As long as you believe that guilt is justified in any way, in anyone, whatever he may do, you will not look within, where you would always find Atonement. The end of guilt will never come as long as you believe there is a reason for it. For you must learn that guilt is always totally insane, and has no reason. The Holy Spirit seeks not to dispel reality. If guilt were real, Atonement would not be. The purpose of Atonement is to dispel illusions, not to establish them as real and then forgive them.
The Holy Spirit does not keep illusions in your mind to frighten you, and show them to you fearfully to demonstrate what He has saved you from. What He has saved you from is gone. Give no reality to guilt, and see no reason for it. The Holy Spirit does what God would have Him do, and has always done so. He has seen separation, but knows of union. He teaches healing, but He also knows of creation [extending Love]. He would have you see and teach as He does, and through Him. Yet what He knows you do not know, though it is yours. (A Course in Miracles, T-13.X.6-7. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)
The Course tells us that in truth, there is nothing to forgive. But while guilt seems justified, we need to learn to forgive the mistaken belief that guilt is justified. The Holy Spirit’s function is to teach us that there is never any justification for guilt. When we bring any perception that seems to justify guilt to the Holy Spirit, He will teach us to recognize that our perception is based on a false image, a false belief.
As we accept His vision, which always sees past illusions, we learn that what seemed to upset us did not really happen. It only seemed to happen in the world of illusions. It is the Holy Spirit’s gift of vision that helps us recognize illusions are really nothing and have no effect in truth. When we recognize this, the illusion disappears and forgiveness is automatic for we know there is nothing to forgive.
The practice of letting Holy Spirit show us what is real and what is illusion will ultimately lead us to the Atonement. And we will remember that we are at Home in the Heart of Love, safe and innocent.
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