The review for today covers the following ideas:
1 “Nothing I see means anything.”
The reason this is so is that I see nothing, and nothing has no meaning.
It is necessary that I recognize this, that I may learn to see. What I
think I see now is taking the place of vision. I must let it go by
realizing that it has no meaning so that vision may take its place.
2 “I have given what I see all the meaning it has for me.”
I have judged everything I look upon. And it is this and only this that
I see. This is not vision. It is merely an illusion of reality, because
my judgements have been made quite apart from reality. I am willing to
recognize the lack of validity in my judgements, because I want to see.
My judgements have hurt me, and I do not want to see according to them.
3 “I do not understand anything I see.”
How could I understand what I see when I have judged it amiss? What I
see is the projection of my own errors of thought. I do not understand
what I see because it is not understandable. There is no sense in trying
to understand it. But there is every reason to let it go, to make room
for what can be seen and understood and loved. I can exchange what I see
now for this merely by being willing to do so. Is not this a better
choice than the one I made before?
4 “These thoughts do not mean anything.”
The thoughts of which I am aware do not mean anything because I am
trying to think without God. What I call “my” thoughts are not my real
thoughts. My real thoughts are the thoughts I think with God. I am not
aware of them because I have made “my” thoughts to take their place. I
am willing to recognize that “my” thoughts do not mean anything, and to
let them go. I choose to have them be replaced by what they were
intended to replace. “My” thoughts are meaningless, but all creation
lies in the Thoughts I think with God.
5 “I am never upset for the reason I think.”
I am never upset for the reason I think because I am constantly
trying to justify “my” thoughts. I am constantly trying to make them
true. I make all things my “enemies,” so that my anger is justified and
my attacks are warranted. I have not realized how much I have misused
everything I see by assigning this role to it. I have done this to
defend a thought system which has hurt me, and which I no longer want. I
am willing to let it go.