You do not know the meaning of love, and that is your handicap. ²Do not attempt to teach yourself what you do not understand, and do not try to set up curriculum goals where yours have clearly failed.
³Resign now as your own teacher. ⁴This resignation will not lead to depression. ⁵It is merely the result of an honest appraisal of what you have taught yourself, and of the learning outcomes that have resulted. ⁶Under the proper learning conditions, which you can neither provide nor understand, you will become an excellent learner and an excellent teacher. ⁷But it is not so yet, and will not be so until the whole learning situation as you have set it up is reversed.
Your learning potential, properly understood, is limitless because it will lead you to God. ²You can teach the way to Him and learn it, if you follow the Teacher Who knows the way to Him and understands His curriculum for learning it. ³The curriculum is totally unambiguous, because the goal is not divided and the means and the end are in complete accord. ⁴You need offer only undivided attention. ⁵Everything else will be given you. ⁶For you really want to learn aright, and nothing can oppose the decision of God’s Son. ⁷His learning is as unlimited as he is. (A Course in Miracles, T-12.V.6:1-2;8:3–9:7. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)
We have unlimited potential to learn what God would have us learn. The key to learning these lessons is to follow the Teacher Who knows what would work for us as seeming individuals. We have followed an ignorant teacher and accepted beliefs that have convinced us that we are limited and vulnerable to an outside world. This is the identity we have accepted with this teacher. This is why we must resign as our own teacher.
In truth we are the Love of God. As we are willing to follow God’s Teacher instead of our own, we will find the way back Home to Love. The key to learning these lessons is willingness to pay attention to His Teacher.
An early lesson in the Course teaches us that we do not know what anything means. Accepting this important fact helps us resign as our own teacher and be willing to accept the lessons God’s Teacher offers us. Today we are willing to open our mind to the lessons in Love that will return us to Love.
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