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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
1.Nothing I see in this room[on this street, from this window in this place] means anything.
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2.I have given everything I see in this room[on this street, from this window, in this place] all the meaning that it has for me.
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3.I do not understand anything I see in this room [on this street, from this window, in this place].
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4.These thoughts do not mean anything. They are like the things I see in this room [on this street, from this window, in this place].
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5.I am never upset for the reason I think.
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6.I am upset because I see something that is not there.
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7.I see only the past.
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8.My mind is preoccupied with past thoughts.
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9.I see nothing as it is now.
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10.My thoughts do not mean anything.
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11.My meaningless thoughts are showing me a meaningless world.
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12.I am upset because I see a meaningless world.
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13.A meaningless world engenders fear.
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14.God did not create a meaningless world.
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15.My thoughts are images which I have made.
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16.I have no neutral thoughts.
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17.I see no neutral things.
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18.I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my seeing.
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19.I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my thoughts.
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20.I am determined to see.
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21.I am determined to see things differently.
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22.What I see is a form of vengeance.
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23.I can escape from the world I see by giving up attack thoughts.
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24.I do not perceive my own best interests.
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25.I do not know what anything is for.
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26.My attack thoughts are attacking my invulnerability.
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27.Above all else I want to see.
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28.Above all else, I want to see things differently.
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29.God is in everything I see.
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30.God is in everything I see because God is in my mind.
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31.I am not the victim of the world I see.
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32.I have invented the world I see.
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33.There is another way of looking at the world.
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34.I could see peace instead of this.
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35.My mind is part of God's. I am very holy.
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36.My holiness envelops everything I see.
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37.My holiness blesses the world.
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38.There is nothing my holiness cannot do.
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39.My holiness is my salvation.
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40.I am blessed as a Son of God.
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41.God goes with me wherever I go.
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42.God is my strength. Vision is His gift.
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43.God is my Source. I cannot see apart from Him.
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44.God is the Light in which I see.
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45.God is the Mind with which I think.
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46.God is the Love in which I forgive.
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47.God is the Strength in which I trust.
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48.There is nothing to fear.
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49.God's Voice speaks to me all through the day.
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50.I am sustained by the Love of God.
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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
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 17
I see no neutral things.
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1This idea is another step in the direction of identifying cause and effect as it really operates. You see no neutral things because you have no neutral thoughts. It is always the thought that comes first, despite the temptation to believe that it is really the other way around. This is not the way the world thinks, but you must learn that it is the way you think. If it were not so, perception would have no cause and would itself be the cause of reality. In view of its highly variable nature, this is hardly likely.
2In applying today's idea, say to yourself, with eyes open:
3I see no neutral things because I have no neutral thoughts.
4Then look about you, resting your glance on each thing that catches your eye long enough to say:
5I do not see a neutral _____, because my thoughts about _____ are not neutral.
6For example, you might say:
7I do not see a neutral wall, because my thoughts about walls are not neutral.
I do not see a neutral body, because my thoughts about bodies are not neutral.
8As usual, it is essential to make no distinction between what you believe to be animate or inanimate, pleasant or unpleasant. Regardless of what you may believe, you do not see anything which is really alive and really joyous. That is because you are unaware as yet of any thoughts which are really true and therefore really happy.
9Three or four specific practice periods are recommended and no less than three are required for maximum benefit even if you experience resistance. However, if you do, the length of the practice period may be reduced to less than the minute or so which is otherwise recommended.