What
Are The Characteristics of God's Teachers?
Development
of Trust
2.
Period of Sorting-Out
Next,
the teacher of God must go through a "period of sorting-out."
This
is always somewhat difficult because, having learned that the changes
in his life are always helpful, he must now decide all things on
the basis of whether they increase the helpfulness or hamper it.
He
will find that many if not most of the things he valued before will
merely hinder his ability to transfer what he has learned to new
situations as they arise.
Because
he has valued what is really valueless, he will not generalize the
lesson for fear of loss and sacrifice.
It
takes great learning to understand that all things, events, encounters,
and circumstances are helpful.
It
is only to the extent to which they are helpful that any degree
of reality should be accorded them in this world of illusion.
The
word "value" can apply to nothing else.
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