Be you not separate, for the One Who does surround [the world] has brought union to you, returning your little offering of darkness to the eternal light.
The body will remain guilt’s messenger, and will act as it directs as long as you believe that guilt is real. For the reality of guilt is the illusion that seems to make it heavy and opaque, impenetrable, and a real foundation for the ego’s thought system. Its thinness and transparency are not apparent until you see the light behind it. And then you see it as a fragile veil before the light.
This world of light, this circle of brightness is the real world, where guilt meets with forgiveness. Here the world outside is seen anew, without the shadow of guilt upon it. Here are you forgiven, for here you have forgiven everyone. Here is the new perception, where everything is bright and shining with innocence, washed in the waters of forgiveness, and cleansed of every evil thought you laid upon it. Here there is no attack upon the Son of God, and you are welcome. Here is your innocence, waiting to clothe you and protect you, and make you ready for the final step in the journey inward. Here are the dark and heavy garments of guilt laid by, and gently replaced by purity and love. (A Course in Miracles, T-18.IX.2:1;5;9. See also ACIM Text Made Simple.)
An evil thought is nothing more than the denial of Love’s reality. This denial makes lovelessness and guilt seem real. This “reality” is held in place by judgment, based upon the conviction that separation is real. Judgment would be impossible without this belief in what could never be true. It seems to be our job to carefully evaluate what is good and what is evil. Yet nothing “evil” exists because only Love is real.
Forgiveness lets go of the denial of Love. It lets in Love’s Light to shine away the shadows of guilt. Each time we let the Holy Spirit help us forgive an unloving thought, our world becomes brighter. We see the Love we are reflected back to us as the veil of guilt is lifted.
Today we resolve to let the Holy Spirit show us the reality of Love beyond the images the body sees. With His help Love will guide our way and we will experience Its blessing as we share It with the world.
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