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Hello, good morning, and welcome
to today's workbook lesson from of Course in

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Miracles. God, I've already forgotten, but I think it's less than fifty

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six. I think we are now, you know, just two months,

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two months and six days or so
into the year, and already we have

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covered in terms of time, AONs
and AONs and millennia upon millennia of teaching.

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And I mean, this is stuff
that would that certainly has taken thousands

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and thousands and thousands and thousands of
years, and to finally here we are

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in a single recognition that this whole
thing, this whole time, this whole

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world has really only been going on
in my own mind. It's an idea,

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and it really is like I'm plugged
into some kind of virtual reality equipment

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and watching a movie with which I
have become completely identified and totally kind of

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engrossed in, so much so that
I don't remember that there is life,

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that there is real life that has
nothing to do with this VR movie that

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I've been watching. And so finally
I'm awakening from that. I'm recognizing that

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this is a movie, and this
is the workbook of a course of miracles,

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the workbook of course in miracles,
you know, gives us lessons every

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day, But those lessons are not
how we would normally think of lessons in

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terms of the acquisition of data,
for instance, But these lessons are really

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a practice in being what we really
truly are and in being in the state

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of mind that is actually natural to
us, rather than locking ourselves up in

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those kind of virtual reality scenario.
And so we're not acquiring data, we're

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getting into the habit of being whole
and true as we actually were created.

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Today's lesson is really an extraordinary lesson
in their again, it re emphasizes the

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truth about you and what you really
have to be about. As you kind

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of wander around in a place where
you do not belong. So as you

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are in this VR studio, you
begin to remember, and you remember consistently

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that you are in a VR studio, and not only are you in a

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VR studio, you built that studio, You directed the movie that's going on,

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you play every single part, that
you really are in charge of this

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production, and you have to remember
that it's a production. And as you

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remember that it's a production, that
that figure that you call yourself is not

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really you at all. Something else
really begins to happen in your mind in

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the sense that you now become more
cognizant of who you truly are. You

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become less emotionally invested in making this
movie. Actually the script all of a

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sudden that you have written that you
have cherished no longer really holds any value,

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because you begin to experience reality as
so much more interesting and so much

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more fun, in fact, so
much more than your VR idea, that

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you wonder why you have persistently adhered
to this virtual reality. Okay, so

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I'm speaking here in parables, I'm
speaking in metaphor, and you know,

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I know that that's clear to you. And all I'm really trying to say

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is that the world you see has
nothing to do with reality. It is

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of your own making and it doesn't
exist, And that these lessons that we

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are doing every single day are lessons
in remaining aware of the truth, in

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remaining aware, not necessarily of the
truth, but that this is a dream.

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Yeah, that this is a dream, this is a game that you're

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playing. That none of this is
so. And not only is it a

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dream and a game that you're playing, your involvement in it is really calm.

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You sickness and pain and death and
all of that stuff that you apparently

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don't like and thought you had no
control over. And you really begin to

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see that your mind is such that
every little sliver of an idea has huge

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effect on you, and the effect
that it has on you is really to

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obliterate from your awareness the reality of
light and love, the reality of God

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in which you actually truly share.
So these little slivers of ideas and judgments

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and definitions and what have you are
not neutral. And this is why you

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have to let them go, because
sometimes when you think of, oh,

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it's just a movie, you don't
really realize the impact that the movie is

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having on your consciousness and how you
suffer as a result of this. So

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this is the workbook of the course
in Miracles. So let's take a moment

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here before we get into the lesson
of the day. And the lesson of

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the day is less than fifty six. My only function is the one that

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God gave me. That's a huge
statement, and it's not really about the

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statement as such. It's not really
about believing or not believing it, but

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it's really about coming to realize that
that is in fact true by driving it

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round the block. Okay, so
let's take a moment here, take a

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deep breath and relax. Just relax
as much as you possibly can, you

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know, just melt into everything.
Okay. Let go of any tension that

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you are aware of anywhere in your
mind or body. Just let go.

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Take a vacation from all of that. Today we're getting on holiday. Take

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a vacation. Relax. We're about
to embark on an exciting journey. So

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to get us started on our way, how about we play a song.

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Yeah, I think we'll play straight
the path. I like that song.

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Here we go, no more,
said Bard. Now you bend, but

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you all laz gonna lie, so
Ury, No, don't wait straight the

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bath a narrow the game, straight
the bath, and narrow the game.

