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Manual for Teachers, Development of Trust, P 6. 1-20-20

A. Development of Trust, P 6
6 Now comes “a period of settling down.” This is a quiet time, in which the teacher of God rests a while in reasonable peace. Now he consolidates his learning. Now he begins to see the transfer value of what he has learned. Its potential is literally staggering, and the teacher of God is now at the point in his progress at which he sees in it his whole way out. “Give up what you do not want, and keep what you do.” How simple is the obvious! And how easy to do! The teacher of God needs this period of respite. He has not yet come as far as he thinks. Yet when he is ready to go on, he goes with mighty companions beside him. Now he rests a while, and gathers them before going on. He will not go on from here alone.

It is at this step that I began to see that not only did I suffer when I made certain choices, but that I suffered every time I made those choices. It was the previous step that helped me to discern what was valuable and what was not so that I could make choices that would eventually enlighten me. Each choice for God brought more light into my mind. It really is simple. When faced with making a choice, I only have to ask if this choice will awaken me? If not, I would lose interest in it. Eventually. 

I also began to notice that the form didn’t matter, but was just an ego distraction that I used to keep me unaware that I was making the same error over and over. I was dressing the same error in various costumes and pretending they were, therefore, different and so needed to be investigated. Here is an example of this.

I used to feel guilty when I thought of a mistake I made raising my children. So, I would notice how this makes me feel, realize that it wasn’t bringing me closer to God and so accept the Atonement for this judgment. In other words, I forgave it. Then later, I would remember a time I was thoughtless and noticing that I felt guilty, I would bring this to the Holy Spirit for correction, too.

When I thought someone else was guilty, I felt just as bad as when I thought I was guilty. So, I would let that belief go as well. I continued to bring these guilt thoughts one at a time until finally I realized that no matter how you experience guilt; it is just guilt. The circumstances don’t change this basic fact. Transfer of learning was occurring and finally, I was able to forgive the belief in guilt itself.

When one gets to this place of relative peace and contemplation, it is an error to think it’s done. Having come through so much confusion and fear, and having made so much progress, then suddenly feeling this peace and having these insights is heady stuff. But one begins to see that all is not done. This was just a coffee break. ~smile~ It was also interesting to me that while passing through these various stages, it was not clear to me where I was. It was only in retrospect that I could discern the changes. I had to be out of it to see where I had been.

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