LESSON THIRTY

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.

God is in everything I see, because God is in my mind.  Actually, God is My mind, for I have no mind but His, despite the arrogance of the ego.  So what I see, God is the Author of:  all things visible and invisible; all things Real and Good.

¹ The idea for today is the springboard for vision. From this idea will the world open up before you, and you will look upon it and see in it what you have never seen before. The God said to be invisible is plain to see expressed as His Creation.Nor will what you saw before be even faintly visible to you.

² Today we are trying to use the new kind of projection. We are not attempting to get rid of what we do not like by seeing it outside. Instead, we are trying to see in the world what is in our minds, and what we want to recognize is there.  This is the beginning to recognizing Our kinship with all creation.  “Have We not All One Father?  Hath not One God created Us?₁  Thus we are trying to join with what we see, rather than keeping it apart from us. That is the fundamental difference between vision and the way you see.  You see here that I am taking My ancient words and bringing them to include All of Creation.  For Spirit – by Its Holy Nature – must be All-inclusive.

³ Today’s idea should be applied as often as possible throughout the day. Whenever you have a moment or so, repeat it to yourself slowly, looking about you and trying to realize that the idea applies to everything you do see now or could see now if it were within the range of your sight. No matter how You see things now, still all Reality is God.  You need not change ‘out there’ but just correct Your own vision.

⁴ Real vision is not limited to concepts such as “near” and “far.” To help you begin to get used to this idea, try to think of things beyond your present range as well as those you can actually see, as you apply today’s idea. Real vision is not only unlimited by space and distance, but it does not depend on the body’s eyes at all.  It sees not just everywhere, but everywhen and everyhow.  The mind is its only source.  In Truth, Mind is the only Source of Everything.  Mind, God, Sources All Things Real. Ego sources the dream.

Which mind shall it be that I let rule Me?

⁵ To aid in helping you to become more accustomed to this idea as well, devote several practice periods to applying today’s idea with your eyes closed, using whatever subjects come to mind and looking within rather than without. Today’s idea applies equally to both.

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¹ Malachi 2:10 King James Version

Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

John 13:34-35

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

By this shall all [men] know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.