Changes are required in the minds of God’s teachers. This may or may not
involve changes in the external situation. Remember that no-one is where
he is by accident, and chance plays no part in God’s plan. It is most
unlikely that changes in his attitudes would not be the first step in
the newly-made teacher of God’s training. There is, however, no set
pattern since training is always highly individualized. There are those
who are called upon to change their life situation almost immediately,
but these are generally special cases. By far the majority are given a
slowly-evolving training program, in which as many previous mistakes as
possible are corrected. Relationships in particular must be properly
perceived, and all dark cornerstones of unforgiveness removed.
Otherwise, the old thought-system still has a basis for return.

As the teacher of God advances in his training, he learns one lesson
with increasing thoroughness. He does not make his own decisions; he
asks his Teacher for His answer, and it is this he follows as his guide
for action. This becomes easier and easier as the teacher of God learns
to give up his own judgement. The giving up of judgement, the obvious
pre-requisite 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. The world’s training is directed toward achieving
a goal in direct opposition to that of our curriculum. The world trains
for reliance on one’s judgement as the criterion for maturity and
strength. Our curriculum trains for the relinquishment of judgement as
the necessary condition of salvation.