June 20, 2017
We have been discussing relationships in this chapter. The change we are making is allowing the transformation of our relationships from “special”, or unholy, to holy. We begin our healing by deciding to change the purpose of our relationships as guided by Spirit; our Higher Holy Spirit Self. We change the purpose of our relationships from division and separation to joining, unity and Oneness. Once we have made this choice with Spirit, it is irreversible yet it causes discomfort and challenges as we learn to change our perception about the relationship. Each relationship we experience on this journey is a lesson toward total healing. Be patient, for we have setbacks and challenges as we make progress on this journey back to the awareness of who we really are.
We start by setting the goal.
The practical application of the Holy Spirit’s purpose is extremely simple, but it is unequivocal. In fact, in order to be simple it must be unequivocal. The simple is merely what is easily understood, and for this it is apparent that it must be clear. The setting of the Holy Spirit’s goal is general. Now Spirit will work with you to make it specific, for application is specific. There are certain very specific guidelines Spirit provides for any situation, but remember that you do not yet realize their universal application. Therefore, it is essential at this point to use them in each situation separately, until you can more safely look beyond each situation, in an understanding far broader than you now possess. T-17.VI.1:1-7
The most important thing to remember is to join with Spirit in setting the goal. There is only one goal, yet Spirit will help us understand the application of this goal in the right forms for us to successfully learn in each situation on our journey. Every situation and relationship we encounter is a potential opportunity to learn and heal. Have faith that Spirit will guide you correctly in the lessons you need to learn.
In any situation in which we are uncertain, the first thing to consider, very simply, is “What do I want to come of this? What is it for?” The clarification of the goal belongs at the beginning, for it is this which will determine the outcome. Without a clear-cut, positive goal, set at the outset, the situation just seems to happen, and makes no sense until it has already happened. Then we look back at it, and try to piece together what it must have meant. And we will be wrong. Not only is our judgment in the past, but we have no idea what should happen. No goal was set with which to bring the means in line with the goal. The value of setting the goal in partnership with Spirit at the outset is that we will perceive the situation as a means to make the goal happen. This partnership will help us overlook the interferences that seem to come between us and the lesson we need to learn through the healing of this relationship. If we use the situation for truth and sanity, the outcome will be peace. Where peace is, truth and sanity must also be.
The goal of truth requires faith. Faith is implicit in the acceptance of the Holy Spirit’s purpose, and this faith is all-inclusive. Where the goal of truth is set, there faith must be. The Holy Spirit sees the situation as a whole. The goal establishes the fact that everyone involved in it will play their part in its accomplishment. This is inevitable. No one will fail in anything. This seems to ask for faith beyond you, and beyond what you can give. Yet this is so only from the viewpoint of the ego, for the ego believes in “solving” conflict through fragmentation, and does not perceive the situation as a whole. Therefore, it seeks to split off segments of the situation and deal with them separately, for it has faith in separation and not in wholeness. T-17.VI.6:1-10
Resist the temptation to fragment any part of the situation as irrelevant to the lesson and the goal. Have faith that Spirit will guide us in all the lesson. Once we fragment the situation, we limit the goal and therefore the teaching and the peace we might realize. Give yourself completely to the guidance of Spirit in each situation. The goal we set was to learn completely. Yet, if we make a mistake in one lesson, there will always be another opportunity to learn the complete lesson. Just set the goal again with Spirit and trust Spirit to teach you well. The outcome of living in the presence of truth and sanity is peace. Spirit will guide us there gently and completely once we decide to partner with the Higher Holy Spirit Self in all things. Choose this partnership and return to the awareness of who you really are in peace, love and Oneness.
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