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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 20
I am determined to see.
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1We have been quite casual about our practice periods thus far. There has been virtually no attempt to direct the time for undertaking them, 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 reversal of your thinking. The salvation of the world depends on it. Yet you will not see if you regard yourself as being coerced and if you give in to resentment and opposition.
2This is our first attempt to introduce structure. Do not misconstrue it as an effort to exert force or pressure. You want salvation. You want to be happy. You want peace. You do not have them now because your mind is totally undisciplined, and you cannot distinguish between joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain, love and fear. You are now learning how to tell them apart. And great indeed will be your reward.
3Your decision to see is all that vision requires. What you want is yours. Do not mistake the little effort that is asked of you for a sign that our goal is of little worth. Can the salvation of the world be a trivial purpose? And can the world be saved if you are not? God has one Son, and he is the resurrection and the life. His will is done because all power is given him in Heaven and on earth. In your determination to see is vision given you.
4The exercises for today consist in reminding yourselves throughout the day that you want to see. Today's idea also tacitly implies the recognition that you do not see now. Therefore, as you repeat the idea, you are stating that you are determined to change your present state for a better one, and one you really want.
5Repeat 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 to remember. The extra repetitions should be applied to any situation, person, or event which upsets you. You can see them differently, and you will. What you desire, you will see. Such is the real law of cause and effect as it operates in the world.