1. Forget not that the motivation for this course is the attainment and the keeping of the state of peace. ²Given this state the mind is quiet, and the condition in which God is remembered is attained. ³It is not necessary to tell Him what to do. ⁴He will not fail. ⁵Where He can enter, there He is already. ⁶And can it be He cannot enter where He wills to be? ⁷Peace will be yours because it is His Will. ⁸Can you believe a shadow can hold back the Will that holds the universe secure? ⁹God does not wait upon illusions to let Him be Himself. ¹⁰No more His Son. ¹¹They are. ¹²And what illusion that idly seems to drift between Them has the power to defeat what is Their Will?

2. To learn this course requires willingness to question every value that you hold. ²Not one can be kept hidden and obscure but it will jeopardize your learning. ³No belief is neutral. ⁴Every one has the power to dictate each decision you make. ⁵For a decision is a conclusion based on everything that you believe. ⁶It is the outcome of belief, and follows it as surely as does suffering follow guilt and freedom sinlessness. ⁷There is no substitute for peace. ⁸What God creates has no alternative. ⁹The truth arises from what He knows. ¹⁰And your decisions come from your beliefs as certainly as all creation rose in His Mind because of what He knows.