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The Schoolhouse

Robert:
Today we read in the Text of A Course in Miracles, “If you would be a happy learner, you must give everything you have learned to the Holy Spirit, to be unlearned.” (T-14.II.6:1) In another place in the Course it says that we must question everything we think we know. It is this practice of questioning that prepares the way for us to give everything we have learned to the Holy Spirit.

This is an essential first step. Without the willingness to give our beliefs to the Holy Spirit, there can be no release from the world of dreams. There will just be a tenacious holding on to the made up world that we seem to see. Without this willingness, we remain chained to a world of limitation and fear. The willingness to question leaves a crack for the Holy Spirit’s Light to shine through.

What stands out most to me in this quote is “…to be unlearned for you.” Right now I am identified with an image of a separate identity. That image comes from a closed thought system that is incapable of recognizing truth on its own. But the Holy Spirit can see the foundation of this thought system and knows it is nothing. That is why it is the Holy Spirit that unlearns for us the faulty lessons we have taught ourselves. From within the thought system of separation we cannot conceive how this unlearning can happen. This doesn’t matter. We only need to be willing to let the Holy Spirit do the unlearning for us.

Today is another day to practice giving everything I think I’ve learned to the Holy Spirit so that it can be unlearned for me.

Mary:
As I go into the place of inner quiet, the thought of letting go and letting God is there. What comes is a lesson in how to more fully let go and let God. The first stage involves what I would describe as a “melting” phase, like butter melting in warmer temperatures. I let the Holy Spirit melt away all the tension. I let go of my hold on the physical body — especially the muscles around my eyes, shoulders and arms. It is something that I allow and the Holy Spirit does it for me.

Along with this letting go of the physical body comes a phase of letting go of the thoughts that stream into my mind. I get the picture of a large fireplace. I am sitting with Holy Spirit in front of the fireplace and letting the thoughts that come into my mind stream into the light of the fire. I am aware that this process is effortless. It only requires me to be willing to allow this process to be experienced.

In the next phase I experience a time of deep inner quiet where everything is still…

The next phase spontaneously comes from the Holy Spirit, where I receive insight that is most helpful to me now in my process of awakening to the truth.

What comes to me is the idea that in truth I am safe in Heaven and that the dream does not change anything. Bodies move around in the dream and have different experiences, but in truth nothing changes in the eternal Life I live in God. There is such a feeling of safety and security, and I see that I need not worry about anything.

I see that the experiences in this life are like a schoolhouse with a constant flow of lessons. With Holy Spirit, I learn the lessons easily and see the truth behind the illusions. Saying frequently as I go through these experiences, “Holy Spirit, how would you have me see this?” is very important to accelerate my process of waking up from the dream and helping my brother in the process.

There is a deep sense of inner fulfillment as I see that the only purpose of every experience is to be a happy learner of Holy Spirit’s lessons. Right now I feel a very deep sense of gratitude that the Holy Spirit is there helping me all the time. It only takes my willingness to listen.

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