I ask to see a different world,
and think a different kind of thought from those I made.
The world I seek I did not make alone,
the thoughts I want to think are not my own.

For several minutes watch your mind and see,
although your eyes are closed,
the senseless world you think is real.

Review the thoughts as well which are
compatible with such a world,
and which you think are true.

Then let them go, and sink below them
to the holy place where they can enter not.

There is a door beneath them in your mind,
which you could not completely lock
to hide what lies beyond.

Seek for that door and find it.
But before you try to open it,
remind yourself no one can fail
who seeks to reach the truth.
And it is this request you make today.

Nothing but this has any meaning now;
no other goal is valued now nor sought,
nothing before this door you really want,
and only what lies past it do you seek.
 

Put out your hand, and see how easily the door
 swings open with your one intent to go beyond it.  
Angels light the way,
so that all darkness vanishes,
and you are standing in a light so bright and clear
that you can understand all things you see.

A tiny moment of surprise, perhaps,
will make you pause before you realize
the world you see before you in the light
reflects the truth you knew, and did not
quite forget in wandering away in dreams.
 

You cannot fail today.
There walks with you the Spirit Heaven sent you,
that you might approach this door some day,
and through His aid slip effortlessly past it, to the light.

Today that day has come.
Today God keeps His ancient promise to His holy Son,
as does His Son remember his to Him.
This is a day of gladness,
for we come to the appointed time and place
where you will find the goal of all your searching here,
and all the seeking of the world,
which end together as you
pass beyond the door."