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undoes the past in the present, and thus releases the future T 1 B 13 T(4)-4-
and B. both chose your present sex partners shamefully, and would T 1 B 41au T(52)52
the best corrective measure at present. Any relationship you have undertakenT 1 B 41ba T(53)53
2 A. Introduction (N not present in Notes) (Insert for page T 2 A 0 T(62)62
the Last Judgment (N not present in the Notes) T 2 F 0 T(117)116
on the effectiveness of the present speed-up. We have frequently noted T 2 F 1 T(117)116
recalling the PAST in the present. T 3 B 8 T 3 B 7 T(131)130
for an EXPLANATION of the present, but he never succeeded in T 3 C 34 T(142)141
separating the past FROM the present. When he said mind is T 3 C 34 T(142)141
to do it. In the present state of the material, it T 3 C 37 T(143)142
as Accurate Perception (N not present) (DICTATED WITHOUT NOTES) T 3 D 0 T(144)143
believes the future and the present will be the same. This T 3 E 6 T(148)147
will be WORSE than the present, and this fear inhibits the T 3 E 6 T(148)147
that you can explain your present attitudes in terms of how T 3 G 27 T(166)165
and release others. Do not present a false and unworthy picture T 4 B 28 T(194)C 21
an assignment) will be to present perceptual distortions without either engagingT 4 B 38 T(196)C 23
not being repeated in the present. B. has often told you T 4 C 1 T(197)C 24
a reality-based thought. Your own present state is the best concrete T 4 C 3 T(198)C 25
occur that way in the present, why should he be surprised T 4 C 3 T(198)C 25
therefore like to use your present state as an example of T 4 C 4 T(198)C 25
evaluated by its followers at present, are not reflected by the T 4 I 6 T(232)C 59
only MEANINGFUL contribution is to present an example of one whose T 9 D 9 T(394)221
PAST, and thus AVOIDING the present. By the notion of PAYING T 12 D 4 T(493)320
THEM continuous, WITHOUT an intervening present. For the ego uses the T 12 D 4 T(493)320
For the ego uses the present ONLY as a brief transition T 12 D 4 T(493)320
the future, BY INTERPRETING THE PRESENT IN PAST TERMS. T T 12 D 4 T(493)320
meaning to the ego. The present merely reminds it of PAST T 12 D 5 T(493)320
and it reacts to the present AS IF it were past T 12 D 5 T(493)320
responding as if it were present. Thus, it dictates reactions to T 12 D 5 T(493)320
PAST reference point, obscuring their PRESENT reality. In effect, if you T 12 D 5 T(493)320
making it real in the present, you are forbidding yourself to T 12 D 5 T(493)320
you to attack in the present, in retaliation for a past T 12 D 6 T(493)320
find for release in the present. For the ego would PRESERVE T 12 D 6 T(493)320
future CANNOT be, and the present is without meaning. It is T 12 D 7 T(494)321
and it closes over the present, so that no gap in T 12 D 9 T(494)321
MUST be accomplished in the present to RELEASE the future. THIS T 12 D 10 T(495)322
ties the future to the present, and EXTENDS THE PRESENT, rather T 12 D 10 T(495)322
the present, and EXTENDS THE PRESENT, rather than the past. But T 12 D 10 T(495)322
will lose sight of the present, and hold on to the T 12 D 10 T(495)322
T 12 F. Finding the Present (N 1110 8:214) T 12 F 0 T(500)327
has NO reality in the present, and you CANNOT see it T 12 F 1 T(500)327
from which to JUDGE the present. Yet this is UNnatural, because T 12 F 2 T(500)327
no shadow to darken the present, UNLESS YOU ARE AFRAID OF T 12 F 2 T(500)327
LOOK WITHOUT CONDEMNATION UPON THE PRESENT. For the cloud which obscures T 12 F 3 T(501)328
of it you use. Past, present, and future are not continuous T 12 F 4 T(501)328
by breaking it into past, present, and future, FOR YOUR OWN T 12 F 4 T(501)328
truth lies ONLY in the present, and you WILL find it T 12 F 5 T(501)328
use it to ATTACK the present you will NOT SEE the T 12 F 5 T(501)328
SEE the freedom that the present holds.
