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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 37
My holiness blesses the world.
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1This idea contains the first glimmerings of your true function in the world or why you are here. Your purpose is to see the world through your own holiness. Thus are you and the world blessed together. No one loses; nothing is taken away from anyone; everyone gains through your holy vision. It signifies the end of sacrifice because it offers everyone his full due. And he is entitled to everything because it is his birthright as a Son of God.
2There is no other way in which the idea of sacrifice can be removed from the world's thinking. Any other way of seeing will inevitably demand payment of someone or something. As a result, the perceiver will lose. Nor will he have any idea why he is losing. Yet is his wholeness restored to his awareness through your vision. Your holiness blesses him by asking nothing of him. Those who see themselves as whole make no demands.
3Your holiness is the salvation of the world. It lets you teach the world that it is one with you, not by preaching to it, not by telling it anything, but merely by your quiet recognition that in your holiness are all things blessed, along with you.
4Today's four longer exercise periods, each to involve three to five minutes of practice, begin with the repetition of the idea for today followed by a minute or so of looking about you as you apply the idea to whatever you see:
5My holiness blesses this chair.
My holiness blesses that window.
My holiness blesses this body.
6Then close your eyes and apply the idea to any person who occurs to you, using his name and saying:
7My holiness blesses you, [name].
8You may continue the practice period with your eyes closed; you may open your eyes again and apply the idea for today to your outer world if you so desire; you may alternate between applying the idea to what you see around you and to those who are in your thoughts; or you may use any combination of these two phases of application which you prefer. The practice period should conclude with a repetition of the idea made with your eyes closed and another following immediately with your eyes open.
9The shorter exercises consist of repeating the idea as often as you can. It is particularly helpful to apply it silently to anyone you meet, using his name as you do so. It is essential to use the idea if anyone seems to cause an adverse reaction in you. Offer him the blessing of your holiness immediately that you may learn to keep it in your own awareness.