This idea contains the first glimmerings of your true function in the world, or
why you are here. Your purpose is to see the world through your own holiness.
Thus are you and the world blessed together. No one loses; nothing is taken away
from anyone; everyone gains through your holy vision. It signifies the end of
sacrifice, because it offers everyone his full due. And he is entitled to
everything, because it is his birthright as a Son of God.
There is no other way in which the idea of sacrifice can be removed from the
world's thinking. Any other way of seeing will inevitably demand payment of
someone or something. As a result, the perceiver will lose. Nor will he have any
idea why he is losing. Yet is his wholeness restored to his awareness through
your vision. Your holiness blesses him by asking nothing of him. Those who see
themselves as whole make no demands.
Your holiness is the salvation of the world. It lets you teach the world that it
is one with you, not by preaching to it, not by telling it anything, but merely
by your quiet recognition that in your holiness are all things blessed, along
with you.
Today's four longer exercise periods, each to involve three to five minutes of
practice, begin with the repetition of the idea for today, followed by a minute
or so of looking about you as you apply the idea to whatever you see:
"My holiness blesses this chair."
"My holiness blesses that window."
"My holiness blesses this body."
Then close your eyes and apply the idea to any person who occurs to you, using his name and saying:
"My holiness blesses you, [name]."
You may continue the practice period with
your eyes closed; you may open your eyes again and apply the idea for today to
your outer world if you so desire; you may alternate between applying it to what
you see around you and to those who are in your thoughts; or you may use any
combination of these two phases of application which you prefer. The practice
period should conclude with a repetition of the idea made with your eyes closed,
and another following immediately, with your eyes open.
The shorter exercises consist of repeating the idea as often as you can. It is
particularly helpful to apply it silently to anyone you meet, using his name as
you do so. It is essential to use the idea if anyone seems to cause an adverse
reaction in you. Offer him the blessing of your holiness immediately, that you
may learn to keep it in your own awareness.
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