Behold the great projection, but look on it with the decision that it must be healed, and not with fear. Nothing you made has any power over you unless you still would be apart from your Creator, and with a will opposed to His. For only if you would believe His Son could be His enemy does it seem possible that what you made is [your enemy]. You would condemn God’s joy to misery, and make Him different. And all the misery you made has been your own. Are you not glad to learn it is not true? Is it not welcome news to hear not one of the illusions that you made replaced the truth?
All you need do to dwell in quiet here with Christ is share His vision. Quickly and gladly is His vision given anyone who is but willing to see his brother sinless. And no one can remain beyond this willingness, if you would be released entirely from all effects of sin. Would you have partial forgiveness for yourself? Can you reach Heaven while a single sin still tempts you to remain in misery? Heaven is the home of perfect purity, and God created it for you. Look on your holy brother, sinless as yourself, and let him lead you there. (A Course in Miracles, T-22.II.10,13. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)
All power comes from our unity with God. We, God’s Son, are His extension, which can never be separate from Him. To know God’s power, we must accept It as our own without reservation. That means we must accept the unity of Love, which excludes no one.
The ego thought of separation is the rejection of our unity with God and therefore the rejection of God’s power. Consequently the ego has no power of its own. The only power the ego seems to have is the power we give it by our belief that separation is real. It is this misdirected belief that must be healed.
Forgiveness is the means for this healing. As we learn to open our hearts and minds to the vision of Christ, we see past the false images made by the belief in separation. Christ’s vision shows us the innocence in our brothers. As we recognize their innocence, we recognize our own.
Today we quietly welcome Christ’s vision that we may see every brother as the savior he is. Seen truly, every brother will show us that only Love is real. The shadows of the ego fade away in the brilliance of the Light of Love.
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