T-18.IV

The Little Willingness

Little willingness opens the Holy Instant as the Holy Spirit’s Answer, undoing ego interference with God’s Will and ending fear-and-guilt bargaining in time.

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Primary
▲ MilestoneThe Answer arrives: little willingness and non-interference with holiness.	▲ Milestone
★ ZenithLittle willingness, not willpower, lets God’s Will do the work.	★ Zenith
Pillar
A little willingness lets His greatness do the rest.
▲ MilestoneUnlimited power meets your little willingness; unworthiness is the only delay.	▲ Milestone
Supporting
Self-made holiness sets conditions and blocks the Help already given.
Adding ego effort makes the Holy Instant seem difficult.
Minor
No self-atonement: offer little willingness and let God’s purification work.
Unworthiness is not humility; little willingness opens the holy instant.
Little willingness, not extra preparation, is the needed means.
Trying to get ready for love adds fear and delays the Holy Instant.
The holy instant’s miracle is received by letting it be.
A little willingness is enough: salvation asks little and gives much.
Echo
Difficulty comes from playing arbiter; yield what’s possible to the Knower.
Dragging Atonement into guilt makes salvation frightening; willingness undoes it.
Little willingness: be God’s host and stop substituting your plan.
Little willingness undoes the past because God’s Will is already done.
You cannot prepare for Love by effort; willingness is enough.

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