The holy instant is the interval in which the mind is still enough to hear an answer that is not entailed within the question asked. It offers something new and different from the question.
Therefore, attempt to solve no problems in a world from which the answer has been barred. But bring the problem to the only place that holds the answer lovingly for you. Here are the answers that will solve your problems because [the answers] stand apart from [the problems], and see what can be answered; what the question is. Within the world the answers merely raise another question, though they leave the first unanswered. In the holy instant, you can bring the question to the answer, and receive the answer that was made for you. (A Course in Miracles, T-27.IV.6:9-10;7. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)
Much of the Course is teaching us that on our own we have no clue as to what the cause of our problems really is. We need Help from beyond the thought system of separation we are enmeshed in. Ultimately the belief in separation is the cause of all problems. It’s fruitless to ask the cause of problems to solve problems. Yet this is exactly what we are doing when we try to figure out solutions on our own.
To free ourselves from the limitations of belief in separation, we need to open our minds to Help from outside the separation box. The Holy Spirit is that Help. We open our minds to receive His answer that will truly heal by letting our minds be still. The practice of taking time each day to let ourselves sink deeply into peace opens the door to the answers that are truly helpful. Peace and understanding always come together.
For minds accustomed to focusing on the world, becoming quiet seems difficult at first. But we are trainable. We have learned to make a world of chaos where peace is shut out. We can just as well learn to open our minds to the peace that is our natural state. It requires practice and vigilance. But we are worthy of the effort. It is the way we remember the oneness of our true Self.
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