Introduction

Chapter 24 – 1. Introduction

Forget not that the motivation for this course is the attainment and the
keeping of the state of peace. Given this state the mind is quiet, and the
condition in which God is remembered is attained. It is not necessary to tell
Him what to do. He will not fail. Where He can enter, there He is already.
 
And can it be He cannot enter where He wills to be? Peace will be yours
because it is His Will. Can you believe a shadow can hold back the Will
that holds the universe secure? God does not wait upon illusions to let Him
be Himself. No more His Son. They are. And what illusion that idly seems
to drift between Them has the power to defeat what is Their Will?
 
To learn this course requires willingness to question every value that you
hold. Not one can be kept hidden and obscure but it will jeopardize your
learning. No belief is neutral. Every one has the power to dictate each
decision you make. For a decision is a conclusion based on everything that
you believe. It is the outcome of belief, and follows it as surely as does
suffering follow guilt and freedom sinlessness. There is no substitute for
peace. What God creates has no alternative. The truth arises from what He
knows. And your decisions come from your beliefs as certainly as all
creation rose in His Mind because of what He knows.