When a brother behaves insanely, you can heal him only by perceiving the sanity in him.
Text-9. III. 5:1.
In quiet may forgiveness wipe away
my dreams of separation and of sin.
Then let me, Father, look within,
and find Your promise of my
sinlessness is kept; Your Word
remains unchanged within my
mind, Your Love is still
abiding in my heart.
Workbook-p II. Lesson 336. 2:1-2.
My sinlessness ensures me perfect peace, eternal safety, everlasting love, freedom forever from all thought of loss; complete deliverance from suffering.
And only happiness can be my state, for only happiness is given me.
What must I do to know all this is mine? I must accept Atonement for myself, and nothing more.
Workbook-p II. Lesson 337. 1:1-4.
The Thoughts of God are far beyond all change, and shine forever.
They await not birth. They wait for welcome and remembering.
The Thought God holds of you is like a star, unchangeable in an eternal sky.
So high in Heaven is it set that those outside of Heaven know not it is there.
Yet still and white and lovely will it shine through all eternity.
There was no time it was not there; no instant when its light grew dimmer or less perfect ever was.
Text-30. III. 8:1-7.
Father, this is Your day.
It is a day in which I would
do nothing by myself, but
hear Your Voice in
everything I do;
requesting only what You
offer me, accepting only
Thoughts You share
with me.
Workbook-p II. Lesson 339. 2:1-2.
Be glad today! Be glad! There is no room for anything but joy and thanks today.
Our Father has redeemed His Son this day.
Not one of us but will be saved today.
Not one who will remain in fear, and none the Father will not gather to Himself, awake in Heaven in the Heart of Love.
Workbook-p II. Lesson 340. 2:1-6.
Father, Your Son is holy. I am
he on whom You smile in love
and tenderness so dear and deep
and still the universe smiles
back on You, and shares Your
Holiness. How pure, how safe,
how holy, then, are we, abiding
in Your Smile, with all Your
Love bestowed upon us, living
one with You, in brotherhood
and Fatherhood complete; in
sinlessness so perfect that the
Lord of Sinlessness conceives
us as His Son, a universe of
Thought completing Him.
Workbook-p II. Lesson 341. 1:1-3.
I let forgiveness rest upon all things.
For thus forgiveness will be given me.
Workbook-p II. Lesson 342.
The mercy and the peace of God are free.
Salvation has no cost.
It is a gift that must be freely given and received.
And it is this that we would learn today.
Workbook-p II. Lesson 343. 2:1-4.
Today I learn the law of love; that what I give my brother is my gift to me.
Workbook-p II. Lesson 344.
I offer only miracles today, For I would have them be returned to me.
Workbook-p II. Lesson 345.
Father, I wake today with miracles
correcting my perception of all
things. And so begins the day I
share with You as I will share
eternity, for time has stepped aside
today. I do not seek the things of
time, and so I will not look upon
them. What I seek today transcends
all laws of time and things perceived
in time. I would forget all things
except Your Love. I would abide in
You, and know no laws except Your
law of love. And I would find the
peace which You created for Your
Son, forgetting all the foolish toys I
made as I behold Your glory
and my own.
Workbook-p II. Lesson 346. 1:1-7.
Listen today.
Be very still, and hear the gentle Voice for God assuring you that He has judged you as the Son He loves.
Workbook-p II. Lesson 347. 2:1-2.
Father, let me remember You
are here, and I am not alone.
Surrounding me is everlasting
Love. I have no cause for
anything except the perfect
peace and joy I share with You.
What need have I for anger or
for fear? Surrounding me is
perfect safety. Can I be afraid,
when Your eternal promise goes
with me? Surrounding me is
perfect sinlessness. What can I
fear, when You created me in
holiness as perfect as Your
Own?
Workbook-p II. Lesson 348. 1:1-8.
Today I let Christ’s vision look upon All things for me and judge them not, but give Each one a miracle of love instead.
Workbook-p II. Lesson 349.
Learn this, and learn it well, for it is here delay of happiness is shortened by a span of time you cannot realize.
You never hate your brother for his sins, but only for your own.
Whatever form his sins appear to take, it but obscures the fact that you believe them to be yours, and therefore meriting a “just” attack.
Text-31. III. 1:4-6.
My sinless brother is my guide to peace.
My sinful brother is my guide to pain.
And which I choose to see I will behold.
Workbook-p II. Lesson 351.
Judgment and love are opposites.
From one come all the sorrows of the world.
But from the other comes the peace of God Himself.
Workbook-p II. Lesson 352.
Father, I give all that is mine
today to Christ, to use in any
way that best will serve the
purpose that I share with Him.
Nothing is mine alone, for He
and I have joined in purpose.