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Don't speak of sir fes for no, you found the world worth any pre

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So now don't wait straight the bath
and narrow the game, straight the bath,

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and narrow the game no more and
bad for now you remain. You've

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all always been love so her.
No, don't wait straight the bath and

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narrow the game, Straight the bath, and narrow the game. Don't speak

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of sack que fu, for you
found the bird w ne Pries so her,

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No, don't wait. Straight the
bathom, narrow the game straight the

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bath and narrow the game them goes
for all you own event you all always

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love. So now don't wait.
Straight the bathom, narrow the game straight

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the bathom, narrow the game straight
the bath and narrow again, straight the

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bas nagain straight the bar in namal
theget straight bathless, narrow the game straight

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bat straight the bar stra strict,
straight straight stern. Wow, beautiful song,

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thank you so much, manage well. A gorgeous song that is straight

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the path and narrow the gate.
And it's really great because the whole idea

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of straight the path and narrow the
gate, the narrowness of the gate doesn't

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make it difficult for you to go
through. It just makes it difficult for

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you to be distracted, to wander
off in any direction, which has been

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what the problem has been. And
the narrowness has nothing to do with width.

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It's just that it's impossible for you
to get lost once you're on that

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path. And you know that path
is not like a like a road,

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it's a way of being, it's
a mindfulness of God. It's how would

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I say that it is really a
realization that you are mind and only mind,

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and all of this is going on
in your own mind in that realization.

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And when I talk about realization,
I don't mean about, oh,

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just the fleeting idea that you think, oh, that's a good ideas.

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I'm talking about a real realization that
becomes part of how you operate. This

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is what a function is. Your
function is what you are. It's not

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different from what you are. I
love the way that that was done in

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one of the one of the episodes
of the movie The Matrix, one of

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the episodes of the trilogy where we
encountered the key Maker. I think it

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was in The Matrix reloaded. That
could be completely wrong, but the thing

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about the key Maker, the key
Maker was really kind of a representative or

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a symbol of this idea of your
function. You know, you are what

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you do. What you do and
what you are not separate. And this

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was the whole idea of the key
Maker in the movie. I'm not going

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to go into it because you know, you probably haven't seen it, and

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if you have, you've probably forgotten
it, and so it's not really going

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to have a huge, you know, impact on you as an example,

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as an analogy. So we're going
to move on from there. But the

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point I was trying to make is
that the whole idea of your function.

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Remember, and we've come across this
idea quite a few times in the lessons

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that we've been doing, that forgiveness
is your function, that this is what

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you do, this is what you
are. You're doing and your being are

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not really separate, because we really
are speaking mindfully. You are mind and

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purely mind. Don't forget that the
world you see, which includes the body

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that you're looking at, has nothing
to do with reality. It's not real.

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It's not what you are. And
so when we speak about doing,

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we're not really speaking about physical activity. You know. We really are speaking

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mindfully here, you know. And
indeed, well, never mind, let

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me just let me move on,
because I don't want to get sidetracked into

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that conversation. So let's start reading
the lesson and let's let's see where we

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go from there. Okay, remember
straight the path and narrow the gate,

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and so that if you actually begin
to entertain this lesson within your own mind,

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there is nowhere else that you can
go except heaven. Because it's really

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it's a different way of being.
It's a it's a new order of thought,

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it's a whole new realm of thought. And that's what you're being guided.

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And I use the word advisedly,
but you really are being guided in

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that direction in recognizing the true function
of your mind and how it operates.

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Okay, my only function is the
one God gave me. My only function

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is the one God gave me.
It is the one. God did not

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give you a whole bunch of different
functions. God did not create a whole

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bunch of different things. He creates
you. So you are life. You

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are the creation of God. I
mean in that sense, God does only

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one thing. Because God is one. There aren't different things, There aren't

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different types of life. Yeah,
there is just one God. This is

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we were doing the Torah teachings just
the other day. This is the whole

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basis of the the of the Torah, of the law. The law is

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one. There is one God.
But again, unfortunately, when you think

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of one, you think in terms
of numbers. You immediately go to opposite

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and then you start looking to reconcile
it. And you know, the Easterners

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would say not two, but it
does. It doesn't really matter. The

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words you used don't matter. You
know, God is one. The oneness

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that we're speaking about here is unopposed. That can't be an opposite because the

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one, when we speak about one, it's not objective, it's not one

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as opposed to something else. That
is not true. We just don't.

