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Study of Text, C 14: V. The Circle of Atonement, P 6. 4-19-17

V. The Circle of Atonement, P 6

Journal

This paragraph is about teaching the Atonement, which is the same thing as teaching innocence. Jesus refers to the Atonement as the unified curriculum and says that there is no unity of learning goals apart from this, and no conflict within it. It seems to me he is making it very clear that this teaching is of the utmost importance when he says that every teaching that points to the release of guilt (the Atonement) points straight to Heaven.

There is nothing teaching guiltlessness cannot overcome. When we teach innocence, we are fully supported. The power of God Himself supports this teaching. Its results are limitless. So how am I a teacher of guiltlessness? What is it I am supposed to do? Am I expected to stand on a street corner and tell each passerby that they are innocent? Ha! I guess I could, but I think there are other ways in which I teach innocence.

I cannot effectively teach what I do not believe in, so the first thing I must do is accept my own guiltlessness. I do this each time I reject the ego thought of guilt. When I accuse myself of something, I stop immediately and ask the Holy Spirit to show me how to see it differently. I ask Him to correct my thinking. In this way, I have changed my mind.

Now when I do see myself as guilty, I readily and more easily let that thought go. I used to try to rid myself of guilt by projecting it onto others. Now that I have this more efficient way of dealing with guilt, I don’t do that nearly so often, though occasionally I do. This past weekend, I was in a painful situation, and I noticed myself projecting guilt.

In projecting guilt, I was teaching guilt. I teach it to the person I am projecting onto, and I teach myself that guilt is real. After all, if it were not real, I would not feel so strongly about the need to rid myself of it. When I saw what I was doing, I stopped. I asked the Holy Spirit to decide for me what all of this meant and what I should do about it. In this way, I returned to teaching innocence and the fear and pain of the situation diminished.

Because of past practice, it was easier than it used to be to do this. Teaching innocence is the easiest of things to do. Only fear blocks this awareness and if I persist, if I refuse to teach fear, I have all the power of Love fortifying my resolve. It is simply a choice. I can teach guilt, fear, and hatred, or I can choose to teach love, innocence, and guiltlessness. The power of God supports the latter choice. How could I fail?

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