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− | No one can fail who seeks to reach the truth. | + | No one can fail who seeks to reach the [[truth]]. |
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− | Failure is all about you while you seek for goals that cannot be achieved. | + | [[Failure]] is all about you while you seek for [[goals]] that cannot be [[achieved]]. |
− | You look for permanence in the impermanent, for love where there is none, | + | You look for permanence in the impermanent, for [[love]] where there is none, |
− | for safety in the midst of danger; immortality within the darkness of the | + | for safety in the midst of [[danger]]; [[immortality]] within the darkness of the |
− | dream of death. Who could succeed where contradiction is the setting of his | + | dream of [[death]]. Who could succeed where [[contradiction]] is the setting of his |
− | searching, and the place to which he comes to find stability? | + | searching, and the place to which he comes to find [[stability]]? |
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− | Goals that are meaningless are not attained. There is no way to reach them, | + | Goals that are meaningless are not [[attained]]. There is no way to reach them, |
− | for the means by which you strive for them are meaningless as they are. | + | for [[the means]] by which you strive for them are meaningless as they are. |
− | Who can use such senseless means, and hope through them to gain in | + | Who can use such senseless means, and [[hope]] through them to gain in |
− | anything? Where can they lead? And what could they achieve that offers | + | anything? Where can they lead? And what could they [[achieve]] that offers |
− | any hope of being real? Pursuit of the imagined leads to death because it is | + | any hope of being real? Pursuit of the [[imagined]] leads to [[death]] because it is |
− | the search for nothingness, and while you seek for life you ask for death. | + | the search for nothingness, and while you seek for life you ask for [[death]]. |
− | You look for safety and security, while in your heart you pray for danger | + | You look for safety and security, while in your [[heart]] you pray for danger |
− | and protection for the little dream you made. | + | and [[protection]] for the little dream you made. |
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− | Yet searching is inevitable here. For this you came, and you will surely do | + | Yet searching is [[inevitable]] here. For this you came, and you will surely do |
− | the thing you came for. But the world can not dictate the goal for which you | + | the thing you came for. But the world can not [[dictate]] the goal for which you |
− | search, unless you give it power to do so. Otherwise, you still are free to | + | search, unless you give it [[power]] to do so. Otherwise, you still are free to |
| choose a goal that lies beyond the world and every worldly thought, and one | | choose a goal that lies beyond the world and every worldly thought, and one |
| that comes to you from an idea relinquished yet remembered, old yet new; | | that comes to you from an idea relinquished yet remembered, old yet new; |
− | an echo of a heritage forgot, yet holding everything you really want. | + | an [[echo]] of a [[heritage]] forgot, yet holding [[everything]] you really want. |
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− | Be glad that search you must. Be glad as well to learn you search for | + | Be glad that search you must. Be glad as well to [[learn]] you search for |
− | Heaven, and must find the goal you really want. No one can fail to want this | + | [[Heaven]], and must find the goal you really want. No one can fail to want this |
− | goal and reach it in the end. God's Son can not seek vainly, though he try to | + | [[goal]] and reach it in the end. God's Son can not seek vainly, though he try to |
− | force delay, deceive himself and think that it is hell he seeks. When he is | + | force [[delay]], [[deceive]] himself and think that it is [[hell]] he seeks. When he is |
− | wrong, he finds correction. When he wanders off, he is led back to his | + | wrong, he finds [[correction]]. When he [[wanders]] off, he is led back to his |
| appointed task. | | appointed task. |
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− | No one remains in hell, for no one can abandon his Creator, nor affect His | + | No one remains in hell, for no one can [[abandon]] his [[Creator]], nor affect His |
− | perfect, timeless and unchanging Love. You will find Heaven. Everything | + | [[perfect]], timeless and unchanging [[Love]]. You will find [[Heaven]]. Everything |
| you seek but this will fall away. Yet not because it has been taken from you. | | you seek but this will fall away. Yet not because it has been taken from you. |
| It will go because you do not want it. You will reach the goal you really | | It will go because you do not want it. You will reach the goal you really |
| want as certainly as God created you in sinlessness. | | want as certainly as God created you in sinlessness. |
