³You want salvation. ⁴You want to be happy. ⁵You want peace. ⁶You do not have them now, because your mind is totally undisciplined, and you cannot distinguish between joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain, love and fear. ⁷You are now learning how to tell them apart. ⁸And great indeed will be your reward.
Your decision to see is all that vision requires. ²What you want is yours. …⁶God has one Son, and he is the resurrection and the life. ⁷His will is done because all power is given him in Heaven and on earth. ⁸In your determination to see is vision given you.
…as you repeat the idea (I am determined to see), you are stating that you are determined to change your present state for a better one, and one you really want.
³The extra repetitions should be applied to any situation, person or event that upsets you. ⁴You can see them differently, and you will. ⁵What you desire you will see. ⁶Such is the real law of cause and effect as it operates in the world. (A Course in Miracles, W-20.2:3–3:2,6-8;4:3;5:3-6.. See also ACIM Lesson 20 Insights.)
We were created equipped with the ability to see the truth. But we have taught ourselves to ignore this vision in favor of seeing images that the body seems to see. The Course tells us that this is not vision; it is image-making. While we identify with the ego, we want to see its projected false images.
We are learning that we really want to see the reality of Love’s oneness. We have so heavily reinforced our denial of true vision that we now need to be determined to change our priority. Our true Self sees truly. Our determination to see will reward us with the experience of peace and abiding happiness; it will free us from fear and guilt and return us to our natural state in the Mind of Love. We are worth the effort.
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