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Look lovingly upon the present, for it holds the ONLY T 12 F 6 T(502)329
to REACH EACH OTHER. The present is before time WAS, and T 12 F 6 T(502)329
12 F 7. The present offers you your brothers in T 12 F 7 T(502)329
within you in the quiet present, and waits for you to T 12 G 4 T(506)333
HAVE no meaning in the present. Yet you let them stand T 13 D 4 T(517)344
your idle wishes on the present, and hope to find salvation T 13 D 4 T(517)344
was made past, and the present was dedicated to illusion. And T 14 E 1 T(552)- 379
but its influence DETERMINES the present, by giving it whatever meaning T 14 G 3 T(558)- 385
you. Your learning gives the present NO MEANING AT ALL. Nothing T 14 G 3 T(558)- 385
can help you understand the present, or teach you how to T 14 G 3 T(558)- 385
ego has made OF THE PRESENT. The BELIEF in hell is T 15 B 6 T(565)392
PREVENTS you from UNDERSTANDING the present, because YOU ARE AFRAID OF T 15 B 6 T(565)392
Spirit, Who knows ONLY the present, uses it to UNDO the T 15 B 6 T(565)392
the ego would make the present useless. There is NO ESCAPE T 15 B 6 T(565)392
Fear is NOT of the present, but ONLY of the past T 15 B 7 T(565)392
is no fear in the present, when each instant stands clear T 15 B 7 T(565)392
FROM the past, into the present. And the present EXTENDS FOREVER T 15 B 7 T(565)392
into the present. And the present EXTENDS FOREVER. It is so T 15 B 7 T(565)392
the birth into the holy present is SALVATION from change. And T 15 B 9 T(566)393
when you perceive ONLY the present. T 15 F 9 T 15 F 8 T(579)406
THE PAST, it OVERLOOKS the present, in its preoccupation with the T 16 H 2 T(626)- 453
RELATIONSHIP IS EXPERIENCED IN THE PRESENT. Shades of the past envelop T 16 H 2 T(626)- 453
HAS no meaning in the present, and, if it means nothing T 16 H 2 T(626)- 453
NOT BE FULFILLED IN THE PRESENT, but ONLY in the past T 16 H 3 T(626)- 453
to you, is that the PRESENT is useless to you, while T 16 H 4 T(627)- 454
past is made LIKE THE PRESENT. No longer does the past T 17 D 7 T(637)- 464
now. THIS continuity EXTENDS the present, by increasing its reality, AND T 17 D 7 T(637)- 464
with the ego AGAINST THE PRESENT. For the present IS forgiveness T 17 D 11 T(638)- 465
AGAINST THE PRESENT. For the present IS forgiveness. Therefore, the relationshipsT 17 D 11 T(638)- 465
of reference to which the present is REFERRED for meaning, is T 17 D 11 T(638)- 465
could ever OFFER to the present, as witnesses for ITS reality T 17 D 11 T(638)- 465
can occur with something past, present, or anticipated. The something can T 18 G 14 T(680)507
entirely. For sin is never present. In any SINGLE instant, the T 18 H 3 T(682)631a
release from a state of present unworthiness and inadequacy. T T 18 H 5 T(683)631b
This is his past, his present, and his future. For he T 19 C 8 T(701)525
What it Offers (N not present in Notes) T T 19 G 0 T(714)538
Pleasure and Pain (N not present in Notes) T 19 H 0 T(717)541
Attraction of Death (N not present in Notes) T 19 I 0 T(721)545
The Incorruptible Body (N not present in Notes) T 19 J 0 T(721)545
Fear of God (N not present in Notes) T 19 K 0 T(726)550
of the Veil (N not present in Notes) T 19 L 0 T(728)552