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− | Why wait for Heaven? It is here today. Time is the great illusion it is past or | + | Why wait for Heaven? It is here today. Time is the great [[illusion]] it is [[past]] or |
− | in the future. Yet this cannot be, if it is where God wills His Son to be. How | + | in the [[future]]. Yet this cannot be, if it is where God wills His Son to be. How |
− | could the Will of God be in the past, or yet to happen? What He wills is | + | could the [[Will of God]] be in the past, or yet to happen? What He wills is |
| now, without a past and wholly futureless. It is as far removed from time as | | now, without a past and wholly futureless. It is as far removed from time as |
− | is a tiny candle from a distant star, or what you chose from what you really | + | is a tiny candle from a distant [[star]], or what you chose from what you really |
| want. | | want. |
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− | Heaven remains your one alternative to this strange world you made and all | + | [[Heaven]] remains your one [[alternative]] to this [[strange]] world you made and all |
− | its ways; its shifting patterns and uncertain goals, its painful pleasures and | + | its ways; its shifting [[patterns]] and uncertain goals, its [[painful]] [[pleasures]] and |
− | its tragic joys. God made no contradictions. What denies its own existence | + | its [[tragic]] [[joys]]. God made no [[contradictions]]. What denies its own existence |
− | and attacks itself is not of Him. He did not make two minds, with Heaven as | + | and attacks itself is not of Him. He did not make two [[minds]], with Heaven as |
| the glad effect of one, and earth the other's sorry outcome which is Heaven's | | the glad effect of one, and earth the other's sorry outcome which is Heaven's |
| opposite in every way. | | opposite in every way. |
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− | God does not suffer conflict. Nor is His creation split in two. How could it | + | God does not suffer [[conflict]]. Nor is His [[creation]] split in two. How could it |
− | be His Son could be in hell, when God Himself established him in Heaven? | + | be His Son could be in [[hell]], when God Himself established him in [[Heaven]]? |
| Could he lose what the Eternal Will has given him to be his home forever? | | Could he lose what the Eternal Will has given him to be his home forever? |
− | Let us not try longer to impose an alien will upon God's single purpose. He | + | Let us not try longer to impose an alien will upon God's single [[purpose]]. He |
| is here because He wills to be, and what He wills is present now, beyond the | | is here because He wills to be, and what He wills is present now, beyond the |
| reach of time. | | reach of time. |
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− | Today we will not choose a paradox in place of truth. How could the Son of | + | Today we will not choose a [[paradox]] in place of [[truth]]. How could the Son of |
− | God make time to take away the Will of God? He thus denies himself, and | + | God make time to take away the [[Will of God]]? He thus denies himself, and |
− | contradicts what has no opposite. He thinks he made a hell opposing | + | contradicts what has no opposite. He thinks he made a [[hell]] opposing |
− | Heaven, and believes that he abides in what does not exist, while Heaven is | + | [[Heaven]], and believes that he abides in what does not exist, while Heaven is |
| the place he cannot find. | | the place he cannot find. |
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− | Leave foolish thoughts like these behind today, and turn your mind to true | + | Leave [[foolish]] [[thoughts]] like these behind today, and turn [[your mind]] to true |
− | ideas instead. No one can fail who seeks to reach the truth, and it is truth we | + | ideas instead. No one can fail who seeks to reach the [[truth]], and it is truth we |
| seek to reach today. We will devote ten minutes to this goal three times | | seek to reach today. We will devote ten minutes to this goal three times |
| today, and we will ask to see the rising of the real world to replace the | | today, and we will ask to see the rising of the real world to replace the |
| foolish images that we hold dear, with true ideas arising in the place of | | foolish images that we hold dear, with true ideas arising in the place of |
− | thoughts that have no meaning, no effect, and neither source nor substance | + | thoughts that have no [[meaning]], no [[effect]], and neither source nor substance |
| in the truth. | | in the truth. |
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− | This we acknowledge as we start upon our practice periods. Begin with this: | + | This we acknowledge as we start upon our [[practice]] periods. Begin with this: |
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− | <center>''I ask to see a different world, and think a different kind of thought from | + | <center>''I ask to see a [[different]] world, and think a different kind of thought from |
| those I made.''</center> | | those I made.''</center> |
− | <center>''The world I seek I did not make alone, the thoughts I want to think are not | + | <center>''The world I seek I did not make [[alone]], the thoughts I want to think are not |
