A Course in Miracles says something startling.

“Humility is strength in this sense only: that to recognize and accept the fact that we do not know is to recognize and accept the fact that the Holy Spirit does know.”

And then it goes further. We’re not sure the Holy Spirit will do the Holy Spirit’s part, because we have never yet done ours completely.

This is SUCH an important point.

We don’t trust the Holy Spirit because we have been untrustworthy.

Let’s be honest.

• Have you ever said: “I’m not eating any more of those brownies,” and then eaten three of them?
• Have you ever said:  “I’m never sleeping with that person again,” and then there you go?
• Have you ever said?  “I’m starting that exercise program tomorrow,” and tomorrow comes, and you don’t feel like it, and you don’t start?

We’ve all got this going on. And it goes on and on.

So in our mind, we know. We KNOW we’re not trustworthy.

We might not admit it to anyone. We might say, oh no, I’m very trustworthy.

Let’s face it:  anyone who’s critical and judgmental of other people isn’t fundamentally trustworthy. 

Why?  Where is their trust? Their trust is in their opinion. In their judgment. In their perception. In the meaning they’ve made of things.  This is part of a constant pattern of self-sabotage.

That’s the ego’s interpretation.

The Holy Spirit is always trustworthy. But if we don’t trust ourselves, we project that onto the Holy Spirit.

That’s how the mind works.

So how do we heal it?

We become aligned. Spirit lead me. Spirit guide me. Show me how to be trustworthy. I am willing to learn.

The Holy Spirit is not going to desert us. We simply won’t trust Spirit until WE become trustworthy.

Which is why our spiritual practice isn’t an hour in the morning.

Our spiritual practice is how we do our whole day. It’s what we do everything with.

Unless we start placing our trust in the Higher Holy Spirit Self at all times, we won’t have a clue.

Humility says: I don’t know what’s highest and best. I don’t know what should be. But I’m willing to be taught. I’m willing to learn. I’m willing to know.

Our willingness is the healing mechanism.

We can do this.

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LATEST PODCAST EPISODE: Learning to Trust Yourself with Author Tama Kieves  My friend Tama Kieves wrote the book on trust I wish I’d had years ago. She’s a Harvard Law honors graduate who walked away from her law career with no plan and no money, following a single voice toward the life that was actually hers. We sat down to talk about her new book, Learning to Trust Yourself, and the thing nearly every A Course in Miracles student wrestles with: how do we tell the voice of love from the voice of fear?