This idea is particularly difficult to believe at first. Yet it is the rationale for all of the preceding ones.

1. It is the reason why nothing that you see means anything.

2. It is the reason why you have given everything you see all the meaning that it has for you.

3. It is the reason why you do not understand anything you see.

4. It is the reason why your thoughts do not mean anything, and why they are like the things you see.

5. It is the reason why you are never upset for the reason you think.

6. It is the reason why you are upset because you see something that is not there.

Old ideas about time are very difficult to change, because everything you believe is rooted in time, and depends on your not learning these new ideas about it. Yet that is precisely why you need new ideas about time. This first time idea is not really so strange as it may sound at first.

Look at a cup, for example. Do you see a cup, or are you merely reviewing your past experiences of picking up a cup, being thirsty, drinking from a cup, feeling the rim of a cup against your lips, having breakfast and so on? Are not your aesthetic reactions to the cup, too, based on past experiences? How else would you know whether or not this kind of cup will break if you drop it? What do you know about this cup except what you learned in the past? You would have no idea what this cup is, except for your past learning. Do you, then, really see it?

Look about you. This is equally true of whatever you look at. Acknowledge this by applying the idea for today indiscriminately to whatever catches your eye. For example:

I see only the past in this pencil.

I see only the past in this shoe.

I see only the past in this hand.

I see only the past in that body.

I see only the past in that face.

Do not linger over any one thing in particular, but remember to omit nothing specifically. Glance briefly at each subject, and then move on to the next. Three or four practice periods, each to last a minute or so, will be enough.

𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑦𐑟 𐑐𐑼𐑑𐑦𐑒𐑿𐑤𐑼𐑤𐑦 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑳𐑤𐑑 𐑑 𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑝 𐑨𐑑 𐑓𐑻𐑕𐑑. 𐑘𐑧𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑮𐑨𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑨𐑤 𐑓 𐑷𐑤 𐑝 𐑞 𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑕𐑰𐑛𐑦𐑙 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑟.

1. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑮𐑰𐑟𐑩𐑯 𐑢𐑲 𐑯𐑳𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑿 𐑕𐑰 𐑥𐑰𐑯𐑟 𐑧𐑯𐑦𐑔𐑦𐑙.

2. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑮𐑰𐑟𐑩𐑯 𐑢𐑲 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑩𐑯 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑦𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑿 𐑕𐑰 𐑷𐑤 𐑞 𐑥𐑰𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑓 𐑿.

3. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑮𐑰𐑟𐑩𐑯 𐑢𐑲 𐑿 𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑯𐑛 𐑧𐑯𐑦𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑿 𐑕𐑰.

4. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑮𐑰𐑟𐑩𐑯 𐑢𐑲 𐑘𐑹 𐑔𐑷𐑑𐑕 𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑥𐑰𐑯 𐑧𐑯𐑦𐑔𐑦𐑙, 𐑯 𐑢𐑲 𐑞𐑱 𐑸 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑞 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑟 𐑿 𐑕𐑰.

5. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑮𐑰𐑟𐑩𐑯 𐑢𐑲 𐑿 𐑸 𐑯𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑳𐑐𐑕𐑧𐑑 𐑓 𐑞 𐑮𐑰𐑟𐑩𐑯 𐑿 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒.

6. 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑞 𐑮𐑰𐑟𐑩𐑯 𐑢𐑲 𐑿 𐑸 𐑳𐑐𐑕𐑧𐑑 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑿 𐑕𐑰 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑞𐑺.

𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑲𐑛𐑾𐑟 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑸 𐑝𐑧𐑮𐑦 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑳𐑤𐑑 𐑑 𐑗𐑱𐑯𐑡, 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑦𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑿 𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑝 𐑦𐑟 𐑮𐑵𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑦𐑯 𐑑𐑲𐑥, 𐑯 𐑛𐑦𐑐𐑧𐑯𐑛𐑟 𐑪𐑯 𐑘𐑹 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑤𐑻𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑞𐑰𐑟 𐑯𐑵 𐑲𐑛𐑾𐑟 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑦𐑑. 𐑘𐑧𐑑 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑕𐑲𐑕𐑤𐑦 𐑢𐑲 𐑿 𐑯𐑰𐑛 𐑯𐑵 𐑲𐑛𐑾𐑟 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑑𐑲𐑥. 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑓𐑻𐑕𐑑 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑮𐑾𐑤𐑦 𐑕𐑴 𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑱𐑯𐑡 𐑨𐑟 𐑦𐑑 𐑥𐑱 𐑕𐑬𐑯𐑛 𐑨𐑑 𐑓𐑻𐑕𐑑.

