1. Changes are required in the minds of God’s teachers. 2This may or may not involve changes in the external situation. 3Remember that no one is where he is by accident, and chance plays no part in God’s plan. 4It is most unlikely that changes in attitudes would not be the first step in the newly made teacher of God’s training. 5There is, however, no set pattern, since training is always highly individualized. 6There are those who are called upon to change their life situation almost immediately, but these are generally special cases. 7By far the majority are given a slowly evolving training program, in which as many previous mistakes as possible are corrected. 8Relationships in particular must be properly perceived, and all dark cornerstones of unforgiveness removed. 9Otherwise the old thought system still has a basis for return.
2. As the teacher of God advances in his training, he learns one lesson with increasing thoroughness. 2He does not make his own decisions; he asks his Teacher for His answer, and it is this he follows as his guide for action. 3This becomes easier and easier, as the teacher of God learns to give up his own judgment. 4The giving up of judgment, the obvious prerequisite for hearing God’s Voice, is usually a fairly slow process, not because it is difficult, but because it is apt to be perceived as personally insulting. 5The world’s training is directed toward achieving a goal in direct opposition to that of our curriculum. 6The world trains for reliance on one’s judgment as the criterion for maturity and strength. 7Our curriculum trains for the relinquishment of judgment as the necessary condition of salvation.