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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.
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.
PART I