Willingness

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The small but genuine choice to accept truth, to let illusions go, and to release oneself to the Holy Spirit’s guidance: the sole prerequisite the learner must supply for transformation.

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Willingness is the mind’s small consent to let the Holy Spirit reinterpret your experience, undoing resistance so forgiveness can replace judgment and peace can be accepted.

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Section	Willingness

Text Introduction
Introduction
T-1. The Meaning of Miracles
I. Principles of Miracles
II. Revelation, Time and Miracles
III. Atonement and Miracles	⬥Readiness lets miracle opportunities become real accomplishment.
IV. The Escape from Darkness	Hide nothing: willingness opens communion and ends private darkness.
V. Wholeness and Spirit
VI. The Illusion of Needs	Let beliefs be tested; willingness makes correction possible.
VII. Distortions of Miracle Impulses
T-2. The Separation and the Atonement
I. The Origins of Separation
II. The Atonement as Defense
III. The Altar of God
IV. Healing as Release from Fear
V. The Function of the Miracle Worker
VI. Fear and Conflict	Choose guidance over separation; willingness undoes fear and conflict.
VII. Cause and Effect	A little readiness begins confidence and trains miracle-minded thinking.
VIII. The Meaning of the Last Judgment
T-3. The Innocent Perception
I. Atonement without Sacrifice
II. Miracles as True Perception	Invest in truth: willingness lets perception be corrected.
III. Perception versus Knowledge
IV. Error and the Ego
V. Beyond Perception	Let go of clever interpretation; willingness relaxes the mind.
VI. Judgment and the Authority Problem
VII. Creating versus the Self-Image
T-4. The Illusions of the Ego
Introduction
I. Right Teaching and Right Learning	Open the ego’s guard; be willing to be taught together.
II. The Ego and False Autonomy
III. Love without Conflict	Want love without ambivalence; a single call invites help.
IV. This Need Not Be
V. The Ego-Body Illusion
VI. The Rewards of God
VII. Creation and Communication	Willingness to share lets guidance direct you to helpfulness.
T-5. Healing and Wholeness
Introduction
I. The Invitation to the Holy Spirit
II. The Voice for God	Willingness trains the ear to hear one quiet Voice.
III. The Guide to Salvation	From reluctant learner to openness: let the Teacher lead.
IV. Teaching and Healing
V. The Ego’s Use of Guilt
VI. Time and Eternity
VII. The Decision for God	The slightest invitation is enough; choose to let healing in.
T-6. The Lessons of Love
Introduction
I. The Message of the Crucifixion
II. The Alternative to Projection
III. The Relinquishment of Attack
IV. The Only Answer
V. The Lessons of the Holy Spirit	Turn in the right direction; willingness relinquishes distractions.
T-7. The Gifts of the Kingdom
I. The Last Step
II. The Law of the Kingdom
III. The Reality of the Kingdom
IV. Healing as the Recognition of Truth
V. Healing and the Changelessness of Mind
VI. From Vigilance to Peace
VII. The Totality of the Kingdom
VIII. The Unbelievable Belief	Accept responsibility for the ego; give anger over quickly.
IX. The Extension of the Kingdom
X. The Confusion of Pain and Joy	Look at premises and outcomes; learn pain from joy.
XI. The State of Grace
T-8. The Journey Back
I. The Direction of the Curriculum
II. The Difference between Imprisonment and Freedom
III. The Holy Encounter	Total willingness cannot be forced; release the wish for some other experience.
IV. The Gift of Freedom
V. The Undivided Will of the Sonship
VI. The Treasure of God
VII. The Body as a Means of Communication
VIII. The Body as Means or End	Your willingness to listen sets the volume of guidance.
IX. Healing as Corrected Perception
T-9. The Acceptance of the Atonement
I. The Acceptance of Reality
II. The Answer to Prayer	Giving shows you have; willingness turns prayer into receiving.
III. The Correction of Error
IV. The Holy Spirit’s Plan of Forgiveness	Follow without understanding; willingness lets miracles signal readiness.
V. The Unhealed Healer
VI. The Acceptance of Your Brother
VII. The Two Evaluations
VIII. Grandeur versus Grandiosity	Stop tolerating the ego; willingness to look restores hope.
T-10. The Idols of Sickness
Introduction
I. At Home in God
II. The Decision to Forget	Offer willingness to remember; let obstacles to God be removed.
III. The God of Sickness	Signify willingness for the eternal; the sick idol collapses.
IV. The End of Sickness	Willingness to have reality: see nothingness and let it go.
V. The Denial of God
T-11. God or the Ego
Introduction	Bring the cornerstone to light; be willing for perfect honesty.
