A Special Form

"It is not difficult to understand the reasons why you do not ask the Holy Spirit to solve all problems for you.  He has not greater difficulty in resolving some than others.  Every problem is the same to Him, because each one is solved in just the same respect and through the same approach.  The aspects that need solving do not change, whatever form the problem seems to take.  A problem can appear in many forms, and will do so while the problem lasts.  It serves no purpose to attempt to solve it in a special form.  It will recur and then recur again and yet again, until it has been answered for all time and will not rise again in any form.  And only then are you released from it." -- A Course in Miracles; Chapter 26, Section II, 1:1-8

Everywhere I look there appear to be problems.  Problems facing our world, our nation, our families, our own lives and bodies.  Problems that appear to be different from one another, and that appear to have unique solutions.  Problems that grip the attention and leave no room for doubt in the reality of the perception.  There appear to be specific needs, specific lacks, specific things that don't work as they should.  And we argue with each others' assessments of what isn't working and what needs to be done.  Each thinks that someone else has to lose so that their perspective can be the true one.  It is this that is the antithesis of Truth.  And only Truth is the universal solution to every perception that is less than Whole, less than Holy.

"The Holy Spirit offers you release from every problem that you think you have.  They are the same to Him because each one, regardless of the form it seems to take, is a demand that someone suffer loss and make a sacrifice that you might gain.  And when the situation is worked out so that no one loses is the problem gone, because is was an error in perception that now has been corrected." (ACIM; Chapter 26, Section II, 2:1-3)

There are no special forms, just as there are no special cases or special relationships.  There is only One.  And this One is Whole, Holy, Complete.  This One cannot lack or try and take something from one to give another.  Oneness has no divisions and no direction.  Oneness is All... Everywhere, Always, Forever.  This One Thought is as close to Truth as our divided language can come.  And so it is all that is needed.  It is the Holy Spirit's answer to every so-called problem.

"You have no problems, though you think you have.  And yet you could not think so if you saw them vanish one by one, without regard to size, complexity, or place or time, or any attribute which you perceive that makes each one seem different from the rest.  Think not the limits you impose on what you see can limit God in any way." (ACIM; Chapter 26, Section II, 3:3-5)

And so it becomes obvious why we don't ask the Holy Spirit to solve ALL problems.  "Every problem is an error."  (ACIM; 26, II, 4:2) They are false perceptions, mere interpretations or points of view.  They are a fragmented and faulty picture.  But there are some false perceptions we choose to keep.  They are the 'limits' that we set to define reality.  They are all made up, but we lull ourselves into the group mind of the status quo, of the family or tribe with which we've identified.  This could be a family of origin, a political party, or a religion.  There are no real differences.  It's all made up.  Given to the Holy Spirit, our minds are made Whole and Holy again, and all differences disappear.  There is only One.  WE ARE ONE.

"Think then how great your own release will be when you are willing to receive correction for all your problems.  You will not keep one, for pain in any form you will not want.  And you will see each little hurt resolved before the Holy Spirit's gentle sight.  For all of them are little in His sight, and worth no more than just a tiny sigh before they disappear, to be forever undone and unremembered.  What seemed once to be a special problem, a mistake without a remedy, or an affliction without a cure, has been transformed into a universal blessing.  And in its place the Love of God can be remembered, and will shine away all memory of sacrifice and loss.  For it is not your Father's Will that you should offer or receive less than He gave, when He created you in Perfect Love." -- A Course in Miracles; Chapter 26, Section II, 7:1-7 & 8:6