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.

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 can not 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.

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.