We have been quite casual about our practice periods thus far. The times for undertaking them have been maximally flexible, minimal effort has been required, and not even active cooperation and interest have been asked. This casual approach has been intentional, and very carefully planned. We have not lost sight of the crucial importance of the goal of the reversal of your thinking, from that of passive experiencer of your perceptions to active creator of your true creations. Your awakening to true thinking, and therefore the awakening of the world, depends on this reversal. Yet you will not learn to see if you regard yourself as being coerced, and if you give in to resentment and opposition.
Today’s lesson is our first attempt to introduce deeper structure. Do not misconstrue it as an effort to exert force or pressure on you. You want to be happy. You want Peace. You want awakening. You do not have them now as the Divine wills you to have them because your mind is significantly undisciplined, and you cannot accurately distinguish between sorrow and Joy, pain and true Pleasure, fear and Love, dreams and awakening. You are now learning how to tell them apart. And great indeed will be the results of your efforts.
Your decision to see is all that vision requires. What you want is yours. Do not mistake the little effort that is asked of you as an indication that our goal is of little worth. Can the awakening of the world be a trivial purpose? And can the world be awakened if you are not?
The Divine has one Creation, and this Creation is Life eternal, and the Resurrection from all that seemed to be ruled by death. Your will is done because all Power in Heaven and Earth is given us who are part of the Divine’s Creation. In your determination to see is vision given you.
The exercises for today consist in reminding yourself throughout the day that you want to see. Today’s idea also tacitly implies the recognition that you do not yet see. Therefore, as you repeat the idea, you are stating that you are determined to change your present state of perception for a true one, and one you really want.
Repeat today’s idea slowly and positively at least twice an hour today, attempting to do so every half hour. Do not be distressed if you forget to do so, but make a real effort out of your own volition to remember.
Extra repetitions of today’s idea should be applied to any situation, person, or event that upsets you in the course of the day. You can perceive these differently, and you will if you desire to. What you desire you will perceive. Such is the real Law of Cause and Effect as it operates in the world.