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We lack the language to express oneness
because it's an experience of no other.

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And in that experience, words are
gone. There are no words necessary.

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Why would you need words? Okay, that's that's so, that's just my

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only function is the one God gave
me, God gives himself, God creates.

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Your function cannot not be that.
The idea for today reaffirms your commitment

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to salvation. It also reminds you
that you have no function other than that.

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Both these thoughts are obviously necessary for
a total commitment. Okay, now

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this is really very interesting. This
is because we come from this idea of

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one, and the next thing that
Jesus says is both these thoughts. Why,

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because we're speaking to you. If
you realize your oneness, there would

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be no course in miracles. The
only thing that we're dealing with here is

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your idea that there's more than one, is the idea that you exist as

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a separate entity, separate from the
one, making two. Okay. This

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is why the Easterners would say,
not too all right, And so we're

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addressing you in this condition because even
in this insanity of thinking that are there's

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more than one, and that you
are somehow not God or not of God,

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the idea of salvation must be introduced
because your mind has to be shown

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that this idea of two is not
true. Okay, all right, Both

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these thoughts are obviously necessary for a
total commitment. Salvation cannot be the only

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purpose you hold while you still cherish
others and the others. The other purpose

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that you hold that you cherish is
the idea of you as a separate being

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in time and space doing stuff.
And so when we never mind, let

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me just let me move on,
because I was just about to go into

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that you need do nothing thing,
but we'll we'll get there, okay.

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So, while you still cherish the
idea that you are this identity that you

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call yourself, and that you have
things to do, and that there is

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a state that you can be in
that's not heavenly, and that you,

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for whatever reason, have to maintain
that awareness of that separate state, you

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need help Okay, while you cherish
that goal, it's literally impossible to recognize

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your oneness and perfection is created by
God. What you don't realize is that

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that maintenance of the idea of a
separate self me me me me me me,

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me me me, is actually a
goal. You think a goal is

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something that you see set having established
yourself as a separate identity. Not so.

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The separate identity is, in fact
what your goal is, and is

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a very persistent goal, and it's
one that you work very very hard to

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make real and to make true.
Okay, so let's continue. So salvation

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cannot be the only purpose you hold
while you still cherish others. The full

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acceptance of salvation as your only function
necessarily entails two phases, the recognition of

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salvation as your function and the relinquishment
of all the other goals you have invented

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for yourself. So, yes,
there's only one, and yet you believe

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in two. While you believe in
two, we must speak to you through

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both avenues. We cannot not.
So you have to recognize two things.

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A the recognition of salvation as your
function, and b the relinquishment of all

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the other goals you have invented.
For yourself. Okay, So that your

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only function, the only reason that, the only thing that you have to

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do, the only thing that you
have going for you, is to go

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home to God. And two that
you must then let go of everything else

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that is not that you cannot hold
two goals that are in conflict simultaneously.

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Okay, Wow, isn't that great? So it's really what is happening here

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is the integration of your mind,
the fusing, if you like, of

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the two hemispheres. This is the
only way in which you can take your

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rightful place among the saviors of the
world. This is the only way in

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which you can say and mean my
only function is the one God gave me.

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See, there's no way that you
can say that and mean it if

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you don't accept it. And so
it doesn't really do you any good to

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say, well, the courses,
I don't have to accept it. No,

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it's literally impossible to practice this with
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accept it. In other words,
you do have to be willing to relinquish

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all the other goals that you have
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There is no other way. We
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don't worry about this. You don't
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You know, as you've noticed already, Jesus has moved in with you.