20 A. Introduction (N not present in Notes) T 20 A 0 T(733) 557
B. Holy Week (N not present in Notes) T 20 B 0 T(733) 557
Thorns and Lilies (N not present in Notes) T 20 C 0 T(735)559
and has awakened to the present. Now is he free, unlimited T 20 C 10 T(738)562
as an Adjustment (N not present in Notes) T 20 D 0 T(740)564
Entering the Ark (N not present in Notes) T 20 E 0 T(745)568
Heralds of Eternity (N not present in Notes) T 20 F 0 T(748)571
the Holy Spirit (N not present in Notes) T 20 G 0 T(750)573
Means and End (N not present in Notes) T 20 H 0 T(755)578
Vision of Sinlessness (N not present in Notes) T 20 I 0 T(757)580
21 A. Introduction (N not present in Notes) T 21 A 0 T(763)585
The Imagined World (N not present in Notes) T 21 B 0 T(763)585
Responsibility for Sight (N not present in Notes) T 21 C 0 T(767)589
Belief and Vision (N not present in Notes) T 21 D 0 T(772)594
It is their past, their present, and their future. Always the T 23 E 8 T(837)656
and put it in the present? You can NOT go back T 26 F 8 T(914)740
forth, between the past and present. Sometimes the past seems real T 26 F 10 T(915)741
as if it WERE the present. Voices FROM the past are T 26 F 10 T(915)741
bridge between the past and present. Here the shadow of the T 26 F 10 T(915)741
past remains, but still a present Light is dimly recognized. Once T 26 F 10 T(915)741
from the past into the present, where you really ARE. The T 26 F 10 T(915)741
gap between the past and present, which is NOT a gap T 26 F 11 T(916)742
be OVERLOOKED, except within the present.
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is not your fear. But PRESENT joining IS your dread. T 26 I 3 T(926)752
you fear, there is a PRESENT cause. And it is THIS T 26 I 4 T(926)752
It stands ALREADY there, in present grace, within the only interval T 26 I 5 T(926)752
which would maintain effects of PRESENT cause must be delayed until T 26 I 8 T(927)753
ancient hatred has become a present love. And They come quickly T 26 J 5 T(929)755
T 28 B. The Present Memory (N 1937 12:72 T 28 B 0 T(967)793
events, but ONLY of a PRESENT state.
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keep the past alive, the present dead, are stored within it T 28 B 3 T(968)794
the past had CAUSED the present, which is but a CONSEQUENCE T 28 B 4 T(968)794
can be made in the present, if its cause is PAST T 28 B 4 T(968)794
you of a Cause forever present, perfectly untouched by time and T 28 B 7 T(969)795
way of glad awakening to present peace. The trumpets of eternity T 28 B 11 T(971)797
remembering came IN BETWEEN the present and the past, to shut T 28 B 11 T(971)797
God at last aware of PRESENT Cause and Its benign effects T 28 B 12 T(971)797
alone is your concern at present. Here is where we must T 28 D 1 T(975)- 801
be feared, and only SOMETIMES present; SOMETIMES gone.
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effected, and they MUST be present were their cause has entered T 29 C 2 T(993)819
look on ONLY what the present holds. It cannot judge because T 31 G 13 T(1067)881
Your mind cannot grasp the present, which is the only time W 8 L 1 W(13)
their past rather than their present status. Now we are emphasizing W 10 L 3 W(17)
periods. That will suffice at present.
