𐑦𐑐 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑘𐑹𐑟; 𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑐𐑤𐑰𐑑 𐑐𐑮𐑩𐑑𐑧𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑕𐑼𐑬𐑯𐑛𐑟 𐑿.

𐑿 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑦𐑯𐑛𐑰𐑛 𐑩𐑓𐑹𐑛 𐑑 𐑤𐑨𐑓 𐑨𐑑 𐑓𐑽 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕, 𐑮𐑦𐑥𐑧𐑥𐑚𐑼𐑦𐑙 𐑞𐑨𐑑 ·𐑜𐑪𐑛 𐑜𐑴𐑟 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑿 𐑢𐑺𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑿 𐑜𐑴.