Forget not, when you feel the need arise to be defensive about anything, you have identified yourself with an illusion. And therefore feel that you are weak because you are alone. This is the cost of all illusions. Not one but rests on the belief that you are separate. Not one that does not seem to stand, heavy and solid and immovable, between you and your brother. And not one that truth cannot pass over lightly, and so easily that you must be convinced, in spite of what you thought it was, that it is nothing. If you forgive your brother, this must happen. For it is your unwillingness to overlook what seems to stand between you and your brother that makes it look impenetrable, and defends the illusion of its immovability.” (A Course in Miracles T-22.V.6)
If we feel defensive it is because we feel weak and alone. This is the inevitable effect of believing we are separate. We believe there is something external that we must defend against. This is the fundamental error of the ego. The underlying sense of vulnerability keeps us constantly on the alert for signs of danger that must be defended against. This is not a happy state of mind.
Amazingly this “vulnerability” is entirely in our imagination because our oneness in God never changes. We have become so invested in our made up story of being separate identities that we cannot find our way out on our own. But through our inner Teacher, we have the means to lay down the story so that once again see that we remain perfectly safe in Love’s changeless oneness that we share with everyone.
The Holy Spirit is ever ready to help us let go of the interference that hides the beneficent Light of our brothers from our awareness. With His help we will learn the lesson of oneness and remember the joy of Heaven.
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