1. Our next few lessons make a special point of firming up your willingness to make your weak commitment strong; your scattered goals blend into one intent. ²You are not asked for total dedication all the time as yet. ³But you are asked to practice now in order to attain the sense of peace such unified commitment will bestow, if only intermittently. ⁴It is experiencing this that makes it sure that you will give your total willingness to following the way the course sets forth.

2. Our lessons now are geared specifically to widening horizons, and direct approaches to the special blocks that keep your vision narrow, and too limited to let you see the value of our goal. ²We are attempting now to lift these blocks, however briefly. ³Words alone can not convey the sense of liberation which their lifting brings. ⁴But the experience of freedom and of peace that comes as you give up your tight control of what you see speaks for itself. ⁵Your motivation will be so intensified that words become of little consequence. ⁶You will be sure of what you want, and what is valueless.

3. And so we start our journey beyond words by concentrating first on what impedes your progress still. ²Experience of what exists beyond defensiveness remains beyond achievement while it is denied. ³It may be there, but you cannot accept its presence. ⁴So we now attempt to go past all defenses for a little while each day. ⁵No more than this is asked, because no more than this is needed. ⁶It will be enough to guarantee the rest will come.