Let us be still an instant, and forget all things we ever learned, all thoughts we had, and every preconception that we hold of what things mean and what their purpose is. Let us remember not our own ideas of what the world is for. We do not know. Let every image held of everyone be loosened from our minds and be swept away.
Be innocent of judgment, unaware of any thoughts of evil or of good that ever crossed your mind of anyone. Now do you know him not. But you are free to learn of him, and learn of him anew. Now is he born again to you, and you are born again to him, without the past that sentenced him to die, and you with him. Now is he free to live as you are free, because an ancient learning passed away, and left a place for truth to be reborn. (A Course in Miracles T-31.I.12-13)
Holding on to our learning from the past is a defense against the truth. Whenever we think we know on our own what anything means, we are drawing upon our past learning and denying the truth. It is this habit that must be undone to make way for the truth, and the happiness and peace that comes with it.
If we want to be happy, we have to clear the way for truth to be reborn in our minds. The Holy Spirit is in our minds to help us do this. We have one simple task: To be vigilant for all attempts to give meaning on our own and offer them to Holy Spirit with willingness to receive His meaning in their place. This is how we let truth be reborn in our minds. By taking away the defenses that have kept the truth that is eternally there from our awareness, we make way for truth’s acceptance.
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