ACIM Workbook Lesson 20 ~ "I Am Determined to See"

I am determined to see.
W-pI.20.1. We have been quite casual about our practice periods thus far. 2 There has been virtually no attempt to direct the time for undertaking them, minimal effort has been required, and not even active cooperation and interest have been asked. 3 This approach has been intentional, and very carefully planned. 4 We have not lost sight of the crucial importance of the reversal of your thinking. 5 The salvation of the world depends on it. 6 Yet you will not see if you regard yourself as being coerced, and if you give in to resentment and opposition.
W-pI.20.2. This is our first attempt to introduce structure. 2 Do not misconstrue it as an effort to exert force or pressure. 3 You want salvation. 4 You want to be happy. 5 You want peace. 6 You do not have them now, because your mind is totally undisciplined, and you cannot distinguish between joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain, love and fear. 7 You are now learning how to tell them apart. 8 And great indeed will be your reward.
W-pI.20.3. Your decision to see is all that vision requires. 2 What you want is yours. 3 Do not mistake the little effort that is asked of you for an indication that our goal is of little worth. 4 Can the salvation of the world be a trivial purpose? 5 And can the world be saved if you are not? 6 God has one Son, and he is the resurrection and the life. 7 His will is done because all power is given him in Heaven and on earth. 8 In your determination to see is vision given you.
W-pI.20.4. The exercises for today consist in reminding yourself throughout the day that you want to see. 2 Today's idea also tacitly implies the recognition that you do not see now. 3 Therefore, as you repeat the idea, you are stating that you are determined to change your present state for a better one, and one you really want.
W-pI.20.5. Repeat today's idea slowly and positively at least twice an hour today, attempting to do so every half hour. 2 Do not be distressed if you forget to do so, but make a real effort to remember. 3 The extra repetitions should be applied to any situation, person or event that upsets you. 4 You can see them differently, and you will. 5 What you desire you will see. 6 Such is the real law of cause and effect as it operates in the world.

[@wstam88]

I'm just wondering here... If it only requires one person to wake up, why don't you be the one? Why tell anyone else? I don't see the connection between what you are reading and what you are telling. Seems like it only requires one person, so why don't you be the one? Simple enough.... Seems like it's not necessary to inspire others to do things if it only requires one person.

[@allowah]

Yes, what your saying is true, yet only if I am in fact trying to inspire anyone or inspire change “out there.” I’m not. I’m just sharing the love, that’s all. In doing that, I am merely engaging in my truest purpose here, and in the illusion of time and space, some will find this sharing helpful. But whether they do or not is not my ultimate concern if I truly accept the Atonement principle that separation is unreal. If I have, then there really is nothing to do. Also, if I am honest, I recognize that my mind is not totally healed. If that is the case, then in teaching and sharing this with others, I help to fully heal my own mind. But if I am attached to what I do in any regard, then I miss the mark.