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Daily Lesson 27 ~
January 27

Above all else I want to see.

Today’s idea expresses something far stronger than mere determination as was expressed in the previous lesson addressing this. It gives vision priority among all your desires and goals. You may feel hesitant about using the idea on the ground that you are not sure you really mean it. This does not matter in practicing the idea. The purpose of today’s exercise is to bring the time when the idea will be wholly true a little nearer.

The idea for today needs many repetitions for maximum benefit. It should be used at least every half hour, and more often if possible. You might try for every quarter hour. It is recommended that you set a definite time interval for using the idea when you wake or shortly afterward, and attempt to adhere to it throughout your waking day. To do so out of your own volition rather than through being reminded by a device will have obvious benefits.

It will not be difficult to practice the idea even if you are engaged in conversation or otherwise occupied at the time. You can still repeat one short sentence to yourself without disturbing anything that is going on.

There may be a great temptation to believe that some sort of sacrifice or cost is being asked of you when you say that you want to see above all else. If you become uneasy by the lack of reservation the idea suggests, add:

“Vision has no cost to and asks no sacrifice of anyone, including myself.”

If fear of sacrifice or cost still persists, add further:

“Seeing can only bless.”

The real questions are: How often will you remember to repeat the idea throughout the day? And: How much do you want today’s idea to be true? Answer one of these two questions, and you have answered the other.

You will probably miss several applications in the course of the day, and perhaps quite a number. Do not be discouraged or disturbed by this, but do try to keep on your schedule from then on. If only once during the day you feel that you were perfectly sincere while you were repeating today’s idea, you can be sure that you have saved yourself many years of effort.

 

Corresponding Text Section

 

Principle of Miracles 27

Every miracle is a universal Blessing from the Divine through me to all my sisters and brothers.

Commentary

It is true that no one can have complete “rest in their soul” until everyone has awakened to their true Being from the dream of this world. It is therefore the privilege of those who have accepted their forgiveness and are awakening to Reality to extend forgiveness and help those who still sleep and dream to awaken. Atonement is the natural profession of the Children of the Divine who have embraced their privilege to forgive, and who have therefore joined me.

Children need both support and guidance, strength and help. Those who care for children can only provide the full strength and help needed when they themselves are strong, and wise in their helpfulness. The arms of my support are here for your strength, and Divine Wisdom is here for your help and to guide the help you give.

My companions of previous times, whom I invited to walk with me, awoke to their natural profession of Atonement. Following my example, as physicians of Spirit they sought to heal others. They first needed to heal themselves, and were promised that I would never leave nor forsake them. The need to heal themselves is still the first need of all who awaken to their natural profession, and my promise is still kept.

“Heaven and Earth shall pass away” means that with true vision these are experienced as a unified State, where no separation is possible. The Divine Wisdom that I share with my sisters and brothers, which has been called the “Word of the Divine,” brings even the dead to Life, and shall never pass away because Life is eternal.

As a person thinks in their heart, so will they experience themselves to be. You are the creative Work of the Divine, and Its Work is wholly loveable and loving. This is how all Children of the Divine must learn to think of themselves in their heart, because this is what they truly are.