Library of Christ Mind Teachings
ACIM Original Edition
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Our next few lessons make a special point of firming up your willingness
to make your weak commitment strong, your scattered goals blend into one
intent. You are not asked for total dedication all the time, as yet. But
you are asked to practice now in order to attain the sense of peace such
unified commitment will bestow, if only intermittently. It is
experiencing this which makes it sure that you will give your total
willingness to following the way the course sets forth.
2 Our lessons now are geared specifically to widening
horizons and direct approaches to the special blocks which keep your
vision narrow and too limited to let you see the value of our goal. We
are attempting now to lift these blocks, however briefly. Words alone
cannot convey the sense of liberation which their lifting brings. But
the experience of freedom and of peace that comes as you give up your
tight control of what you see speaks for itself. Your motivation will be
so intensified that words become of little consequence. You will be sure
of what you want and what is valueless.
3 And so we start our journey beyond words by concentrating
first on what impedes our progress still. Experience of what exists
beyond defensiveness remains beyond achievement while it is denied. It
may be there, but you cannot accept its presence. So we now attempt to
go past all defenses for a little while each day. No more than this is
asked because no more than this is needed. It will be enough to
guarantee the rest will come.