Thus has learning come almost
to its appointed end. A while I
work with Him to serve His
purpose. Then I lose myself in
my Identity, and recognize that
Christ is but my Self.
Workbook-p II. Lesson 353. 2:1-5.
We stand together, Christ and I, in peace And certainty of purpose. And in Him Is His Creator, as He is in me.
Workbook-p II. Lesson 354.
Prayer is a way offered by the Holy Spirit to reach God.
It is not merely a question or an entreaty.
It cannot succeed until you realize that it asks for nothing.
How else could it serve its purpose?
It is impossible to pray for idols and hope to reach God.
True prayer must avoid the pitfall of asking to entreat.
Ask, rather, to receive what is already given; to accept what is already there
Song of Prayer-1. I. 1:1-7.
I must have decided wrongly, because I am not at peace.
I made the decision myself, but I can also decide otherwise.
I want to decide otherwise, because I want to be at peace.
I do not feel guilty, because the Holy Spirit will undo all the consequences of my wrong decision if I will let Him.
I choose to let Him, by allowing Him to decide for God for me.
Text-5. VII. 6:7-11.
Teach no one that he is what you would not want to be.
Your brother is the mirror in which you see the image of yourself as long as perception lasts.
Text-7. VII. 3:8-9.
This Christmas give the Holy Spirit everything that would hurt you.
Let yourself be healed completely that you may join with Him in healing, and let us celebrate our release together by releasing everyone with us.
Text-15. XI. 3:1-2.
The sign of Christmas is a star, a light in darkness.
See it not outside yourself, but shining in the Heaven within, and accept it as the sign the time of Christ has come.
He comes demanding nothing. No sacrifice of any kind, of anyone, is asked by Him.
In His Presence the whole idea of sacrifice loses all meaning. For He is Host to God.
Text-15. XI. 2:1-6.
Father, it is Your peace that I
would give, receiving it of You.
I am Your Son, forever just as
You created me, for the Great
Rays remain forever still and
undisturbed within me. I would
reach to them in silence and in
certainty, for nowhere else can
certainty be found. Peace be
to me, and peace to all the world.
In holiness were we created, and
in holiness do we remain. Your
Son is like to You in perfect
sinlessness. And with this
thought we gladly say
“Amen.”
Workbook-p II. Lesson 360. 1:1-7.
The world will end in joy, because it is a place of sorrow. When joy has come, the purpose of the world has gone.
The world will end in peace, because it is a place of war. When peace has come, what is the purpose of the world?
The world will end in laughter, because it is a place of tears. Where there is laughter, who can longer weep?
And only complete forgiveness brings all this to bless the world.
Manual for Teachers. 14. 5:1-7.
You have reached the end of an ancient journey, not realizing yet that it is over.
You are still worn and tired, and the desert’s dust still seems to cloud your eyes and keep you sightless.
Yet He Whom you welcomed has come to you, and would welcome you.
He has waited long to give you this. Receive it now of Him, for He would have you know Him.
Only a little wall of dust still stands between you and your brother. Blow on it lightly and with happy laughter, and it will fall away.
And walk into the garden love has prepared for both of you.
Text-18. VIII. 13:1-8.
This holy instant would I give to You. Be You in charge. For I would follow You, certain that Your direction gives me peace.
And if I need a word to help me, He will give it to me.
If I need a thought, that will He also give.
And if I need but stillness and a tranquil, open mind, these are the gifts I will receive of Him.
He is in charge by my request. And He will hear and answer me, because He speaks for God my Father and His holy Son.
Workbook-p II. Lessons 361 to 365. 1:1-5.
This course is a beginning, not an end.
Your Friend goes with you. You are not alone.
No one who calls on Him can call in vain.
Whatever troubles you, be certain that He has the answer, and will gladly give it to you, if you simply turn to Him and ask it of Him.
He will not withhold all answers that you need for anything that seems to trouble you. He knows the way to solve all problems, and resolve all doubts.
His certainty is yours. You need but ask it of Him, and it will be given you.
Workbook-p II. Epilogue. 1:1-9.
And now in all your doings be you blessed. God turns to you for help to save the world. Teacher of God, His thanks He offers you, And all the world stands silent in the grace You bring from Him. You are the Son He loves, And it is given you to be the means Through which His Voice is heard around the world, To close all things of time; to end the sight Of all things visible; and to undo All things that change. Through you is ushered in A world unseen, unheard, yet truly there. Holy are you, and in your light the world Reflects your holiness, for you are not Alone and friendless. I give thanks for you, And join your efforts on behalf of God, Knowing they are on my behalf as well, And for all those who walk to God with me.
AMEN
Manual For Teachers. 29. 8:1-8.