I. The Gifts of Fatherhood	Unwillingness blocks Fatherhood; willingness gives as God gives.
II. The Invitation to Healing	▲A little willingness to join lets healing become complete.
III. From Darkness to Light
IV. The Inheritance of God’s Son
V. The “Dynamics” of the Ego	Look calmly at illusions; willingness stops defending the ego.
VI. Waking to Redemption	Become less willing to deny; let Christ interpret your experience.
VII. The Condition of Reality	Willing to perceive nothing else: the real world requires consistency.
VIII. The Problem and the Answer	Admit you don’t understand; willingness asks and learns again.
T-12. The Holy Spirit’s Curriculum
I. The Judgment of the Holy Spirit	Answer a brother’s call with willingness to give, not judge.
II. The Way to Remember God	Take off the covers; willingness looks at fear to release it.
III. The Investment in Reality
IV. Seeking and Finding
V. The Sane Curriculum
VI. The Vision of Christ
VII. Looking Within
VIII. The Attraction of Love for Love
T-13. The Guiltless World
Introduction
I. Guiltlessness and Invulnerability
II. The Guiltless Son of God
III. The Fear of Redemption
IV. The Function of Time
V. The Two Emotions
VI. Finding the Present	Willingness is shown by giving; love makes witnesses of us.
VII. Attainment of the Real World	Learn the world is false; willingness accepts the glad exchange.
VIII. From Perception to Knowledge
IX. The Cloud of Guilt
X. Release from Guilt
XI. The Peace of Heaven
T-14. Teaching for Truth
Introduction
I. The Conditions of Learning
II. The Happy Learner
III. The Decision for Guiltlessness
IV. Your Function in the Atonement
V. The Circle of Atonement	Active willingness denies guilt and teaches innocence for Atonement.
VI. The Light of Communication
VII. Sharing Perception with the Holy Spirit	Do the little; open every door and bring secrets to light.
VIII. The Holy Meeting Place
IX. The Reflection of Holiness
X. The Equality of Miracles
XI. The Test of Truth	Let self-taught lessons be undone; become willing to learn all.
T-15. The Holy Instant
I. The Two Uses of Time	Give one instant; share it with your brother and let Heaven enter.
II. The End of Doubt
III. Littleness versus Magnitude	Leave salvation to God’s plan; stop grasping for private peace.
IV. Practicing the Holy Instant	▲Holy Instant practice drops littleness, secrecy, and delay in one choice.
V. The Holy Instant and Special Relationships	Offer the relationship to His purpose; release imagined needs gently.
VI. The Holy Instant and the Laws of God
VII. The Needless Sacrifice	Look at guilt’s appeal; withdraw investment and communicate for forgiveness.
VIII. The Only Real Relationship	Every small sign of willingness becomes leverage for release.
IX. The Holy Instant and the Attraction of God	Make vision stable by wanting it more than delay.
X. The Time of Rebirth	See fears as one idea; accept union and let guilt fade.
XI. Christmas as the End of Sacrifice
T-16. The Forgiveness of Illusions
I. True Empathy
II. The Power of Holiness	Holiness works through willingness even when you don’t understand.
III. The Reward of Teaching	Teach with willingness; Heaven supplements the tiny bridge you cross.
IV. The Illusion and the Reality of Love	Be wholly willing: abandon illusions so union can be accepted.
V. The Choice for Completion
VI. The Bridge to the Real World	Disorientation can signal progress when you’re willing to loosen distortion.
VII. The End of Illusions
T-17. Forgiveness and the Holy Relationship
I. Bringing Fantasy to Truth	Give fantasy back to truth; let willingness allow complete release.
II. The Forgiven World	A tiny bridge to the forgiven world asks only readiness now.
III. Shadows of the Past	Let the past be given over; keep the relationship’s beauty uncovered.
IV. The Two Pictures
V. The Healed Relationship	Stay open while purpose works; accept what you don’t yet understand.
VI. Setting the Goal
VII. The Call for Faith
VIII. The Conditions of Peace	Peace comes when you stop opposing truth and leave resistance unused.
T-18. The Passing of the Dream
I. The Substitute Reality
II. The Basis of the Dream	Let the relationship’s purpose shift; stop using it to stay asleep.
III. Light in the Dream	A simple wish to understand becomes willingness to bring light.
IV. The Little Willingness	★Little willingness, not willpower, lets God’s Will do the work.
V. The Happy Dream	When fear rises, offer little willingness and let Him remove it.
VI. Beyond the Body	Let love be limitless; peace joins you in the Holy Instant.
VII. I Need Do Nothing	One instant beyond past and future: willingness rests and accepts release.
VIII. The Little Garden
IX. The Two Worlds	Keep moving past the fear barrier by being willing to follow.
