LESSON TWENTY-SEVEN

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.

Above all else I want to see.

Apparently I have been quite blind to Reality, for what appears to be an eternity.

Dear Sisters, dear Brothers, indeed You have.  And yet it is a self-induced disability from which You can recover easily, with a simple change of mind shifting Me to We.

Before the separation, which seemed like a neat idea – and wasn’t, for it was self-impelled in a step from We to Me – Your Oneness stands untouched, the basis of all Eternity.  You just ignore it, preferring special, partial ‘love’ instead.

Yet right beyond Your present sight, it seems that something else is there, and, indeed, it is.  And today We will seek to find It.

¹ Today’s idea expresses something stronger than mere determination. It gives vision priority among your desires. You may feel hesitant about using the idea on the ground that you are not sure you really mean it. This does not matter. The purpose of today’s exercises is to bring the time when the idea will be wholly true a little nearer.

What You tell Yourself does rule in the dream.  Why not use that capacity to speak of Reality?

² There may be a great temptation to believe that some sort of sacrifice is being asked of you when you say you want to see above all else. 

– This is the ego sense, suggesting You use caution with an idea that risky! (Tricky little devil is the ego.) –

If you become uneasy about the lack of reservation involved, add:

³ Vision has no cost to anyone.

It is Your Gift from God, freely given.

⁴ If fear of loss still persists, add further:

⁵ It can only bless.

I am not afraid; it is the ego.

God has only Good for Me.  I am safe.  I am very Loved.  I am Loved by God.  His Love is so powerful, yet gentle.

And I can relax.  I can lean on the everlasting arms, safe in Love’s embrace.

⁶ The idea for today needs many repetitions for maximum benefit. It should be used at least every half hour, and more often if possible. You might try for every 15 or 20 minutes. It is recommended that you set a definite time interval for using the idea when you wake or shortly afterwards and attempt to adhere to it throughout the day. It will not be difficult to do this, even if you are engaged in conversation or otherwise occupied at the time. You can still repeat one short sentence to yourself without disturbing anything that is going on.

I am Loved by God.  It is safe to see.

⁷ The real question is how often will you remember? How much do you want today’s idea to be true? Answer one of these questions, and you have answered the other. You will probably miss several applications and perhaps quite a number. Do not be disturbed by this, but do try to keep on your schedule from then on. If only once during the day you feel that you were perfectly sincere while you were repeating today’s idea, you can be sure that you have saved yourself many years of effort.

And will save Yourself many more years of pain and suffering – (any time You heed My words to choose again) – which can now be exchanged for freedom.

Are You a little willing yet, to have that little willingness for which I’ve asked?

The Love of God is ever-present, here for Us at every instant.