𐑤𐑫𐑒 𐑨𐑑 𐑩 𐑒𐑳𐑐, 𐑓 𐑦𐑜𐑟𐑨𐑥𐑐𐑩𐑤. 𐑛𐑵 𐑿 𐑕𐑰 𐑩 𐑒𐑳𐑐, 𐑹 𐑸 𐑿 𐑥𐑽𐑤𐑦 𐑮𐑦𐑝𐑿𐑦𐑙 𐑘𐑹 𐑐𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑯𐑕𐑩𐑟 𐑝 𐑐𐑦𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑳𐑐 𐑩 𐑒𐑳𐑐, 𐑚𐑰𐑦𐑙 𐑔𐑻𐑕𐑑𐑦, 𐑛𐑮𐑦𐑙𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥 𐑩 𐑒𐑳𐑐, 𐑓𐑰𐑤𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑮𐑦𐑥 𐑝 𐑩 𐑒𐑳𐑐 𐑩𐑜𐑧𐑯𐑕𐑑 𐑘𐑹 𐑤𐑦𐑐𐑕, 𐑣𐑨𐑝𐑦𐑙 𐑚𐑮𐑧𐑒𐑓𐑩𐑕𐑑 𐑯 𐑕𐑴 𐑪𐑯? 𐑸 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑘𐑹 𐑧𐑕𐑔𐑧𐑑𐑦𐑒 𐑮𐑦𐑨𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑑 𐑞 𐑒𐑳𐑐, 𐑑𐑵, 𐑚𐑱𐑕𐑑 𐑪𐑯 𐑐𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑯𐑕𐑩𐑟? 𐑣𐑬 𐑧𐑤𐑕 𐑢𐑫𐑛 𐑿 𐑯𐑴 𐑢𐑧𐑞𐑼 𐑹 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑒𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑝 𐑒𐑳𐑐 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑚𐑮𐑱𐑒 𐑦𐑓 𐑿 𐑛𐑮𐑪𐑐 𐑦𐑑? 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑛𐑵 𐑿 𐑯𐑴 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑒𐑳𐑐 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑧𐑐𐑑 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑿 𐑤𐑻𐑯𐑛 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑐𐑨𐑕𐑑? 𐑿 𐑢𐑫𐑛 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑯𐑴 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑒𐑳𐑐 𐑦𐑟, 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑧𐑐𐑑 𐑓 𐑘𐑹 𐑐𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑤𐑻𐑯𐑦𐑙. 𐑛𐑵 𐑿, 𐑞𐑧𐑯, 𐑮𐑾𐑤𐑦 𐑕𐑰 𐑦𐑑?

𐑤𐑫𐑒 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑿. 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑰𐑒𐑢𐑩𐑤𐑦 𐑑𐑮𐑵 𐑝 𐑢𐑪𐑑𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑿 𐑤𐑫𐑒 𐑨𐑑 ·𐑩𐑒𐑯𐑪𐑤𐑦𐑡 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑚𐑲 𐑩𐑐𐑤𐑲𐑦𐑙 𐑞 𐑲𐑛𐑾 𐑓 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑦𐑯𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑩𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑑 𐑢𐑪𐑑𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑒𐑨𐑗𐑩𐑟 𐑘𐑹 𐑲. 𐑓 𐑦𐑜𐑟𐑨𐑥𐑐𐑩𐑤:

𐑲 𐑕𐑰 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑦 𐑞 𐑐𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑧𐑯𐑕𐑩𐑤.

𐑲 𐑕𐑰 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑦 𐑞 𐑐𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑖𐑵.

𐑲 𐑕𐑰 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑦 𐑞 𐑐𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑣𐑨𐑯𐑛.

𐑲 𐑕𐑰 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑦 𐑞 𐑐𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑚𐑪𐑛𐑦.

𐑲 𐑕𐑰 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑦 𐑞 𐑐𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑦𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑓𐑱𐑕.

𐑛𐑵 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑤𐑦𐑙𐑜𐑼 𐑴𐑝𐑼 𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑯 𐑐𐑼𐑑𐑦𐑒𐑿𐑤𐑼, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑮𐑦𐑥𐑧𐑥𐑚𐑼 𐑑 𐑴𐑥𐑦𐑑 𐑯𐑳𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑕𐑐𐑩𐑕𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑤𐑦. 𐑜𐑤𐑨𐑯𐑕 𐑚𐑮𐑰𐑓𐑤𐑦 𐑨𐑑 𐑰𐑗 𐑕𐑳𐑚𐑡𐑧𐑒𐑑, 𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑥𐑵𐑝 𐑪𐑯 𐑑 𐑞 𐑯𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑑. 𐑔𐑮𐑰 𐑹 𐑓𐑹 𐑐𐑮𐑨𐑒𐑑𐑦𐑕 𐑐𐑽𐑾𐑛𐑟, 𐑰𐑗 𐑑 𐑤𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑩 𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑑 𐑹 𐑕𐑴, 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑚𐑰 𐑦𐑯𐑳𐑓.