We will not assume that we already know [what the problem is].
[You] will be successful to the extent to which you do not insist on defining the problem. Perhaps you will not succeed in letting all your preconceived notions go, but that is not necessary. All that is necessary is to entertain some doubt about the reality of your version of what your problems are. You are trying to recognize that you have been given the answer by recognizing the problem [separation], so that the [real] problem and the answer can be brought together and you can be at peace.
Be not deceived by the form of problems today. Whenever any difficulty seems to rise, tell yourself quickly:
Let me recognize this problem [thought of separate] so it can be solved.
Then try to suspend all judgment about what the problem is. If possible, close your eyes for a moment and ask what it is. You will be heard and you will be answered. (A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 79, W-pI.79.7:2;8;10. See also ACIM Lesson 79 Insights.)
The dream world we experience is the manifestation of the ego’s grievance against God. The ego wants God to give special status, which God cannot give and be true to the oneness He is. Dissatisfied with God’s response, the ego dreams of a world of specialness with myriad different forms to make specialness seem real. When we identify a brother as a body, we are believing the ego’s dream is real and joining with the ego’s grievance against God.
To see our brother truly, we must overlook the ego’s false images of bodies and other forms. These false images represent the problem. Illusions have no meaning of their own except for the meaning we assign to them. This recognition is the first step to recognizing that the real problem is nothing more than a false idea.
Now our mind is open to receive another way of seeing. With this little willingness, the Holy Spirit will help us overlook the false images to see the Light of Love that lies behind every form. This Light is the solution to every perceived problem. In this Light the forms fade in importance and we learn that all that is real is Love. We join with the Love in every brother and learn that we are Love, united in the Love of God.
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