Now [in true humility] prayer is lifted from the world of things, of bodies, and of gods of every kind, and you can rest in holiness at last. Humility has come to teach you how to understand your glory as God’s Son, and recognize the arrogance of sin. A dream [of separation] has veiled the face of Christ from you. Now can you look upon His sinlessness. High has the ladder risen. You have come almost to Heaven. There is little more to learn before the journey is complete. Now can you say to everyone who comes to join in prayer with you:
I cannot go without you, for you are a part of me.
And so he is in truth. Now can you pray only for what you truly share with him. For you have understood he never left, and you, who seemed alone, are one with him.
The ladder ends with this, for learning is no longer needed. Now you stand before the gate of Heaven, and your brother stands beside you there. The lawns are deep and still, for here the place appointed for the time when you should come has waited long for you. Here will time end forever. At this gate eternity itself will join with you. Prayer has become what it was meant to be, for you have recognized the Christ in you. (A Course in Miracles, S-1.V.3-4)
The ego is arrogant because it is the belief that it has successfully usurped God and made a world that excludes Him, that denies Love. This belief brings guilt with it because it means that we have harmed God with this denial.
True humility disregards the ego’s arrogant claims that separation is real. It recognizes that Christ is in everyone always and we are all united in Christ, God’s one Son. It is in our full acceptance of God as our Father and our one Self as His Son that we reach the top of the ladder of prayer.
Now the arrogance of the ego’s claim to have made another reality has been let go. This is when forgiveness is complete and we join together as one in God’s Love. Now our only prayer is the joyous exchange of Love between Father and Son.
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