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The Pillars That Uphold the Ego

[It] is [the purpose of the laws of chaos] to make meaningless, and to attack the truth. Here are the laws that rule the world you made. And yet they govern nothing, and need not be broken; merely looked upon and gone beyond.

The first chaotic law is that the truth is different for everyone. Like all these principles, this one maintains that each is separate and has a different set of thoughts that set him off from others.

The second law of chaos, dear indeed to every worshipper of sin, is that each one must sin, and therefore deserves attack and death. This principle, closely related to the first, is the demand that errors call for punishment and not correction.”

[T]he third preposterous belief… seems to make chaos eternal. For if God cannot be mistaken, He must accept His Son’s belief in what he is, and hate him for it.

See how the fear of God is reinforced by this third principle.

The ego values only what it takes. This leads to the fourth law of chaos, which, if the others are accepted, must be true. This seeming law is the belief you have what you have taken. By this, another’s loss becomes your gain, and thus it fails to recognize that you can never take away save from yourself.

[A] final principle… holds there is a substitute for love [fear]. This is the magic that will cure all of your pain; the missing factor in your madness that makes it “sane.”

[Fear]… is lifted to the throne of love…

Life not in Heaven is impossible, and what is not in Heaven is not anywhere. Outside of Heaven, only the conflict of illusion stands; senseless, impossible and beyond all reason, and yet perceived as an eternal barrier to Heaven. Illusions are but forms. Their content is never true.

How can you know whether you chose the stairs to Heaven or the way to hell? Quite easily. How do you feel? Is peace in your awareness? Are you certain which way you go? And are you sure the goal of Heaven can be reached? If not, you walk alone. Ask, then, your Friend to join with you, and give you certainty of where you go. (A Course in Miracles, T-23.II. See also ACIM Text Q & A.)

It is helpful to know that the seeming stability and permanence of the ego is based on chaos. It makes it clear that the ego cannot be trusted, for it is as safe as quicksand. Do we really want to build the foundation of our “life” on quicksand? To do so is insanity.

We need to learn the hidden pillars of the ego thought system we have been using as the basis for all our perceptions. As we learn that our perceptions are based on insane beliefs, we take an important step to release ourselves from the ego’s illusions.

Knowing that our uncertainty, unhappiness, fear and guilt come from interpretations based on insane beliefs helps us know the symptoms that are flags warning us to turn to the Holy Spirit for help. We have a Friend Whose purpose is to guide us up the stairs to Heaven. We take His Hand today.

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