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He's moved in with you, He's
living with you. All you've got

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to do is let him be will
to turn over your thoughts to him,

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give those to him, give him
your mind, let him help you straighten

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it out. We're just speaking in
parables here, Okay, then send me

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an email and go, well,
yeah, I'm not a body. If

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you knew that, you would not
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So chill, Okay. This is
the only way in which you can take

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your rightful place among the saviors of
the world. This is the only way

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in which you can say and mean, my only function is the one God

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gave me. This is the only
way in which you can find peace of

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mind. I'm going to repeat that, this is the only way in which

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you confind peace of mind. You
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in any other way. There you
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You can reorganize your space in any
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travel to all the countries you want
to go to. You can eat all

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the food that you you can do
whatever it is you think you need to

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do. You are not going to
be at peace. As long as you

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think that you are an entity separate
from God. Without accepting your only function,

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your only God given function, you
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that simple, because you are literally, in defining yourself as separate from God,

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you are quite literally denying yourself,
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So it's not that peace is being
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bad person. It is that by
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world doing all the stuff that persons
do, you quite literally are denying yourself

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your peace of mind. You are
not this person wandering around in space and

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time. In fact, the whole
idea of personages wandering around in space and

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time are that whole idea is your
idea. It's going on solely in your

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mind. And as you become more
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very persons and dream, as you
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will begin to experience a different state
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mind, and you will want it
more and more. Okay, let's continue

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today and for a number of days
to follow, set aside ten to fifteen

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minutes for a more sustained practice period
in which you try to understand and accept

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what the idea for the day really
means, what it really means. Today's

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idea, my only function is the
one God gave me, offers you escape

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from all your perceived difficulties, all
of them, not some of them,

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all of them. Now you begin
to get a sense of the commitment that

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you really have to make. You
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totally here, We're not speaking partially. Wow. Great, isn't that so

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good? Wow? Today's idea offers
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Listen to this. It places the
key to the door of peace, which

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you have closed upon yourself, in
your own hands. And I will give

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on to you the to the Kingdom
of Heaven, that whatsoever you shall bind

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on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever you shall loose on earth

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shall be loose in heaven. The
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in your hand. Now, that's
amazing, that's awesome. You have to

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accept the key, and you're gonna
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That's the whole teaching. It gives
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you have done since time began.
That's what I was trying to express earlier.

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Okay, so let's just take a
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of what's being offered here. And
I'm usual you read the paragraphs very quickly.

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Again, we'll play some music and
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on the exercise. Okay, So
my only function is the one God gave

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me. The idea for today reaffirms
your commitment to salvation. It also reminds

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you that you have no function other
than that. Both these thoughts are obviously

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necessary for a total commitment. Salvation
cannot be the only purpose you hold while

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you still cherish others. The full
acceptance of salvation as your only function necessarily

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entails two phases. The recognition of
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of all the other God you have
invented for yourself. This is the only

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way in which you can take your
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This is the only way in which
you can say and mean my only

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function is the one God gave me. This is the only way in which

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you can find peace of mind today
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set aside ten to fifteen minutes for
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you try to understand and accept what
the idea for the day really means.

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Today's idea offers you escape from all
your perceived difficulties. It places the key

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to the door of peace which you
have closed upon yourself, in your own

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hands. It gives you the answer
to all the searching you have done since

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time began. Okay, so we're
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going to play some music and just
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Okay, So let me go and
find my playlist here and up the

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road. Okay, up the road. Here we go. Go. The

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road a bit about a mile.
I can see the sun of it coming

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overtherhill. What a thrill in the
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And the closer I again more,
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for to it's me, th river. He removes me like like a river

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flowing free. Th Wow. Okay, so let's continue the reading here here

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we go. Okay, try if
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periods at approximately the same time each
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in advance and then adhere to it
as closely as possible. The purpose of

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this is to arrange your day so
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God as well as for all the
trivial purposes and goals you will pursue.

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This is part of the long range, long range disciplinary training your mind needs

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so that the Holy Spirit can use
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you. For the longer practice period, begin by reviewing the idea for the

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day. Then close your eyes,
repeat the idea to yourself once again,

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and watch your mind carefully to catch
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make no attempt to concentrate only on
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day. Rather, try to uncover
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Okay, note each one as it
comes to you, with as little

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involvement or concern as possible, dismissing
each one by telling yourself, this thought

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reflects a goal that is preventing me
from accepting my only function, And what

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is really amazing about that is that
it doesn't really matter what the thought is.

