LESSON TWENTY

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE: The Course text is in bold face. The Guidance is in normal type In His Guidance, He has asked Me to capitalize the pronouns You and We as an acknowledgement of the Divinity of All of Us, an acknowledgement of Equality, an expression of His Love and respect for You. When You see the word ‘YOU’ capitalized in the Guidance, know that He is not just speaking to YOU, He is honoring YOU.

I am determined to see.

Indeed You have been determined to see things Your way, since the separation.  Now has the time arrived of the little willingness that leads to the decision to really see, after so many eons.  The Sons of God awake in Heaven send You Love and sing for joy at Your decision.  The Love for You is unlimited.  Constant it has been for You throughout all the separation.  Can You now feel It?  How long this moment has been awaited!

¹ We 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.

These things are modus operandi. of the ego to hide Your Sonship from You.  How effectively they do squelch all of Your joy and freedom.

² This 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.

– Your responses have been like the infant deprived momentarily of its breast or of its bottle.  ‘Joy’ of earth is not the Joy of Heaven. –

You are now learning how to tell them apart. And great indeed will be your reward.

³ Your 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.

You had forgotten that You are His Son.  And now, again, You are remembering.

⁴ The 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.

And change is always possible, for You are the Son of God, the Belovèd One.  It is the Love of God You have been searching for, for eons, while It stands so quietly beside You, waiting only for Your recognition.

⁵ Repeat 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.

For millennia You have been impotent, at the beck and call of the ego.  This Course is but returning Your power as the Son of God to its rightful Home.

Sister, choose again.  Brother, choose again.  Choice for happiness is waiting for You.

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