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v1.0 · Course text used under CIMS license
Workbook for Students
Contents
Opening
Introduction
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Part I
Lessons 1 - 50
50 lessons
Part I
Review I [51 - 60]
10 lessons
Part I
Lessons 61 - 80
20 lessons
Part I
Review II [81 - 90]
10 lessons
Part I
Lessons 91 - 110
20 lessons
91.Miracles are seen in light.
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92.Miracles are seen in light, and light and strength are one.
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93.Light and joy and peace abide in me.
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94.I am as God created me.
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95.I am One Self, united with my Creator.
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96.Salvation comes from my One Self.
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97.I am Spirit.
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98.I will accept my part in God's plan for salvation.
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99.Salvation is my only function here.
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100.My part is essential to God's plan for salvation.
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101.God's Will for me is perfect happiness.
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102.I share God's Will for happiness for me.
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103.God, being Love, is also happiness.
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104.I seek but what belongs to me in truth.
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105.God's peace and joy are mine.
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106.Let me be still and listen to the truth.
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107.Truth will correct all errors in my mind.
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108.To give and to receive are one in truth.
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109.I rest in God.
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110.I am as God created me.
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Part I
Review III [111 - 120]
10 lessons
Part I
Lessons 121 - 140
20 lessons
Part I
Review IV [141 - 150]
10 lessons
Part I
Lessons 151 - 170
20 lessons
Part I
Review V [171 - 180]
10 lessons
Part I
Lessons 181 - 200
20 lessons
Part I
Review VI [201 - 220]
20 lessons
Part II
Introduction
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Part II
Lessons 221 - 230
10 lessons
Part II
Lessons 231 - 240
10 lessons
Part II
Lessons 241 - 250
10 lessons
Part II
Lessons 251 - 260
10 lessons
Part II
Lessons 261 - 270
10 lessons
Part II
Lessons 271 - 280
10 lessons
Part II
Lessons 281 - 290
10 lessons
Part II
Lessons 291 - 300
10 lessons
Part II
Lessons 301 - 310
10 lessons
Part II
Lessons 311 - 320
10 lessons
Part II
Lessons 321 - 330
10 lessons
Part II
Lessons 331 - 340
10 lessons
Part II
Lessons 341 - 350
10 lessons
Part II
Lessons 351 - 360
10 lessons
Part II
Lessons 361 - 365
5 lessons
Closing
Epilogue
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Part I · Lesson 108
To give and to receive are one in truth.
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1Vision depends upon today's idea. The light is in it, for it reconciles all seeming opposites. And what is light except the resolution, born of peace, of all your conflicts and mistaken thoughts into one concept which is wholly true? Even that one will disappear because the Thought behind it will appear instead, to take its place. And now we are at peace forever, for the dream is over now.
2True light which makes true vision possible is not the light the body's eyes behold. It is a state of mind which has become so unified that darkness cannot be perceived at all. And thus what is the same is seen as one, while what is not the same remains unnoticed, for it is not there.
3This is the light which shows no opposites, and vision, being healed, has power to heal. This is the light that brings your peace of mind to other minds, to share it and be glad that they are one with you and with themselves. This is the light which heals because it brings single perception, based upon one frame of reference from which one meaning comes.
4Here are both giving and receiving seen as different aspects of one Thought Whose truth does not depend on which is seen as first, nor which appears to be in second place. Here it is understood that both occur together, that the Thought remain complete. And in this understanding is the base on which all opposites are reconciled because they are perceived from the same frame of reference which unifies this Thought.
5One thought, completely unified, will serve to unify all thought. This is the same as saying one correction will suffice for all correction or that to forgive one brother wholly is enough to bring salvation to all minds. For these are but some special cases of one law which holds for every kind of learning if it be directed by the One Who knows the truth.
6To learn that giving and receiving are the same has special usefulness because it can be tried so easily and seen as true. And when this special case has proved it always works in every circumstance where it is tried, the thought behind it can be generalized to other areas of doubt and double vision. And from there it will extend and finally arrive at the one Thought Which underlies them all.
7Today we practice with the special case of giving and receiving. We will use this simple lesson in the obvious because it has results we cannot miss. To give is to receive. Today we will attempt to offer peace to everyone and see how quickly peace returns to us. Light is tranquility, and in that peace is vision given us and we can see.
8So we begin the practice periods with the instruction for today and say:
9To give and to receive are one in truth.
I will receive what I am giving now.
10Then close your eyes, and for five minutes think of what you would hold out to everyone to have it yours. You might, for instance, say:
11To everyone I offer quietness.
To everyone I offer peace of mind.
To everyone I offer gentleness.
12Say each one slowly, and then pause a while, expecting to receive the gift you gave, and it will come to you in the amount in which you gave it. You will find you have exact return, for this is what you asked. It might be helpful, too, to think of one to whom to give your gifts. He represents the others, and through him you give to all.
13Our very simple lesson for today will teach you much. Effect and cause will be far better understood from this time on, and we will make much faster progress now. Think of the exercises for today as quick advances in your learning, made still faster and more sure each time you say:
14To give and to receive are one in truth.