Today's idea is merely another way of saying, Let me not wander into temptation. The purpose of the world you see is to obscure your function of forgiveness, and provide you with a justification for forgetting it. It is the temptation to abandon God and His Son, taking on a physical appearance. It is this which the body's eyes look upon.
Nothing the body's eyes seem to see can be anything but a form of temptation, since this was the purpose of the body itself. Yet we have learned that the Holy Spirit has another use for all the illusions you have made, and therefore He sees another purpose in them. To the Holy Spirit, the world is a place where you learn to forgive yourself what you think of as your sins. In this perception, the physical appearance of temptation becomes the spiritual recognition of salvation.
To review our last few lessons, your function here is to be the light of the world, a function given you by God. It is only the arrogance of the ego that leads you to question this, and only the fear of the ego that induces you to regard yourself as unworthy of the task assigned to you by God Himself.
The world's salvation awaits your forgiveness, because through it does the Son of God escape from all illusions and thus from all temptation. The Son of God is you. Only by fulfilling the function given you by God will you be happy. That is because your function is to be happy by using the means by which happiness becomes inevitable.
There is no other way. Therefore every time you choose whether or not to fulfill your function, you are really choosing whether to be happy or not. Let us remember this today. Let us remind ourselves of it in the morning and again at night, and all through the day as well.
Prepare yourself in advance for all the decisions you will make today by remembering that they are all really very simple. Each one will lead to happiness or unhappiness. Can such a simple decision really be difficult to make? Let not the form of the decision deceive you. Complexity of form does not imply complexity of content. It is impossible that any decision on earth can have a content different from just this one simple choice. That is the only choice the Holy Spirit sees. Therefore it is the only choice there is.
Today, then, let us practice with these thoughts:
Let me not forget my function. Let me not try to substitute mine for God's.
Let me forgive and be happy.
At least once devote ten or fifteen minutes to reflecting on this with closed eyes. Related thoughts will come to help you, if you remember the crucial importance of your function to you and to the world.
In the frequent applications of today's idea to be made throughout the day, devote several minutes to reviewing the thoughts, and then to thinking about them and about nothing else.
This will be difficult at first particularly, since you are not proficient in the mind discipline which it requires. You may need to repeat Let me not forget my function quite often, to help you concentrate.
Two forms of shorter practice periods are required. At times, do the exercises with your eyes closed, trying to concentrate on the thoughts you are applying. At other times keep your eyes open after reviewing the thoughts and look slowly and unselectively about you, telling yourself:
This is the world it is my function to save.
✨ Summary & practice
Do not forget your function. This phrase is a safeguard, a reminder that brings you back to what matters most. Today’s lesson is another way of saying: "Do not let me wander into temptation." The world you see was designed by the ego to obscure your function of forgiveness. Every distraction, every problem, every strong emotion is an attempt to make you forget why you are here.
The eyes of the body see only forms of temptation, that is their sole purpose. But the Holy Spirit can use these same illusions for another purpose: to teach you to forgive yourself. The world then becomes not a trap, but a classroom. Every seemingly difficult situation becomes an opportunity to remember your function and fulfill it. You choose between being happy or not each time you choose to fulfill your function or forget it.
This lesson reviews and consolidates the three previous ones. Lessons 61, 62, and 63 established: you are the light, your function is forgiveness, and peace reaches all through this forgiveness. Lesson 64 adds the crucial warning: you will be tempted to forget all this. That is why lessons 65 and 66 will emphasize that this function is unique and that it is your very happiness.
Today, prepare for every decision by saying: "Let me not forget my function." Before each response, each action, each word, pause and ask: does this bring me closer to my function or take me away? If you feel you are drifting, breathe and choose again. The salvation of the world awaits your forgiveness.
You have one function. Do not let it sink into oblivion. Each moment is an opportunity to remember it and fulfill it with love.
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