T. 21. I. 8 – 10; II. 1 & 2. Jesus: “Beyond the body, beyond the sun and stars, past everything you see and yet somehow familiar, is an arc of golden light that stretches as you look, into a great and shining circle. And all the circle fills with light before your eyes. The edges of the circle fade away, and what seems ‘within it’ is no longer contained at all. The light expands and covers everything, extending to infinity, forever shining and with no break or limit anywhere. Within the holy light, everything is joined in perfect continuity. Nor is it possible to imagine that anything could be outside, for there is nowhere that this light is not.
The vision with which you see this is of the Son of God, whom you know well! Here is his sight, the one who knows his Father. Here is the memory of what you are; a part of this, yet with all of it within as well, and joined to all as surely as all is joined in you. Accept the vision that can show you this and not the body!
What is a miracle but this remembering? And who is there in whom this memory lies not? The light in one awakens it in all. And when you see it in your brother, you are remembering for everyone.
We have repeated how little is asked of you to learn this course. It is the same small willingness you need to have your whole relationship transformed to joy; the little gift you offer to the Holy Spirit for which He gives you everything; the very little on which salvation rests; the tiny change of mind by which the crucifixion is changed to resurrection. And being true, it is so simple that it cannot fail to be completely understood. Rejected yes, but not ambiguous! And if you choose against it now it will not be because it is obscure, but rather, in your judgment, this ‘little price’ seemed to be too much to pay for peace.
Here is the only thing that you need do for vision, happiness, release from pain and the complete escape from sin, all to be given you. Say only this, but mean it with no reservations, for here the power of salvation lies: ‘I am responsible for what I see. I choose the feelings I experience, and I decide upon the goal I would achieve. And everything that seems to happen to me, I have asked for and merely receive as I have asked.’
Deceive yourself no longer that you are helpless in the face of what is ‘done to you.’ Acknowledge but that you have been mistaken, choose once again, and all effects of your mistakes will disappear!”