| my own.''</center> | | my own.''</center> |
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− | For several minutes watch your mind and see, although your eyes are | + | For several minutes watch [[your mind]] and see, although your eyes are |
| closed, the senseless world you think is real. Review the thoughts as well | | closed, the senseless world you think is real. Review the thoughts as well |
− | which are compatible with such a world, and which you think are true. Then | + | which are [[compatible]] with such a world, and which you think are true. Then |
| let them go, and sink below them to the holy place where they can enter not. | | let them go, and sink below them to the holy place where they can enter not. |
− | There is a door beneath them in your mind, which you could not completely | + | There is a door beneath them in your [[mind]], which you could not completely |
| lock to hide what lies beyond. | | lock to hide what lies beyond. |
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| Seek for that door and find it. But before you try to open it, remind yourself | | Seek for that door and find it. But before you try to open it, remind yourself |
− | no one can fail who seeks to reach the truth. And it is this request you make | + | no one can fail who seeks to reach the [[truth]]. And it is this request you make |
− | today. Nothing but this has any meaning now; no other goal is valued now | + | today. Nothing but this has any [[meaning]] now; no other goal is [[valued]] now |
| nor sought, nothing before this door you really want, and only what lies past | | nor sought, nothing before this door you really want, and only what lies past |
| it do you seek. | | it do you seek. |
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| Put out your hand, and see how easily the door swings open with your one | | Put out your hand, and see how easily the door swings open with your one |
− | intent to go beyond it. Angels light the way, so that all darkness vanishes, | + | [[intent]] to go beyond it. [[Angels]] [[light]] the way, so that all [[darkness]] vanishes, |
− | and you are standing in a light so bright and clear that you can understand | + | and you are standing in a light so bright and clear that you can [[understand]] |
− | all things you see. A tiny moment of surprise, perhaps, will make you pause | + | all things you see. A tiny moment of [[surprise]], perhaps, will make you pause |
− | before you realize the world you see before you in the light reflects the truth | + | before you [[realize]] the world you see before you in the light reflects the truth |
− | you knew, and did not quite forget in wandering away in dreams. | + | you knew, and did not quite forget in [[wandering]] away in dreams. |
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− | You cannot fail today. There walks with you the Spirit Heaven sent you, | + | You cannot fail today. There walks with you the [[Spirit]] [[Heaven]] sent you, |
| that you might approach this door some day, and through His aid slip | | that you might approach this door some day, and through His aid slip |
| effortlessly past it, to the light. Today that day has come. Today God keeps | | effortlessly past it, to the light. Today that day has come. Today God keeps |
− | His ancient promise to His holy Son, as does His Son remember his to Him. | + | His [[ancient]] [[promise]] to His holy Son, as does His Son remember his to Him. |
| This is a day of gladness, for we come to the appointed time and place | | This is a day of gladness, for we come to the appointed time and place |
− | where you will find the goal of all your searching here, and all the seeking | + | where you will find the [[goal]] of all your searching here, and all the seeking |
| of the world, which end together as you pass beyond the door. | | of the world, which end together as you pass beyond the door. |
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| Remember often that today should be a time of special gladness, and refrain | | Remember often that today should be a time of special gladness, and refrain |
− | from dismal thoughts and meaningless laments. Salvation's time has come. | + | from dismal thoughts and meaningless [[laments]]. [[Salvation]]'s [[time]] has come. |
− | Today is set by Heaven itself to be a time of grace for you and for the | + | Today is set by Heaven itself to be a time of [[grace]] for you and for the |
− | world. If you forget this happy fact, remind yourself with this: | + | world. If you forget this happy [[fact]], remind yourself with this: |
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| <center>''Today I seek and find all that I want.''</center> | | <center>''Today I seek and find all that I want.''</center> |
− | <center>''My single purpose offers it to me.''</center> | + | <center>''My single [[purpose]] offers it to me.''</center> |
− | <center>''No one can fail who seeks to reach the truth.''</center> | + | <center>''No one can fail who seeks to reach the [[truth]].''</center> |
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| [[Category: Workbook I]] | | [[Category: Workbook I]] |