Let this day be a day of stillness and of quiet listening. Your Father wills you hear His Word today. He calls to you from deep within your mind where He abides. Hear Him today. No peace is possible until His Word is heard around the world; until your mind, in quiet listening, accepts the message which the world must hear to usher in the quiet time of peace.
This world will change through you. No other means can save it, for God's plan is simply this: The Son of God is free to save himself, given the Word of God to be his Guide, forever in his mind and at his side to lead him surely to his Father's house by his own will, forever free as God's. He is not led by force, but only love. He is not judged, but only sanctified.
In stillness we will hear His Voice today, without intrusion of our petty thoughts, without our personal desires, and without all judgement of His holy Word. We will not judge ourselves today, for what we are can not be judged. We stand apart from all the judgements which the world has laid upon the Son of God. It knows him not. Today we will not listen to the world, but wait in silence for the Word of God.
Hear, holy Son of God, your Father speak. His Voice would give to you His holy Word to spread across the world the tidings of salvation and the holy time of peace. We gather at the throne of God today, the quiet place within your mind where He abides forever in the holiness which He created and will never leave.
He has not waited until you return your mind to Him to give His Word to you. He has not hid Himself from you while you have wandered off a little while from Him. He does not cherish the illusions which you hold about yourself. He knows His Son, and wills that he remain as part of Him regardless of his dreams;regardless of his madness that his will is not his own.
Today He speaks to you. His Voice awaits your silence, for His Word cannot be heard until your mind is quiet for a while, and meaningless desires have been stilled. Await His Word in quiet. There is peace within you to be called upon today to help make ready your most holy mind to hear the Voice of its Creator speak.
Three times today, at times most suitable for silence, give ten minutes set apart from listening to the world, and choose instead a gentle listening to the Word of God. He speaks from nearer than your heart to you. His Voice is closer than your hand. His Love is everything you are and that He is; the same as you, and you the same as He.
It is your voice to which you listen as He speaks to you. It is your Word He speaks. It is the Word of freedom and of peace, of unity of will and purpose, with no separation nor division in the single Mind of Father and of Son. In quiet listen to your Self today, and let Him tell you God has never left His Son, and you have never left your Self.
Only be quiet. You will need no rule but this to let your practicing today lift you above the thinking of the world, and free your vision from the body's eyes. Only be still and listen. You will hear the Word in which the Will of God the Son joins in His Father's Will, at one with It, with no illusions interposed between the wholly indivisible and true.
As every hour passes by today be still a moment, and remind yourself you have a special purpose for this day; in quiet to receive the Word of God.
Be quiet and listen to the Word that saves.
The world makes so much noise around you and within you. Thoughts that whirl, worries that circle, fears that whisper. Today, we choose something else: a day of silence and listening. Your Father wants you to hear His Word. He calls you from the deepest part of your mind, where He dwells. No peace is possible until His Word is heard. But today can be that day.
It is through you that this world will change. There is no other way. God’s plan is simple: the Son of God is free to save himself, guided by the Word of God that is forever in his mind. You are not driven by force, but only by love. You are not judged, but sanctified. So be quiet now. Let go of your petty thoughts, your personal desires, your judgments. Listen.
This lesson is the beating heart of lessons 121–124. After understanding that forgiveness is the key (121), that forgiveness offers all (122), that gratitude opens the heart (123), and that you are one with God (124), it is time to listen. Lesson 126 on giving and receiving will follow, for it is in silence that you receive in order to give. And lesson 157 will invite you to enter His Presence, a preparation for this same sacred silence.
Practice:
Find a quiet place today, even if only for five minutes. Sit comfortably, close your eyes, and listen. Do not repeat anything, do not ask for anything. Simply be present and silent. If thoughts come, let them pass like clouds. God’s Word does not need words to be heard. It is there, in the silence.
Listen. Your Father is speaking to you. His Word is gentle, but it can heal everything.
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