The ego seeks to ‘resolve’ its problems, not at their source, but...

"The ego seeks to ‘resolve’ its problems, not at their source, but where they were not made. And thus it seeks to guarantee there will be no solution." -A Course in Miracles (Original Version)

Where is the source of all our problems? It is in the mind because the mind projects what we see out into the illusory world, it projects an effect that although it is not real in nature, it seems very real to us. Now, where is the ego trying to solve our problems? It tries to do so at the level of the effect. In other words, it tries to solve them at the level of the illusion. So if what I am seeing is really a projection that comes from a mind that appears to be split; that believe to be separate from its Source, the real solution is not to try to change the projection (effect) but to change the mind that is projecting the illusion in the first place.

So the ego keeps our attention in the illusion because that is its source of life. The Holy Spirit on the other hand keeps our attention in the mind, for in healing the mind all illusions disappear. That’s why the Course reminds us to “seek not to change the world but to change your mind about the world.” The beauty of it all is, in order to change our mind we need do nothing. All we have to do is, hand over all of our problems and seeming concerns to the Holy Spirit so that It can undo what we have mistakenly made. That’s why the Course says, “Give the past to Him who can change your mind about it for you.”

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