The problem of separation, which is really the only problem, has already been solved.
The temptation to regard problems as many is the temptation to keep the problem of separation unsolved.”
If you could recognize that your only problem is separation, no matter what form it takes, you could accept the answer because you would see its relevance. Perceiving the underlying constancy in all the problems that seem to confront you, you would understand that you have the means to solve them all. And you would use the means, because you recognize the problem.
We will try to free our minds of all the many different kinds of problems we think we have. We will try to realize that we have only one problem, which we have failed to recognize. We will ask what [the problem] is, and wait for the answer. We will be told. Then we will ask for the solution to it. And we will be told. (, A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 79,W-pI.79.1:4;4:1;6:2-4;7:3-8. See also ACIM Lesson 79 Insights.)
All forms are illusions made from the belief in separation. Forms have no meaning of their own. A perceived problem comes from the meaning we are giving to the form. This self-imposed meaning makes the real problem invisible to us. It is the meaning we give it that keeps the problem in place.
This is why we need to clear our minds of our self-imposed meaning by asking of the Holy Spirit what the problem is. We of ourselves do not know because we are engaged with the illusion through our belief. The act of asking for help is an expression of our willingness to consider that there may be a meaning we are not aware of. This offers the Holy Spirit an opportunity to teach us what the real problem is — the belief in separation.
Once we have accepted the Holy Spirit’s answer for what the problem is, asking for the solution expresses our willingness to change our mind. The Holy Spirit will give us the solution in a form that we can accept. His teaching is always individualized in recognition of our belief in limitations. This practice is a journey of awakening to the recognition that every problem has already been solved.
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