Lesson 28

Above all else I want to see things differently.
If I withdraw all of my own ideas from it, like a yoga pose! Philip says this all the time. "Let the pose be shown to you." If I can see one person, place, or thing without any past reference, I am really seeing for the first time. I am seeing my lesson. I can then forgive myself. In doing so, I simultaneously forgive whatever is in front of me, and we are both released.

From Elena:
If we want to acquire an open mind, we need to unlearn everything we believed to be good or bad: "To learn this course requires willingness to question every value that you hold. Not one can be kept hidden and obscure but it will jeopardize your learning." (T-24 in 2:1)

"If you think you understand, a wall suddenly drops before your mind and you will not be taught anything. You will think you are being taught, but what you will be learning is simply what your ego wanted you to learn in the first place. ..... we consciously believe we are asking for help, but all ware really doing is telling Jesus what we want him to tell us by defining our problem or framing our question. This invevitably dictates the answer we shall receive, thereby limiting him." `~ K. Wapnick