T-19. The Attainment of Peace
I. Healing and Faith
II. Sin versus Error
III. The Unreality of Sin
IV. The Obstacles to Peace
T-20. The Vision of Holiness
I. Holy Week
II. The Gift of Lilies
III. Sin as an Adjustment
IV. Entering the Ark
V. Heralds of Eternity
VI. The Temple of the Holy Spirit
VII. The Consistency of Means and End	Want the goal and the means: willingness ends the strain of inconsistency.
VIII. The Vision of Sinlessness	Ask to see sinlessness; willingness to receive is the whole requirement.
T-21. Reason and Perception
Introduction
I. The Forgotten Song
II. The Responsibility for Sight	A tiny change of mind: little willingness opens the way to sight.
III. Faith, Belief and Vision
IV. The Fear to Look Within	Not wholly unwilling to look within: willingness breaks the ego’s intimidation.
V. The Function of Reason
VI. Reason versus Madness	Let reason guide you; stop hiding in insanity to avoid correction.
VII. The Last Unanswered Question	Answer the final question by willingness to see a world without enemies.
VIII. The Inner Shift	Choose whole sanity: let nothing block awareness of holiness in relationship.
T-22. Salvation and the Holy Relationship
Introduction
I. The Message of the Holy Relationship
II. Your Brother’s Sinlessness	Vision comes quickly when you’re willing to see your brother sinless.
III. Reason and the Forms of Error
IV. The Branching of the Road
V. Weakness and Defensiveness	Overlook the seeming barrier; unwillingness makes it feel solid.
VI. The Light of the Holy Relationship	Serve the given goal: overlook tiny errors and let Him extend.
T-23. The War Against Yourself
Introduction
I. The Irreconcilable Beliefs
II. The Laws of Chaos
III. Salvation without Compromise
IV. Above the Battleground
T-24. The Goal of Specialness
Introduction	▲Question every value without exceptions; hidden preferences stall learning.
I. Specialness as a Substitute for Love
II. The Treachery of Specialness
III. The Forgiveness of Specialness
IV. Specialness versus Sinlessness
V. The Christ in You
VI. Salvation from Fear
VII. The Meeting Place
T-25. The Justice of God
Introduction
I. The Link to Truth
II. The Savior from the Dark
III. Perception and Choice
IV. The Light You Bring	Bring Heaven’s light with you; willingness carries mistakes to correction.
V. The State of Sinlessness
VI. The Special Function
VII. The Rock of Salvation
VIII. Justice Returned to Love	Prefer His taking what you’d keep alone; willingness lets gain harm no one.
IX. The Justice of Heaven	Hold out a hand to receive: Heaven’s justice waits for willingness.
T-26. The Transition
I. The “Sacrifice” of Oneness
II. Many Forms; One Correction	Receive correction for every problem; keep none in reserve for pain.
III. The Borderland
IV. Where Sin Has Left
V. The Little Hindrance
VI. The Appointed Friend
VII. The Laws of Healing	Let truth be true; little willingness overlooks what isn’t there.
VIII. The Immediacy of Salvation
IX. For They Have Come
X. The End of Injustice
T-27. The Healing of the Dream
I. The Picture of Crucifixion
II. The Fear of Healing
III. Beyond All Symbols
IV. The Quiet Answer
V. The Healing Example
VI. The Witnesses to Sin
VII. The Dreamer of the Dream
VIII. The “Hero” of the Dream	Stop blaming effects; willingness looks at the hidden cause you avoid.
T-28. The Undoing of Fear
I. The Present Memory
II. Reversing Effect and Cause
III. The Agreement to Join
IV. The Greater Joining	Refuse participation in fearful dreams; willingness lets illusions be replaced by healing.
V. The Alternate to Dreams of Fear
VI. The Secret Vows
VII. The Ark of Safety
T-29. The Awakening
I. The Closing of the Gap
II. The Coming of the Guest
III. God’s Witnesses
IV. Dream Roles
V. The Changeless Dwelling Place
VI. Forgiveness and the End of Time	Willingness to forgive measures your real desire for peace.
VII. Seek Not Outside Yourself
VIII. The Anti-Christ
IX. The Forgiving Dream
T-30. The New Beginning
Introduction	▲Progress quickens when willingness turns ideas into practiced habits.
I. Rules for Decision	▲When resistance rises, make a tiny opening to be shown.
II. Freedom of Will
III. Beyond All Idols
IV. The Truth behind Illusions
V. The Only Purpose
VI. The Justification for Forgiveness	Let no part of your brother stay outside healing.
VII. The New Interpretation
VIII. Changeless Reality
T-31. The Final Vision
I. The Simplicity of Salvation	Simplicity feels hard only when you don’t want it true.
II. Walking with Christ
III. The Self-Accused
IV. The Real Alternative
V. Self-Concept versus Self
VI. Recognizing the Spirit
VII. The Savior’s Vision	Welcome the good in your brother; let self-concept shift happily.
VIII. Choose Once Again

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