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]. · Wb.4

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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 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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1Unlike the preceding ones, these exercises do not begin with the idea for the day. In these practice periods, begin with noting the thoughts that are crossing your mind for about a minute. Then apply the idea to them. If you are already aware of unhappy thoughts, use them as subjects for the idea. Do not, however, select only the thoughts you think are "bad." You will find, if you train yourself to look at your thoughts, that they represent such a mixture that, in a sense, none of them can be called "good" or "bad." This is why they do not mean anything.

2In selecting the subjects for the application of today's idea, the usual specificity is required. Do not be afraid to use "good" thoughts as well as "bad." None of them represents your real thoughts, which are being covered up by them. The "good" ones of which you are aware are but shadows of what lies beyond, and shadows make sight difficult. The "bad" ones are blocks to sight and make seeing impossible. You do not want either.

3This is a major exercise and will be repeated from time to time in somewhat different form. The aim here is to train you in the first steps toward the goal of separating the meaningless from the meaningful. It is a first attempt in the long-range purpose of learning to see the meaningless as outside you and the meaningful within. It is also the beginning of training your mind to recognize what is the same and what is different. In using your thoughts for application of the idea for today, identify each thought by the central figure or event it contains. For example:

4This thought about _____ does not mean anything. It is like the things I see in this room [or wherever you are].

5You can also use the idea for a particular thought which you recognize as harmful. This practice is useful, but is not a substitute for the more random procedures to be followed for the exercises. Do not, however, examine your mind for more than a minute or so. You are too inexperienced as yet to avoid a tendency to become pointlessly preoccupied. Further, since these exercises are the first of their kind, you may find the suspension of judgment in connection with thoughts particularly difficult. Do not repeat these exercises more than three or four times during the day. We will return to them later.