The idea for today is obviously the reason why your seeing does not affect you
alone. You will notice that at times the ideas related to thinking precede those
related to perceiving, while at other times the order is reversed. The reason is
that the order does not actually matter. Thinking and its results are really
simultaneous, for cause and effect are never separate.
Today we are again emphasizing the fact that minds are joined. This is rarely a
wholly welcome idea at first, since it seems to carry with it an enormous sense
of responsibility, and may even be regarded as an "invasion of privacy." Yet
it is a fact that there are no private thoughts. Despite your initial resistance
to this idea, you will yet understand that it must be true if salvation is
possible at all. And salvation must be possible because it is the Will of God.
The minute or so of mind searching which today's exercises require are to be
undertaken with eyes closed. The idea is to be repeated first, and then the mind
should be carefully searched for the thoughts it contains at that time. As you
consider each one, name it in terms of the central person or theme it contains,
and holding it in your mind as you do so, say:
"I am not alone in experiencing the effects of this thought about ___."
The requirement of as much
indiscriminateness as possible in selecting subjects for the practice period
should be quite familiar to you by now, and will no longer be repeated each day,
although it will occasionally be included as a reminder. Do not forget, however,
that random selection of subjects for all practice periods remains essential
throughout. Lack of order in this connection will ultimately make the
recognition of lack of order in miracles meaningful to you.
Apart from the "as needed" application of today's idea, at least three
practice periods are required, shortening the length of time involved, if
necessary. Do not attempt more than four.
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