Together, We Light the Way

Lesson 2 2026

I have given everything I see in this room [on this street, from this window, in this place] all the meaning that it has for me.
1. The exercises with this idea are the same as those for the first one. ²Begin with the things that are near you, and apply the idea to whatever your glance rests on. ³Then increase the range outward. ⁴Turn your head so that you include whatever is on either side. ⁵If possible, turn around and apply the idea to what was behind you. ⁶Remain as indiscriminate as possible in selecting subjects for its application, do not concentrate on anything in particular, and do not attempt to include everything you see in a given area, or you will introduce strain.
2. Merely glance easily and fairly quickly around you, trying to avoid selection by size, brightness, color, material, or relative importance to you. ²Take the subjects simply as you see them. ³Try to apply the exercise with equal ease to a body or a button, a fly or a floor, an arm or an apple. ⁴The sole criterion for applying the idea to anything is merely that your eyes have lighted on it. ⁵Make no attempt to include anything particular, but be sure that nothing is specifically excluded.

Contemplation
Oh, yes! I see this is true over and over again. Now, I never doubt it. If I am upset or judging in any way, I recognize that I give all things the only meaning they have for me. It is the story I tell myself about it. My car needs some bodywork on the side panel. At first, it was driving me crazy not getting it done. Every time I saw it, I cringed. But it will be a costly job, and so I have put it off.
Remembering that I give this situation all the meaning it has for me, and therefore, I am depriving myself of happiness and peace of mind, not because the panel is damaged, but because I have decided this means I should be upset about it. So, since I am not as insane as I used to be, I changed my mind about this. I decided that it was ok that there was damage and that maybe one day I would have it fixed. And maybe not. Now, I am happy either way.
It is just as easy to give a truer, happier meaning to what I see as it is to give it a negative meaning. The only reason it doesn’t happen is that I have chosen to judge on my own rather than asking the Holy Spirit to judge for me. It is just that simple. And it is equally simple to choose again.

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