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You know, it doesn't say,
well, if you're aware of the

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horrible thoughts, use them. No
whatever thought crosses your mind, because you

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are just like this thinking machine,
just chattering in your head the whole entire

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time. And as we have observed
many many times, all that stuff really

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has nothing to do with real thinking
at all. It really doesn't have any

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things the thoughts that you share with
God. Okay, and so in a

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particular sense, you have to be
super mindful in this exercise and not let

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any thought get by you. And
it's not you know, mere colpa,

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mere corpa, what a horrible thought, Just whatever thought it is, you

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know, Okay, this is this
is a goal that's reflecting. You know

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that this is a thought that that
reflects a goal that is preventing me from

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accepting my only function. Because I
guarantee you that whatever the thought is,

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it's going to be about you as
this separate identity. It's going to be

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a thought that reinforces the idea that
you are this person, this body identity

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guaranteed, so you can safely say
it's one that's you know, reflecting a

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goal that prevents you from accepting your
only real function. Okay, after a

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while, interfering thoughts will become harder
to find. Try, however, to

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continue a minute or so longer attempting
to catch a few of the idle thoughts

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that escaped your attention before. Okay, because you know, typical, you

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are going to let some of them
go and not even realize because you've become

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this this chasibox, really, you
know, and it's it's amazing. Whether

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you think you're like this strong,
silent person and you don't like to say

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you don't like external noise, there's
a ton of stuff that's going on in

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there that has nothing to do with
anything, you know. Okay, it

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doesn't matter how you've defined yourself.
Just do the exercise. But do it

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earnestly, you know. Okay,
So after a while, interfering thoughts will

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become harder to find. Try,
however, to continue a minute or so

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longer, attempting to catch a few
of the idle thoughts that escaped your attention

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before. But do not strain or
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Then tell yourself, on this clean
slate, let my true function be written

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for me. And you know,
that's really when you say, on this

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clean slate, it's really a clean
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know it. There's a clarity.
Okay, you need not use these exact

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words, but try to get the
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of purpose be replaced by truth.
The willingness to have truth replace your craziness

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is actually much more valuable than your
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so they start looking for a clean
slate. Finally, repeat the idea

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for today once more, and devote
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to focus on its importance to you, the relief its acceptance will bring you

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by resolving your conflicts once and for
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really want salvation in spite of your
own foolish ideas to the contrary. Repeat

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the idea for today once more,
and devote the rest of the practice period

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to trying to focus on its importance
to you, the relief its acceptance will

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bring you by resolving your conflicts once
and for all, and the extent to

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which you really want salvation in spite
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In the shorter practice periods, which
should be undertaken at least once an

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hour. Use this form in applying
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one God gave me. I want
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Sometimes close your eyes as you practice
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and look about you. It is
what you see now that will be totally

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changed when you accept today's idea completely. What you see now will be completely

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changed when you accept that your only
function is the one God gave you.

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That you want no other and you
have no other. So really it's a

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mindfulness that you're going to maintain throughout
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is true, I want no other
and I have no other. How willing

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then are you to allow this to
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what determines your experience. So we
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wrap up ten to ten, and
you can use the ten minutes up till

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ten o'clock to actually practice. Okay, so I'm just going to read a

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couple of the salient points here.
Again, your lesson today is my only

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function is the one God gave me. Acceptance of salvation as your only function

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necessarily entails two phases, the recognition
of salvation as your function, and the

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relinquishment of all the other goals you
have invented for yourself. This is the

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only way in which you can take
your rightful place among the saviors of the

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world. This is the only way
in which you can say and mean,

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my only function is the one God
gave me. This is the only way

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in which you can find peace of
mind. So you do your lesson now,

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and you watch the thoughts as they
go by, and with each one

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you say, this thought reflects a
goal that is preventing me from accepting my

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only function. And after a while
those interfering thoughts will become harder to find.

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But however, continue for a minute
or so longer, attempting to catch

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a few of the idle thoughts that
escaped your attention. But do not strain

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or make undue effort in doing this. Then tell yourself, on this clean

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slate, let my true function be
written for me, And every hour take

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some moment, take a moment and
remind yourself that your only function, my

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only function, is the one God
gave me. I want no other,

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and I have no other. I
love you with all my heart. Thank

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you so much for joining me,
and don't forget Spend the next ten minutes

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in this practice. My only function
is the one God gave me. I

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love you always, I'll see you
everywhere. Let us go our way rejoicing

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in the recognition that our only function
is the God given function. We want

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no other and we have no I
love you. You have been listening to

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voice from Heaven live in the Miracles
Healing Center. Remember that God's voice speaks

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to you all through the day.
That God goes with you wherever you go,

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and that God is the mind with
which you think. God bless us everyone,