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are determined to change your present state for a better one W 20 L 4 W(34)
mind carefully for situations past, present or anticipated, which arouse angerW 21 L 2 W(36)
forms in which attack thoughts present themselves, hold each one in W 21 L 4 W(36)
think of things beyond your present range as well as those W 30 L 4 W(51)
of negative reaction to anyone, present or not. In this event W 46 L 7 W(82)
the past to prevent the present from dawning on my mind W 52 L 3 W(94)
see the past or the present: it is merely whether to W 52 L 4 W(94)
grievance arises against anyone, physically present or not: Love holds noW 68 L 8 W(127)
but death? In trying to present Himself as the Author of W 72 L 5 W(137)
unsolved. The world seems to present you with a vast number W 79 L 4 W(157)
in which you are at present. W 95 L 4 W 95 L 3 W(185)
is enough to let the present be accepted as it is W 110 L 2 W(225)
all the past undone; the present saved to quietly extend into W 110 L 4 W(225)
our eyes upon a different present, where a future shines unlike W 127 L 9 W(260)
and what He wills is present now beyond the reach of W 131 L 8 W(270)
not want to find. The present now remains the only time W 132 L 2 W(273)
3. Here in the present is the world set free W 132 L 3 W(273)
the past, or organize the present as you wish. W W 135 L 1 W(285)
previous beliefs. It overlooks the present, for it rests on the W 135 L 16 W(288)
no part at all, for present confidence directs the way. W 135 L 17 W(288)
which happens, all events, past, present and to come, are gently W 135 L 19 W(289)
135 L 20. Your present trust in Him is the W 135 L 20 W(289)
Let no defenses but your present trust direct the future, and W 135 L 20 W(289)
anticipate that time today with present confidence, for this is part W 135 L 22 W(289)
times today when, undefended you present yourself to your Creator as W 135 L 25 W(290)
in the thoughts that we present in our curriculum. Truth must W 156 L 2 W(337)
can truth be recognized? The present is the only time there W 164 L 1 W(359)
the mind into the endless present, where the past and future W 169 L 6 W(374)
concerns are but defenses against present change of focus in perception W 181 L 5 W(389)
We look straight into the present. And we give our trust W 181 L 10 W(390)
He holds your past and present. They are one to Him W 194 L 4 W(432)
have laid the past and present in His hands as well W 194 L 4 W(432)
is gone, and what is present, freed from its bequest of W 194 L 5 W(433)
has found his way to present peace, and certainty of care W 194 L 7 W(433)
what must remain beyond my present grasp. I will not think W 243 L 1 W(487)
Your own replacement, in a present world the past has left W 289 L 2 W(537)
Lesson 290. My present happiness is all I see W 290 L 0 W(538)
what is not there, my present happiness is all I see W 290 L 1 W(538)
the day I seek my present happiness, and look on nothing W 290 L 1 W(538)
it. Love remains the only present state, whose Source is here W 293 L 1 W(542)
of pain? Yet in the present love is obvious, and its W 293 L 1 W(542)
a real world which the present holds safe from all past W 293 L 2 W(542)
will come or who is present now, is equally released from W 300 W9 4 W(550)
has come to give His present blessing to the world, restoring W 308 L 1 W(558)
love. And love is ever present, here and now. W W 308 L 1 W(558)
as but extensions of the present. Past mistakes can cast no W 314 L 1 W(565)
grieve or suffer, when the present has been freed, extending its W 314 L 1 W(565)
and choose to use the present to be free. Now do W 314 L 2 W(565)
that You will keep Your present Promises, and guide the future W 314 L 2 W(565)
to come together in the present, finding each other as if M 3 A 4 M(5)
wide range of things; past, present and to come. One would M 11 A 3 M(29)
know all the facts, past, present and to come. He does M 11 A 4 M(29)
is as safe in the present as he was before illusions M 17 A 7 M(42)
leave anyone without a very present help in time of trouble M 24 A 7 M(57)
it induces inertia in the present. In between, many kinds of M 25 A 1 M(58)
some risk in seeing the present in terms of the past M 25 A 2 M(58)
His Son in all his present needs. Perhaps the answer does P 3 F 6 P(13)
have; a certainty of past, present and future, and of all P 3 H 5 P(17)
patients need not be physically present for you to serve them P 4 A 3 P(19)
prayer is to release the present from its chains of past S 1 E 3 S(10)
perhaps, but which is surely present somewhere in the gift. Accept G 1 A 2 G(1)