Together, We Light the Way

Lesson 27 2026

Above all else I want to see.
1. Today’s idea expresses something stronger than mere determination. ²It gives vision priority among your desires. ³You may feel hesitant about using the idea, on the grounds that you are not sure you really mean it. ⁴This does not matter. ⁵The purpose of today’s exercises is to bring the time when the idea will be wholly true a little nearer.
2. There may be a great temptation to believe that some sort of sacrifice is being asked of you when you say you want to see above all else. ²If you become uneasy about the lack of reservation involved, add:
³Vision has no cost to anyone.
⁴If fear of loss still persists, add further:
⁵It can only bless.
3. The idea for today needs many repetitions for maximum benefit. ²It should be used at least every half hour, and more if possible. ³You might try for every fifteen or twenty minutes. ⁴It is recommended that you set a definite time interval for using the idea when you wake or shortly afterwards, and attempt to adhere to it throughout the day. ⁵It will not be difficult to do this, even if you are engaged in conversation, or otherwise occupied at the time. ⁶You can still repeat one short sentence to yourself without disturbing anything.
4. The real question is, how often will you remember? ²How much do you want today’s idea to be true? ³Answer one of these questions, and you have answered the other. ⁴You will probably miss several applications, and perhaps quite a number. ⁵Do not be disturbed by this, but do try to keep on your schedule from then on. ⁶If only once during the day you feel that you were perfectly sincere while you were repeating today’s idea, you can be sure that you have saved yourself many years of effort.
(ACIM, W-27.1:1–4:6)

2025
I recall feeling disingenuous when I said those words. I didn’t really feel it. Above all else? I knew I should mean it, but if I didn’t and I said I did, was that lying to God? However, as always, Jesus knew we would have qualms and addressed them. Saying it frequently today will bring the day of certainty closer.
When we mean it, we will have saved ourselves many years of effort.
And don’t judge yourself and feel guilty if you don’t adhere to the schedule very well. Even though it is simple to do so, it is unlikely you will remember so often. I have done a couple of things to help me remember. I wrote it in bigger-than-usual letters on my calendar. Since I see my calendar all day long, that should help.
I am also writing it in the palm of my hand and on a sticky note I will attach to my refrigerator. There, that should do it! We shall see. I remember Ken Wapnick saying more important than remembering was seeing how much we didn’t want to remember. I don’t think that is true about me anymore, but I am still willing to look.
Above all else, I want to see. Oh, my dear God, I really do. Holy Spirit, please tap me on the shoulder and remind me if I get distracted by the day. I do sincerely want your help because I do sincerely want to see the truth.

2026
Just as I woke up this morning, my first thought was of God and the love I felt. And then the ego woke up. I so didn’t want to lose that first thought and feeling, so when the ego thoughts began to show up, I put my hand on my heart, slowed my breathing, and I sent my love prayers to the service industry. I had begun this practice with the garbage man, and yesterday it was the linemen who get out in the weather, no matter how bad or dangerous it is to repair the lines that keep power to our homes.
This morning, it was to the neighborhood store where workers came in when the rest of us were preparing for the coming storm and hunkering down in our warm homes. Then it was for Corrine, who is stranded without money or a place to go, and my friend Shelly, who has pneumonia, and my daughter and her family, who are sick. It was for those suffering in Minnesota, and for all whose lives feel uncertain or threatened right now. What mattered was not the form of any situation, but my willingness to keep my heart open and not withdraw love.
That was a lot of love going out, and so there was love coming back because that is the way it works. As we give, we receive. Mind you, this didn’t stop the ego from intruding on my love fest. It campaigned for fear and anger, and I just let it. I was wrapped in love, and I wanted that more than I wanted to join the ego’s agenda. I don’t have to fight the ego thoughts. I only need to let them go. Oh sure, the ego wanted to talk about it, but I didn’t. “I see you, outrage. Just keep going, not interested.”
So this morning, when I got my coffee and sat down to see what precious gem Jesus was offering me, I was delighted by what I found. Above all else, I want to see. I want to see what is really there. I want to see love without the dimming of doubt and fear. I want to look right through what my eyes show me to a world free of fear and guilt. I want to see with Christ Vision.
To achieve this clear Vision, I must move past the obstacles that obscure it. I was reminded of this passage from Chapter 12.
⁶You cannot lay aside the obstacles to real vision without looking upon them, for to lay aside means to judge against. ⁷If you will look, the Holy Spirit will judge, and He will judge truly. ⁸Yet He cannot shine away what you keep hidden, for you have not offered it to Him and He cannot take it from you. (ACIM, T-12.II.9:6-8)
I know how important this is. I have been asking the Holy Spirit to decide for me each time I notice a temptation to judge, to be afraid, to be angry. I don’t hide from my thoughts or feelings, and I don’t try to change them. Nor do I allow guilt to enter this holy endeavor, even when I seem to be temporarily stuck in my beliefs. I just turn to the Holy Spirit again. It is my practice.
One need not practice what they have already mastered, so why would I feel guilty if I missed a beat?
This is a good thing to remember while practicing today’s lesson. If you feel uncertain about it, resist the practice, forget to do the practice, or, as my friend said, feel like a liar saying it, that’s OK. Just do your best. It will pay off in the end because you really do want to see above all else. It’s the ego that has other plans.
What I practiced without certainty then, I choose more naturally now—and in that, I see how vision has been growing all along.

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