we continue on today with chapter 7 the
last step the creative power of God and
his creations is limitless but they are
not in reciprocal relationship you
communicate fully with God as he does
with you
this is an ongoing process in which you
share and because you share it you are
inspired to create like God did in
creation you are not in a reciprocal
relation to God since he created you but
you did not create him I have already
told you that only in this respect your
creative power differs from his even in
this world there is a parallel parents
give birth to children but children did
not give birth to parents they do
however give birth to their children and
thus give birth as their parents do if
you created God and he created you the
kingdom could not increase through its
own creative thought creation would
therefore be limited and you would not
be co-creator with God yes God's
creative thought proceeds from him to
you so much your creative thought
proceeded from you to your creations
only in this way can all creative power
extend outward God's accomplishments are
not yours but yours are like his he
created the sonship and you increase it
you have the power to add to the kingdom
they're not to add to the creator of the
kingdom you claim this power when you
become vigilant only for God and his
kingdom by accepting this power as yours
you have learned to remember what you
are
your creations belong in you as you
belong in God you are part of God as
your sons are part of his sons to create
is to love love extends outward simply
because it cannot be contained being
limitless it does not stop it creates
forever but not in time God's creations
have always been and you can create only
as God creates eternity is yours because
he created you eternal the ego on the
other hand always demands reciprocal
rights because it is competitive rather
than loving it is always willing to
strike a bargain but it cannot
understand that to be like another means
that no bargains are possible to gain
you must give not bargain to bargain is
to limit loving giving and this is not
God's will to well with God is to create
like him God does not limit his gifts in
any way you are his gifts and so your
gifts must be like his your gifts to the
kingdom must be like his gifts to you
I gave only love to the kingdom because
I believed that was what I was what you
believe you are determines your gifts
and if God created you by extending
himself as you you can only extend
yourself as he did only joy increases
forever since joy and eternity are
inseparable
God extends outward beyond limits and
beyond time and you who are co-creator
with him extend his kingdom forever
and beyond limit eternity is the
indelible stamp of creation the eternal
are in peace and joy forever to think
like God is to share his certainty of
what you are and to create like him is
to share the perfect love he shares with
you to this the Holy Spirit leads you
that your joy may be complete because
the kingdom of God is whole I have said
that the last step in the reawakening of
knowledge is taken by God this is true
but it is hard to explain in words
because words are symbols and nothing
that is true need be explained
however the Holy Spirit has the task of
translating the useless into the useful
the meaningless into the meaningful in
the temporary into the timeless he can
therefore tell you something about this
last step God does not take steps
because his accomplishments are not
gradual he does not teach because his
creations were changeless he does
nothing lasts because he created first
and for always it must be understood
that the word first has applied to him
is not a time concept he is first in a
sense that he is the first in the Holy
Trinity itself he is the prime creator
because he created his co-creators
because he did time applies neither to
him nor to what he created the last step
that God will take was therefore true in
the beginning is true now
and will be true forever what as
timeless is always there because it's
being is eternally changeless it does
not change by increase because it was
forever created to increase if you
perceive it as not increasing you do not
know what it is
you also do not know who created it
God does not reveal this to you because
it was never hidden his light was never
obscured because it is his will to share
it how can what is fully shared be
withheld and then revealed and from the
workbook lesson 45 God is the mind with
which I think today's idea holds the key
to what your real thoughts are there are
nothing that you think you think just as
nothing that you think you see is
related to vision in any way there is no
relationship between what is real and
what you think is real nothing that you
think are your real thoughts resemble
your real thoughts in any respect
nothing that you think you see bears any
resemblance to what vision will show you
you think with the mind of God therefore
you share your thoughts with him as he
shares his with you they are the same
thoughts because they are thought by the
same mind to share is to make a like or
to make one nor do the thoughts you
think with the mind of God leave your
mind because thoughts do not leave their
source therefore your thoughts are in
the mind of God
as you are they are in your mind as well
where he is as you are part of his mind
so are your thoughts part of his mind
where then are your real thoughts today
we will attempt to reach them we will
have to look for them in your mind
because that is where they are they must
still be there because they cannot have
left their source what is thought by the
mind of God is eternal being part of
creation our three 5-minute practice
periods for today will take the same
general form that we used in applying
yesterday's idea we will attempt to
leave the unreal and seek for the real
we will deny the world in favor of truth
we will not let the thoughts of the
world hold us back we will not let the
beliefs of the world tell us that what
God would have us do is impossible
instead we will try to recognize that
only what God would have us do is
possible we will also try to understand
that only what God would have us do is
what we want to do and we will also try
to remember that we cannot fail in doing
what he would have us do there is every
reason to feel confident that we will
succeed today it is the will of God
begin the exercises for today by
repeating the idea to yourself closing
your eyes as you do so then spend a
fairly short period in thinking a few
relevant thoughts of your own keeping
the idea in mind after you have added
some four or five thoughts of your own
to the idea
repeat it again and tell yourself gently
my real thoughts are in my mind I would
like to find them then try to go past
all the unreal thoughts that cover the
truth in your mind and reach to the
eternal under all the senseless thoughts
and mad ideas with which you have
cluttered up your mind are the thoughts
that you thought with God in the
beginning they are there in your mind
now completely unchanged
they were always being your mind exactly
as they always were everything you have
thoughts since then will change but the
foundation on which it rests is wholly
changeless it is this foundation toward
which the exercises for today are
directed here is your mind joined with
the mind of God
here are your thoughts one with his for
this kind of practice only one thing is
necessary approach it as you would an
altar dedicated in heaven to God the
Father and to God the Son for such as
the place you are trying to reach you
will probably be unable as yet to
realize how high you're trying to go yet
even with the little understanding you
have already gained you should be able
to remind yourself that this is no idle
game but an exercise in holiness
and an attempt to reach the kingdom of
heaven in the shorter exercise periods
for today try to remember how important
it is to you to understand the holiness
of the mind that thinks with God take a
minute or two as you repeat the idea
throughout the day to appreciate your
minds holiness stand aside however
briefly from all thoughts that are
unworthy of him whose hosts you are and
thank him for the thoughts he is
thinking with you God is the mind with
which I think
so today we open up to the remembrance
of our real thoughts the thoughts in
which we think with God the thoughts
which we share and extend as a creation
of God as co-creator in spirit opening
in stillness to our real thoughts
opening to the feeling of deep holiness
remembering that ideas leave not their
source our real thoughts are the same as
God's thoughts they are of a like
quality pure innocent eternal
and this sinking in word is rising very
high higher than anything imaginable all
the way back to God to the original
thoughts we think with God to our
eternal thoughts
thoughts that have no form that increase
forever because of God because of the
Creator this increase has nothing to do
with time size or shape or quantity this
increases love forever and ever
extending radiating our real thoughts
had to creation
ever-increasing
and we are very humble and seeing that
we can add to the kingdom of heaven we
cannot add to God that we can extend
these beautiful thoughts of God as we
think like God ever extending
to give our heart to this exercise today
we give our all we give everything to
remembering our real thoughts the
thoughts we think with God as we say in
deep remembrance God is the mind with
which I think