Rules for Decision
A practical protocol turns every upset into a chance to stop judging, offer little willingness, and let the Holy Spirit decide the day with you.
From the Motifs’ Teachings
From each motif's Teachings, the teachings and reversals that draw on this section, in the order of the motifs' salience here. Many draw on other sections too, listed beneath them.
Teachings Drawn from This Section
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Decision. The Course warns against deciding upon form—the ego wants guaranteed outcomes. Instead: choose peace first and let everything else follow. The rules for decision are a protocol for uncertainty: admit you have been deciding alone, step back from the ego’s urgency, and ask for direction.
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Willingness. Near the end, willingness becomes ordinary: a daily decision method, rules for decision you can use on a Tuesday afternoon. When resistance is strong, return to the day you want to have, admit you do not like what you feel, allow the small hope you have been wrong, and ask for another way. The ego keeps trying to convert willingness into performance; the Course keeps refusing: a little willingness is enough, and you are not asked to purify it.