So our direction today is to see the entire world differently;
differently from the past.
And our reading today is very appropriate, because in the text
we were told and shown very specifically that judgement blocks the way to knowing;
that we cannot truly know anything without releasing this belief in judgement;
that judgement always involves rejection.
Judgement, without exception, always involves rejection.
And so, today if I am determined to see things differently,
I must be open to seeing
that I could, in fact, never have actually judged anything or anyone.
I have to be willing and open to be shown, to let it be revealed
that I, as a Child of God, am incapable of judgement;
that judgement is actually inconceivable.
Judgement is, therefore, not a pattern that I must stop, it is instead something that I must see as absolutely inconceivable.
That God would never give me the ability to judge, to compare, to reject.
That a perfect child of God could never have such an ability.
And then, with the lesson today, "I am determined to see things differently,"
we call upon a Vision, a Vision of Christ,
a Vision of Light
that was given us in our creation,
that we still have full access to,
full capability of, because it is our inheritance.
And this seeing in Light is our peace, it is our understanding,
it is our very life.
So today we pray to come to life, to come back to life in awareness,
and to lay aside all foolish thoughts of judgement.
To sink inward into the Vision of Christ.
Far beyond all past thoughts and all future thoughts we rest content.
Opening and opening to true seeing,
the wisdom of understanding.
So with all our heart we practice today, our lesson 21:
"I am determined to see things differently."